KATHMANDU (AFP) - Three climbers died as they descended from the summit of Mount Everest on Sunday, tour agents and officials said, bringing the season's death toll to five on the world's highest peak.

MADRID (AFP) - Spain denied Monday it needs any foreign help for its banking sector, which is staggering under the weight of loans that turned sour after a 2008 property crash.

MADRID (AFP) - Spain's recession-bound economy will shrink again in the second quarter of the year, Economy Minister Luis de Guindos predicted Monday.

LILLE, France (AFP) - French prosecutors on Monday opened a preliminary investigation into accusations that disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn took part in a gang rape in the United States.

SANAA (AFP) - A suicide bomber killed several soldiers and wounded many others when he blew himself up Monday in central Sanaa, a security official said.