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South Korean police say a suicidal man jumping to his death also killed a 5-year-old girl by falling on her as she walked with her parents outside the apartment building.

Legislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation.

A Zimbabwean human rights activist said Friday he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure HIV-positive suspects in jail receive their life-prolonging medications.

Princess Cristina, the daughter of Spain's King Juan Carlos, is under investigation for possible tax fraud and money laundering -- in the latest blow to the Spanish royal family's reputation.

The woman who prosecutors say had sex with an Italian government official, in exchange for money, spent her second day on the witness stand Friday -- denying her own sworn statements.

The lawyer of a Tunisian woman who gained notoriety for posting online topless pictures of herself as a protest says she faces six months in prison for carrying a dangerous object.

Mexico's top security official said Friday far fewer people have disappeared during Mexico's drug war than were originally feared, when the government released a list of about 26,000 cases.

Authorities in Afghanistan said two guards were killed on Friday when a Taliban suicide car bomber and five heavily armed gunmen attacked a guest house of an international aid group in Kabul.

Hezbollah's deputy chief said Friday that the European Union would be making a "big mistake" to label the Lebanese Shiite militant group as "terrorist."

Britain's High Court has ruled that a tweet posted by the wife of the speaker of Parliament about a politician wrongly linked to child sex abuse was libelous.