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Britain braces for possible copycat attacks
May 24, 2013 LONDON (AP) — Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing activists and possible copycat terror attacks by Islamic extremists after the savage slaying of a young soldier, whose grieving family... more »»
UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrested
May 24, 2013 LONDON (AP) — Britain scrambled fighter jets Friday to intercept a commercial airliner carrying more than 300 people from Pakistan, diverting it to an isolated runway at an airport on the... more »»
Afghan Taliban attack aid group, 2 guards killed
May 24, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A Taliban suicide car bomber and five heavily armed gunmen attacked an international aid group's guest house in the Afghan capital on Friday, killing two guards and... more »»
Russia says Syrian regime agrees to peace talks
May 24, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government has agreed to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending the country's civil war, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday, the... more »»
NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's president
May 24, 2013 BEIJING (AP) — A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear... more »»
Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
May 24, 2013 CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. more »»
Aid group official says 4 wounded in Afghan attack
May 24, 2013 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 Afghan capital. more »»
Q&A: On Turkey's proposed alcohol restrictions
May 24, 2013 ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such ... more »»
Uganda president ousts army boss amid dispute
May 24, 2013 KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni fired his top military commander Friday, the ouster apparently linked to turmoil over Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him... more »»
Russia: Syrian regime may take part in peace talks
May 24, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending the country's civil war, Russia's Foreign Ministry said... more »»
Attack casts spotlight on radical preachers
May 24, 2013 LONDON (AP) — The slaying of a British soldier in southeast London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands holding a... more »»
NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's Xi
May 24, 2013 BEIJING (AP) — A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation... more »»
Obama's speech welcomed in Pakistan, Yemen
May 24, 2013 ISLAMABAD (AP) — President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries affected by the policies— Pakistan and... more »»
Egypt: 3 women killed in 'honor' crime
May 24, 2013 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 killings. more »»
Berlusconi looms large in Rome mayor election
May 24, 2013 ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's figure looms large over Rome's mayoral elections this weekend, even though the former premier isn't among the 19 candidates running. more »»
Suicide bomber kills 3 in northwest Pakistan
May 24, 2013 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, killing three people. more »»
Foreign preacher takes rare turn on Vietnam stage
May 24, 2013 HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — The 25,000 people at the soccer stadium and the millions more watching at home waited 90 minutes before the Australian evangelical preacher got to the message he had come to... more »»
Syrian govt to take part in peace conference
May 24, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — The Syrian government has agreed to a conference on the country's future proposed by Russia and the United States, Russia's foreign ministry said Friday Foreign Ministry... more »» |
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