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20 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger
May 23, 2013 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 explosives inside a military... more »»
UK official: Suspects part of previous probes
May 23, 2013 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 terror links. more »»
Brave woman tried to reason with London attackers
May 23, 2013 LONDON (AP) — A brave scout leader who may have prevented further violence has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack that left one man dead on the streets of London. more »»
Paul McCartney writes in support of Pussy Riot
May 23, 2013 MOSCOW (AP) — Beatles frontman Paul McCartney has asked a Russian judge to release members of the Pussy Riot punk group from prison. more »»
Gunmen kill 4 Iraqi soldiers north of Baghdad
May 23, 2013 BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say gunmen have shot dead four soldiers at an army checkpoint north of Baghda. more »»
Japanese climber, 80, becomes oldest atop Everest
May 23, 2013 KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese man who has had four heart operations in recent years became the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest on Thursday — although his recor... more »»
UN chief arrives in Goma, Congo
May 23, 2013 GOMA, Congo (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived on Thursday in Goma, eastern Congo, hours after a rebel group fighting government forces nearby said they would impose a... more »»
UK emergency committee meets after attack
May 23, 2013 LONDON (AP) — The British government's emergency committee met Thursday after two attackers butchered a British soldier in a daylight attack in London that raised fears terrorism had returned to... more »»
Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff
May 23, 2013 TOKYO (AP) — Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. more »»
Father of Afghanistan cricket captain abducted
May 23, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Gunmen kidnapped the father of Afghanistan's national cricket team captain near his home in an eastern city, officials said Thursday. more »»
Bangladesh: Owners' many failings led to collapse
May 23, 2013 DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — The defects and errors that led to the world's deadliest garment-industry accident extend from the swampy ground the doomed Rana Plaza was built on, to "extremely poor... more »»
2011 jail breaks become political issue in Egypt
May 23, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — It was one of the most perplexing events of Egypt's revolution: orchestrated attacks on prisons around the country that broke out more than 20,000 inmates while police were tied down... more »»
Submerged structure stumps Israeli archaeologists
May 23, 2013 TIBERIAS, Israel (AP) — The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and is... more »»
Lawyer: Malaysian accused of rape married the girl
May 23, 2013 KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Prosecutors in Malaysia are pursuing rape charges against a 40-year-old man who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl and then married her. more »»
Building materials blamed in Bangladesh disaster
May 23, 2013 DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A government investigation found that "extremely" poor quality construction materials and a series of violations caused the collapse of a garment factory building in... more »»
Police: Car bomb kills 12 in southwest Pakistan
May 23, 2013 QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A police officer says a car bomb in southwest Pakistan has killed 11 policemen and a civilian. 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... more »»
Octogenarians race to be oldest Everest climber
May 23, 2013 KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, is back on the mountain to make... 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,... more »»
Brutal attack in London blamed on radical Islam
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,... more »» |
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