• Second Doctors Without Borders Hospital Bombed in Yemen Airstrike, Several People Wounded

  A Yemeni hospital run by medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) was bombed in a Saudi-led air strike, wrecking the facility and wounding several people, the hospital director said on Tuesday.

  

• Five Britons Killed After Canadian Whale-Watching Boat Sinks in Pacific Ocean

  Five Britons were killed when a Canadian whale-watching boat sank on Sunday, and authorities were still searching on Monday for a sixth person feared drowned in the frigid waters of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia.

  

• ISIS Claims Responsibility for Suicide Bombing That Killed One, Wounded Others in Saudi Arabia

  Militant group Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing on Monday that killed a worshipper and wounded several others at a Shi'ite mosque in Najan in southern Saudi Arabia.

  

• Maine Marijuana-Legalization Groups Join Forces On Ballot Measure

  Two groups that had backed competing ballot initiatives to make recreational use of marijuana legal in the state of Maine agreed on Monday to join forces in support of just one measure they want to put before voters in 2016.

  

• Bill Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage in Italy Reaches Parliament

  A bill to give legal recognition and protection to same-sex couples was presented to parliament on Wednesday, a significant milestone on Italy's tortuous path to legalizing civil unions.