NIAMEY (Reuters) - Several soldiers were killed in a gunbattle with suspected Islamist militants after a suicide bomb attack on a barracks in the northern Niger town of Agadez, military sources said. "The situation is now under control. The suicide bomber was not alone. There were other terrorists who followed in cars and there were clashes," said one of the sources, who could not give an exact number of people killed. A western diplomat, who asked not to be identified, said about 10 people had been killed in the attack. ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped after being released on bail.