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Aid group official says 4 wounded in Afghan attack
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A spokesman for an international aid organization says that four of its staff were injured in an attack on a guest house it uses in the Afgha…
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UK arrests 2 men over incident with Pakistan plane
LONDON (AP) -- Two men have been arrested on suspicion of endangerment of an aircraft after an incident on a plane flying from Pakistan to Britain, officials said, rat…
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Austria links UN peacekeepers to Syria arms ban
VIENNA (AP) — Austria said Friday that it may rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the Golan Heights, if the European Union doesn't extend its arms embargo to Syria.
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Correction: Mozambique-UN story
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) — In a story May 21 about U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visiting Mozambique, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mozambique bec…
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Explosion hits heart of Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An explosion has sent smoke rising over the heart of Afghanistan's capital. The strong blast was felt several kilometers (miles) away.
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Egypt: 3 women killed in 'honor' crime
LUXOR, Egypt (AP) — An Egyptian security official says 10 male relatives have killed a mother and her two daughters on suspicion of moral offenses — so-called "honor k…
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Pakistan: US diplomat kills pedestrian in accident
ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. Embassy says an American diplomat accidentally killed a pedestrian while driving in the Pakistani capital.
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Zimbabwe activist: Prisoners denied Aids drugs
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive …
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Ruby says her sworn testimony was lies
MILAN (AP) — The woman at the center of ex-Premier Silvio Berlusconi's sex scandal has denied in court ever telling a former roommate that she had sex with the then-premier.
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Niger government: No hostages in Agadez
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's government spokesman told The Associated Press that the jihadists who attacked a military installation in the town of Agadez on Thursday h…
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EU approves better bee protection rules
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has approved restrictions on three pesticides to better protect dwindling bee populations, to enter into force by December.
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Kerry's focus on peace talks, not settlements
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says Israel's government should prevent further settlement construction, where possible, to help revitalize …
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NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's Xi
BEIJING (AP) — A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping. The move comes as part of efforts to mend fence…
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Suicide bomber kills 3 in northwest Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a suicide bomber walked up to a vehicle owned by an Afghan religious leader in northwestern Pakistan and set off his explosives, k…
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Earthquake hits Russia's Far East
MOSCOW (AP) — A powerful earthquake has hit Russia's Far East with slight tremors spreading westwards as far as Moscow.
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Violence in Somalia scares investors, aid workers
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — A recent spate of attacks by Islamic extremist rebels in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, business leaders and aid workers to have sec…
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Togo police fire tear gas at protesters
LOME, Togo (AP) — Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the latest confrontation between the ruling party and Togo's increasingly active opposition. Demonstr…
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Massive fuel-depot fire breaks out in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A massive fire has broken out at a fuel depot in Rio de Janeiro.
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2 brown bears rescued from captivity in Kosovo
MRAMOR, Kosovo (AP) — Two brown bears have been released into a special sanctuary after being held in a 20-square-meter cage almost their entire lives to amuse visitor…
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Canada businessman's corruption trial on in Cuba
HAVANA (AP) — The trial of a Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba is apparently under way nearly two years after he was detained.
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UN: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization says there are now 22 deaths worldwide out of 44 lab-confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.
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EU performs abrupt U-turn on olive oil regulation
BRUSSELS (AP) — The EU has something important to say about its proposal to regulate olive oil on restaurant tables: Uh, never mind.
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Suicide attacker takes Niger cadets hostage
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's interior minister says that a suicide attacker, who penetrated a military garrison in the city of Agadez, has taken several cadets hostage.
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Father of man shot in Boston probe shares regrets
GROZNY, Russia (AP) — The father of a Chechen immigrant shot by U.S. law enforcement agents in Florida while being questioned about his ties to a Boston Marathon bombi…
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Court cancels Ukraine's first gay pride rally
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — A court has banned what would have been Ukraine's first gay-pride demonstration.
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German opposition party marks bittersweet 150th
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's main opposition party marked a bittersweet 150th birthday on Thursday — trailing badly in polls ahead of September elections and hearing praise…
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Iran denies its drone entered Bahrain's airspace
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian semi-official news agency reports the country is denying that an unmanned drone violated the airspace of Bahrain, the strategic Gulf kin…
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Restaurant torched in 4th night of Sweden riots
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Groups of youths have burnt down a restaurant, torched more than 30 cars and injured three police in a fourth night of riots in suburbs of the Swedish…
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Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top military officer has voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should require parallel cuts in non-nuclear precision weapons.
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20 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Niger's defense minister announced that 20 Nigerien soldiers were killed and another 16 injured when a suicide bomber detonated a car loaded with …
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German opposition party marks bittersweet 150th
BERLIN (AP) — Germany's main opposition party marked a bittersweet 150th birthday on Thursday — trailing badly in polls ahead of September elections and hearing praise…
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UK official: Suspects part of previous probes
LONDON (AP) — A British government official says both suspects in the brutal killing of a solider were part of previous security services investigations for possible t…
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British official: Both suspects in London attack were part of earlier security services probes
LONDON (AP) — British official: Both suspects in London attack were part of earlier security services probes.
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Bulgaria: Ex-PM fails to form new government
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — A former prime minister whose party won Bulgaria's May 12 election says his party doesn't have enough seats in parliament to form a stable government.
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Gunmen kill 4 Iraqi soldiers north of Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say gunmen have shot dead four soldiers at an army checkpoint north of Baghdad.
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US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquest
SINGAPORE (AP) — The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year left the city-state Thursday before the end of a coroner'…
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Simultaneous car bomb attacks in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Attackers in Niger detonated two car bombs at dawn on Thursday, one in the city of Agadez where a military barracks was targeted and one in Arlit …
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US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquest
SINGAPORE (AP) — The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year have left the city-state before the end of a coroner's in…
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Simultaneous car bomb attacks in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Attackers in Niger detonated two car bombs at dawn on Thursday, one in the city of Agadez where a military barracks was targeted and one in Arlit …
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US family leaves Singapore frustrated with inquest
SINGAPORE (AP) — The parents of an American software engineer found dead in his Singapore apartment last year have left the city-state before the end of a coroner's in…
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UK police: killed man was serving soldier
LONDON (AP) — British police have confirmed that the man killed in an apparent terror attack was a serving soldier.
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UK police: Man killed in Woolwich attack was serving soldier
LONDON (AP) — UK police: Man killed in Woolwich attack was serving soldier.
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Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistani authorities once arrested an American citizen now known to have been killed in a U.S. drone strike in the country, but he escaped a…
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North Korea envoy awaits chat with China's leader
BEIJING (AP) — While a North Korean envoy waits for an expected meeting with China's Communist Party chief, his Chinese hosts are taking him touring in Beijing.
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Report: Rafsanjani blasts Iran's rulers
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian pro-reform website is reporting that former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has strongly criticized the policies of the country's rul…
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UN chief arrives in Goma, Congo
GOMA, Congo (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Goma, eastern Congo, hours after a rebel group fighting government forces nearby said they would impos…
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Simultaneous car bomb attacks in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) — Attackers in Niger detonated two car bombs at dawn on Thursday, one in the city of Agadez where a military barracks was targeted and one in Arlit …
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Czech police seek US man suspected of 4 murders
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech police are searching for an American man suspected of killing four people and say they believe he is on the run and armed.
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5 dead in Lebanon clash of Assad foes, backers
BEIRUT (AP) — A Lebanese security official says five people have been killed in overnight gunbattles between opponents and supporters of the Syrian regime in the Leban…
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Brave woman tried to reason with London attackers
LONDON (AP) — An unlikely hero has emerged from the apparent terror attack that left one man dead on the streets of London.
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