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Clashes in Lebanon feed fear of Syria spillover
May 24, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port... more »»
US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
May 24, 2013 JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. more »»
WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus
May 24, 2013 GENEVA (AP) — International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to... more »»
Sweden's riots raise questions about inequality
May 24, 2013 HUSBY, Sweden (AP) — Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. more »»
Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone
May 24, 2013 PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — An American citizen killed in a U.S. more »»
Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack
May 24, 2013 LONDON (AP) — A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstration... more »»
Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff
May 24, 2013 TOKYO (AP) — Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. more »»
Chinese media: North Korea envoy offers talks
May 24, 2013 BEIJING (AP) — A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his fence-mending visit to ally China, heeded Beijing's wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks, Chinese state media said. more »»
Egypt leader claims victory in captives' release
May 23, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of criticism that his government i... more »»
Colombia: 10 soldiers killed by in rebel attack
May 23, 2013 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least 10 Colombian soldiers were killed and six wounded Wednesday in a pre-dawn attack on an army patrol with homemade explosives by the country's second-largest leftist... more »»
Kerry: US, allies ready to step up aid to rebels
May 23, 2013 AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The U.S. more »»
Mexico cartel dominates, torches western state
May 23, 2013 LA RUANA, Mexico (AP) — The farm state of Michoacan is burning. more »»
Toronto mayor fired from coaching job
May 23, 2013 TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was fired from his job as football coach at a Catholic high school Wednesday for reasons unrelated to the scandal over a video that purports to show the leader... more »»
Brutal attack in London heightens terror fears
May 23, 2013 LONDON (AP) — Two men with butcher knives hacked another to death Wednesday near a London military barracks and one then went on video to explain the crime — shouting political statements, gesturing... more »»
Boxes of cash seized in Mexico corruption probe
May 23, 2013 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities on Wednesday seized five boxes filled with cash as part of an investigation into alleged embezzlement by a former governor of southern Tabasco state, in what... more »»
Polish man gets quick face transplant after injury
May 23, 2013 WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A 33-year-old Polish man received a face transplant just three weeks after being disfigured in a workplace accident, in what his doctors said Wednesday is the fastest time fram... more »»
Measles surges in UK years after flawed research
May 22, 2013 LONDON (AP) — More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism. more »»
Car bomb, other attacks kill 20 in Iraq
May 22, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — A car bomb exploded as Sunni worshippers were leaving a mosque after evening prayers Tuesday in Baghdad, the deadliest in a string of attacks that killed at least 20 people nationwide... more »»
Saudi executes 5 Yemenis, displays bodies
May 22, 2013 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed five Yemenis convicted of crimes and displayed their bodies in public as a deterrent for future criminals, the government said. more »»
Soldiers flood western Mexico to protect towns
May 22, 2013 COALCOMAN, Mexico (AP) — Mexico's top security officials promised Tuesday that a new federal offensive to rescue towns besieged by the Knights Templar drug cartel in western Michoacan state would... more »» |
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