An explosion at a firecracker factory in northern India Friday killed seven people just days before the big Hindu festival of Diwali, police said.

European aircraft manufacturer Airbus announced a major shakeup of top management yesterday as it seeks to move on from a corruption probe.

South Korea will allow the installation of four anti-ballistic missile launchers today at a US base operating in the country, as military safeguards are boosted in the wake of North Korea’s most powerful nuclear test to date.