News of the day from across the globe, May 14

1 Iraq bombing: A group of gunmen, including two suicide bombers, stormed a coffee shop in a town north of Baghdad early Friday, killing at least 13 people and wounding 15 there, Iraqi officials said.

Spanish officials have ordered the evacuation of 9,000 people living in a sprawling apartment complex close to a raging tire dump fire in a town near Madrid.

The Castilla-La Mancha regional government tweeted Friday night that about 8,000 apartment residents in the town of Sesena had already left their homes as thick black smoke poured out from the fire, which started before dawn.

In its most detailed assessment to date of China’s island-building program, the Defense Department said three of the land features in the Spratly Islands now have nearly 10,000-foot runways and large ports in various stages of construction.

South African gold miners who got lung diseases while working underground, as well as families of miners who died of such diseases, can launch a class action suit against mining companies, a judge said Friday.

The ruling by Deputy Judge President Phineas Mojapelo opens the way to litigation involving tens of thousands of miners and spanning decades of cases, putting pressure on a mining industry that was a foundation of the South African economy but has struggled over the years because of rising costs.

Terror trial: A British delivery driver has been sentenced to at least 12 years in prison for a jihadist-inspired plot to attack American military personnel in England.