At least 20 South Sudanese soldiers were killed and 30 wounded in a clash with Yau Yau rebels, officials said March 21, Africa Review reported.

Moscow remains concerned about U.S. plans regarding missile defense despite recent changes, which Russia is not yet ready to assess, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, RIA Novosti reported March 21.

More than a dozen car bombs and suicide blasts tore through Shiite Muslim districts in Baghdad and other areas March 19, killing nearly 60 people on the 10th anniversary of the U.S.-led invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein, Reuters reported.

A number of people, including some U.S. Marines, died when an explosion occurred during a training exercise at a military ammunition storage facility in western Nevada late March 18, U.S. military officials said March 19, Reuters reported.

Reports that Syrian warplanes bombed territory inside Lebanon are false, a source in Syria's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, Syrian state-run news agency Sana reported March 19.

The United States is flying nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over South Korea, the BBC reported March 19, citing U.S. and South Korean officials.