News of the Day From Across the World

Iranian moderates and reformists who support President Hassan Rouhani and last year’s landmark nuclear deal have failed to secure a majority after parliamentary runoff elections but the bloc will retain the highest number of seats, followed by hard-liners and independents.

Emergency crews pulled the wrecked fuselage of an Airbus EC-225 helicopter out of the sea Saturday off western Norway after a crash that killed all 13 people on board.

Kenya’s president, Uhuru Kenyatta, set fire Saturday to 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn, believed to be the largest stockpile ever destroyed, in a statement against the trade in ivory and products from endangered species.

Authorities are investigating whether the killing of Nikhil Joarder was connected to a 2012 complaint against him for alleged comments he made against prophet Muhammad, said Aslam Khan, a police officer in the district of Tangail where the attack took place.

The Islamic State group-affiliated Aamaq news agency issued a statement claiming responsibility for the attack.

The assault was similar to recent killings of atheist bloggers, academics, religious minorities and most recently a gay rights activist in Bangladesh by radical Islamists.