In the Kandahar attack, police had driven into a residential neighborhood of the city to inspect a bomb found there.

The Security Council condemned North Korea's launch of a long-range rocket as a violation of a ban against missile activity.

Reports say there was only one exit and panic spread as people tried to get out. Many victims died from inhaling toxic fumes.

The U.S. has already been helping France by transporting French troops and equipment to the West African nation.

Protests have been going in cities across Egypt since Thursday led by opponents of Mursi and his Islamist allies.

Gun-rights advocates have accused Obama and others of ignoring the Second Amendment rights of Americans.