At least two people were killed May 1 when a suicide bomber detonated himself in a market in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan, CNN and Interfax reported.

Three British soldiers were killed April 30 in Afghanistan when an improvised explosive device hit their vehicle, the British Ministry of Defense said May 1, Reuters reported.

China has allegedly sold helicopter gunships to ethnic Wa rebels in eastern Myanmar's Shan state, The Irrawaddy reported April 30, citing Jane's Information Group.