Afghan Insurgents Blast Their Way Into a Ministry

A suicide bomber detonated explosives at the compound’s gate and around 10 assailants followed, swarming the building. In Logar Province, a car bomb and gunmen attacked police headquarters.

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He Fled the Ash That Buried Pompeii, Only to Be Crushed by a Rock

Archaeologists in Italy found the skeleton of a man protruding from a huge block of stone, almost 2,000 years after he died.

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In a First for Germany, Hamburg Bans Diesel Engines. On 2 Roads.

The move highlights growing opposition to diesel, as concerns have mounted over its health and environmental effects.

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Crosses Go Up in Public Offices. It’s Culture, Bavaria Says, Not Religion.

An order to hang crosses in government buildings has stirred the simmering culture wars since Germany opened its doors to more than a million migrants.

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Spain Is Next to Test Europe’s Stability as Rajoy Faces No-Confidence Vote

The issue for the prime minister is not the euro, as in Italy, but a corruption scandal that has damaged his party and spurred calls for his ouster.

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Overlooked No More: The Soviet Icon Who Was Hanged for Killing a Czar

Sophia Perovskaya, an aristocrat, was executed for a political crime after leading the 1881 assassination of Czar Alexander II.

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Trump, ‘Roseanne,’ Arkady Babchenko: Your Wednesday Evening Briefing

Here’s what you need to know at the end of the day.

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