Japanese man, 80, oldest to top Everest _ for now
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- An 80-year-old Japanese man who began the year with his fourth heart operation became the oldest conqueror of Mount Everest on Thursday, a feat he called "the world's best feeling" even with an 81-year-old Nepalese climber not far behind him.... 5/23/2013 10:27 AM

26 killed in 2 simultaneous car bombs in Niger
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously on Thursday, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of Arlit at a French-operated uranium mine, killing a total of 26 people and injuring 30, according to officials in Niger and France.... 5/23/2013 10:24 AM

Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- An American citizen killed in a U.S. drone strike in Pakistan in 2011 was arrested by Pakistani authorities three years earlier but escaped after being released on bail, officials said Thursday.... 5/23/2013 10:21 AM

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.... 5/23/2013 10:21 AM

Russia wary of deeper nuclear arms cuts
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's top military officer on Thursday voiced skepticism about deeper nuclear arms cuts, saying they should require parallel reductions in non-nuclear precision weapons.... 5/23/2013 10:17 AM

Kerry detours for Palestinian shwarma
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry says he's all in for Palestinian shwarma.... 5/23/2013 10:13 AM

Markets roiled by Nikkei's 7.3 percent slide
LONDON (AP) -- Financial markets around the world were roiled Thursday after Japanese stocks suffered their biggest slide since the country was hit by a devastating tsunami more than two years ago.... 5/23/2013 10:12 AM

Police: Jewels stolen in Cap d'Antibes near Cannes
PARIS (AP) -- Police say an expensive necklace was stolen overnight in the luxurious resort town of Cap d'Antibes, the second jewelry theft on the French Riviera during the Cannes Film Festival.... 5/23/2013 10:10 AM

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.... 5/23/2013 10:08 AM

Dutch arrest meat works owner in horse meat probe
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- Dutch authorities on Thursday arrested the director of a meat-processing and wholesale company whose business is at the center of an investigation into undeclared mixing of horse meat with beef.... 5/23/2013 10:05 AM

Socialists try to form new govt in Bulgaria
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) -- The Socialists, who finished second in Bulgaria's election this month, were asked to form a new government Thursday, after the front-running party was unable to.... 5/23/2013 10:00 AM

Britain: Soldier slaying suspects had been probed
LONDON (AP) -- Two men accused of butchering a British soldier had featured in previous investigations by security services, a British official said Thursday, as investigators searched several locations and tried to determine whether the men were part of a wider plot to instill terror on the streets of London.... 5/23/2013 10:00 AM

North Korea envoy awaits chat with China's leader
BEIJING (AP) -- On a visit to repair ties with China and waiting to meet its leader, a North Korean envoy paid deference Thursday to hopes by the North's chief ally for renewed multinational nuclear talks.... 5/23/2013 9:55 AM

Sorrentino serves up a cinema banquet at Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) -- Paolo Sorrentino has a thing about food - appropriately enough, for the director of a sumptuous feast of a film, "The Great Beauty."... 5/23/2013 9:55 AM

AP Interview: Syria conflict uproots Palestinians
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syria's fighting has uprooted more than half of the country's 530,000 Palestinians - descendants of refugees from a Mideast conflict half a century ago - and their situation is becoming increasingly desperate, the head of a U.N. aid agency said Thursday.... 5/23/2013 9:53 AM

Czech police seek US man suspected of 4 murders
BRNO, Czech Republic (AP) -- An American man suspected of killing four people is on the run in the Czech Republic and likely armed, officials said Thursday.... 5/23/2013 9:45 AM

Taliban rickshaw bomb kills 13 in Pakistan
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A large bomb hidden by the Taliban in a rickshaw exploded as a police vehicle passed in southwest Pakistan on Thursday, killing 11 policemen and two civilians, police said.... 5/23/2013 9:39 AM

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.... 5/23/2013 9:20 AM

Malaysian charged with sedition, 3 more arrested
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- Malaysian authorities detained three anti-government figures, charged a student activist with sedition and seized hundreds of opposition newspapers Thursday, raising political tensions after recent national elections triggered claims of fraud.... 5/23/2013 9:11 AM

Report: Rafsanjani blasts Iran's rulers
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has blasted the Islamic Republic's clerical rulers, declaring it impossible for them to do a worse job running the country, an Iranian pro-reform website reported Wednesday.... 5/23/2013 9:07 AM