Obama's speech welcomed in Pakistan, Yemen
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 Yemen.... 5/24/2013 8:18 AM

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.... 5/24/2013 8:15 AM

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 killings."... 5/24/2013 8:10 AM

5 climbers feared dead on world's 3rd highest peak
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Five climbers including two Hungarians and a South Korean are missing on the world's third-highest mountain and feared dead, a mountaineering official said Friday.... 5/24/2013 8:09 AM

Kerry's focus on peace talks, not settlements
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel's government on Friday to prevent further settlement construction where possible to help revitalize Middle East peace hopes, but stressed that the Jewish state and Palestinians alike should remain focused on the larger goal of restarting direct negotiations.... 5/24/2013 8:07 AM

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.... 5/24/2013 8:02 AM

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 their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medications.... 5/24/2013 8:01 AM

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.... 5/24/2013 7:59 AM

Attack casts spotlight on radical preachers
LONDON (AP) -- The slaying of a British solider in east London cast a spotlight on radical preachers that influenced Michael Adebolajo, the attacker seen in videos with bloody hands holding a butcher knife. It also raised questions about the reach of the terrorist group al-Shabab, after a British government official said one of the two men tried to go to Somalia to train or fight with the group. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about th... 5/24/2013 7:58 AM

NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's Xi
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 nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions.... 5/24/2013 7:56 AM

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 had never taken any hostages, unlike their earlier statements.... 5/24/2013 7:52 AM

Top Swiss negotiator in tax disputes steps down
GENEVA (AP) -- Switzerland's top negotiator in talks to resolve disputes over tax evasion with Europe and the U.S. is stepping down.... 5/24/2013 7:46 AM

Austria links UN peacekeepers to Syria arms ban
VIENNA (AP) -- Austria is urging an extension of the EU arms embargo for Syria, saying it may rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the region otherwise.... 5/24/2013 7:42 AM

Russia: Syrian regime may take part in peace talks
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending the Arab country's conflict, Russia's foreign ministry said Friday.... 5/24/2013 7:38 AM

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.... 5/24/2013 7:35 AM

2 former sex slaves demand Japan mayor quit
OSAKA, Japan (AP) -- Two Korean former sex slaves demanded the resignation of an outspoken Japanese mayor and canceled a meeting with him Friday for justifying Japan's wartime practice of forcing tens of thousands of Asian women into prostitution for its military.... 5/24/2013 7:33 AM

Runways reopen after emergency at Heathrow Airport
LONDON (AP) -- A British Airways jet made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport Friday after developing a technical problem after takeoff. TV footage showed smoke streaming from one of the engines.... 5/24/2013 7:23 AM

Kerry blasts Iranian election maneuvering
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- TEL AVIV, Israel - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is harshly criticizing Iran's guardian council for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates and, in his view, standing in the way of legitimate, representative democracy.... 5/24/2013 7:07 AM

World stocks stabilize after big sell-off
MOSCOW (AP) -- World stocks stabilized on Friday, a day after global markets dropped sharply on concerns global growth is slowing and the Federal Reserve could start scaling back its monetary stimulus.... 5/24/2013 7:04 AM

US lauds India for reducing Iranian oil imports
NEW DELHI (AP) -- A senior American official on Friday praised India for reducing oil imports from Iran and said the U.S. government will decide soon on New Delhi's request to renew a waiver from sanctions on Tehran.... 5/24/2013 6:41 AM