The leaders of China, Russia, India, Iran and other nations in the BRICS club gather in New Delhi this weekend, but wars and soaring energy prices divide them.

China sees the BRICS group as a vehicle for challenging American power. India wants to keep the group broad enough to avoid choosing sides.

Officials said they had not determined the cause of the explosion. Years of fighting have left Syria littered with weapons and ordnance left over from the civil war.

The chief minister of Andhra Pradesh has 25,000 workers building his dream capital with waterways, bike lanes and a “Quantum Valley” tech hub.