US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
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. Secretary of State John Kerry's two-month-old effort to get Israelis and Palestinians back to the negotiating table.... 5/23/2013 1:11 PM

Cayman opposition will lead coalition gov't
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (AP) -- Election officials in the Cayman Islands say the opposition party has won nine of 18 seats, one short of a majority needed to control the British territory's legislature.... 5/23/2013 1:09 PM

Euro Tour CEO apologizes for saying 'colored'
VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) -- The head of the European golf tour apologized for using the term "colored" during a live television interview Thursday in which he was reacting to the spat between Tiger Woods and Sergio Garcia.... 5/23/2013 1:05 PM

Payne back on the road with 'Nebraska' at Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) -- Shooting the Midwest in monochrome came naturally for Alexander Payne in his father-son road trip "Nebraska."... 5/23/2013 1:01 PM

86 sentenced in Macedonia highway toll scam case
SKOPJE, Macedonia (AP) -- A criminal court in Macedonia's capital has sentenced 86 employees of a road management company to prison terms ranging from eight months to more than six years for involvement in a massive highway toll scam.... 5/23/2013 1:00 PM

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 1:00 PM

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 12:56 PM

Canada businessman's corruption trial on in Cuba
HAVANA (AP) -- A Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba apparently went on trial Thursday, nearly two years after he was detained and his import company, Tri-Star Caribbean, was shuttered.... 5/23/2013 12:53 PM

Court cancels Ukraine's first gay pride rally
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- A Ukrainian court on Thursday banned what would have been Ukraine's first-ever gay pride demonstration, upholding a suit by city authorities, who argued the rally would disturb annual Kiev Day celebrations and could spark violence.... 5/23/2013 12:49 PM

UN chief visits Goma, Congo
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed Thursday that security must go hand-in-hand with development in Congo's troubled eastern city of Goma, arriving just hours after a rebel group halted fighting to allow the visit to proceed.... 5/23/2013 12:49 PM

WHO: 22 deaths worldwide from coronavirus
GENEVA (AP) -- World Health Organization officials said Thursday that their probe into the deadly new coronavirus that has now claimed 22 lives is being delayed because of a dispute over the ownership rights to a sample.... 5/23/2013 12:47 PM

UK attack suspects part of previous investigations
LONDON (AP) -- Two Muslim hardliners say the man seen wielding a bloody butcher's knife after the killing of a British soldier is a Muslim convert who took part in demonstrations with the banned radical group al-Muhajiroun.... 5/23/2013 1:13 PM

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 12:40 PM

Banned Iranian director Rasoulof coming to Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) -- Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime there, is coming to Cannes for a screening of his latest film, publicists for the movie said Thursday.... 5/23/2013 1:13 PM

IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe
PARIS (AP) -- International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister.... 5/23/2013 12:16 PM

Massive fuel-depot fire breaks out in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- A massive fire broke out Thursday at a fuel depot on the northern outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, sending bright orange flames leaping high into the air and thick black smoking rolling upward and enveloping the area.... 5/23/2013 12:15 PM

Appellate court: Berlusconi ran illegal scheme
MILAN (AP) -- A Milan appeals court has explained why it upheld Silvia Berlusconi's tax fraud conviction, saying the politician illegally purchased the rights to broadcast U.S. movies on his private TV network, then falsely declared the payments to avoid taxes.... 5/23/2013 12:10 PM

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 12:08 PM

Gunmen kill 7 Iraqi soldiers in central Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Gunmen killed at least seven soldiers in central Iraq on Thursday, officials said, in the latest episode of violence to hit the country in a particularly bloody month.... 5/23/2013 11:53 AM

Violence in Somalia scares investors, aid workers
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about expanding operations in Mogadishu.... 5/23/2013 11:38 AM