The Iraqi parliament is preparing to meet in a special session a day after eight people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the building's cafeteria.

Moroccan police have said a man arrested in a Casablanca district where four suspected bombers were killed earlier this week had no links to terrorism and was not the fifth member of a cell.

As part of a clampdown on corruption in politics, the army-backed caretaker government is taking on Bangladesh's two powerful political families, a move welcomed by many in the South Asian country.

World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz acknowledged Thursday that he erred in helping a close female friend get transferred to a high-paying job. "I made a mistake for which I am sorry," he said.

An Iranian diplomat released last week after being kidnapped in Iraq gave a detailed account of torture he suffered at the hands of his captors, who included U.S. officials.

A report by a group of technical experts, following an April visit to Jerusalem regarding archeological work near the revered al-Aqsa Mosque, is expected to be introduced to PM Erdoðan in a few days.