Security forces in Afghanistan have killed or captured more than 30 high-level militants, including many accused of participating in roadside bomb attacks, military officials said.

A teenager and three elderly people in Saudi Arabia for the hajj pilgrimage have died of the H1N1 flu virus, the Saudi Health Ministry said.

Iraqi lawmakers on Sunday plan to take another shot at ending the impasse over a proposed election law -- a political crisis sparked by the veto of a newly passed measure this week by one of the country's leaders.

The Sri Lankan government said Saturday it will lift restrictions on thousands of war-displaced ethnic Tamils still residing in squalid internment camps.

An explosion at a coal mine in northeastern China killed at least 42 workers early Saturday, state media reported.