By Abdoulaye Massalatchi NIAMEY (Reuters) - Two suicide bombers struck on Thursday at a military barracks and a plant run by French nuclear group Areva in northern Niger, military and company sources said. The bombers killed themselves and wounded at least four people in the attacks in the towns of Agadez and Arlit, the sources said. They were the first suicide attacks in Niger since a French-led offensive in January to oust Islamist rebels from neighbouring northern Mali, in which the Nigerien army is participating as part of a West African force. ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan's cricket board says gunmen have kidnapped the father of its national team captain.

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — The FBI has arrested a suspect in a case involving the discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin and says investigators are working "around the clock" to address any remaining risks.