A NATO servicemember was shot to death by a man in an Afghan army uniform Sunday in southern Afghanistan, the allied command in Kabul reported, while a Western official said a roadside bomb killed one American and wounded two others.

The streets of Manila can be an unforgiving place for the city’s taxi and public transport drivers. Chronic traffic jams and badly maintained roads are part of the daily grind but add in the possibility of floods during the annual typhoon season and a …