Female suicide bomber injures 11 in Russian region
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- A female suicide bomber injured at least 11 police officers and civilians, including two children, in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, police said.... 5/25/2013 6:11 AM

Dozens march in Ukraine's first-ever gay rally
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- At least 50 gay rights activists have marched peacefully in the country's first gay rally despite a court ban and attempts to disrupt the event.... 5/25/2013 6:02 AM

Radiation leak at Japan lab; small impact expected
TOKYO (AP) -- An atomic research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected 55 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility, the lab's operator said Saturday.... 5/25/2013 6:02 AM

'Friend' of suspect in UK slaying arrested
LONDON (AP) -- Counterterrorism police are questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two men suspected of the savage killing of a British soldier.... 5/25/2013 5:58 AM

In Ethiopia, African Union celebrates 50 years
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Dozens of African leaders are meeting in the Ethiopian capital to mark 50 years since the founding of the African Union, a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters.... 5/25/2013 5:53 AM

Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The apparent failed attack came a day after a major Taliban assault on an international compound in Kabul left 10 people dead including the six attackers.... 5/25/2013 5:51 AM

Jordan king says extremism 'grown fat' on conflict
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) -- Jordan's King Abdullah II says extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.... 5/25/2013 5:35 AM

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- Russian police: Female suicide bomber injures at least 11 in Caucasus region of Dagestan.... 5/25/2013 5:35 AM

Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair
BEIRUT (AP) -- Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad unleashed on Saturday their heaviest artillery and rocket barrage in a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from a strategic western town, activists said.... 5/25/2013 5:33 AM

2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have introduced a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families in an effort to ease tensions with the Rohingya's Buddhist neighbors after a spate of deadly sectarian violence, an official said Saturday.... 5/25/2013 5:23 AM

Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan.... 5/25/2013 5:15 AM

Balloons bring smiles in war-weary Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Artists and activists have handed out 10,000 pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound in the city.... 5/25/2013 5:03 AM

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France (AP) -- Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.... 5/25/2013 4:26 AM

16 children, 1 teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire.... 5/25/2013 4:00 AM

Chile's Indians take on world's largest gold miner
EL CORRAL, Chile (AP) -- The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water.... 5/25/2013 3:45 AM

7 Filipino marines, 4 militants killed in clash
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- At least seven Filipino marines and four Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in a clash Saturday as the military launched an offensive against al-Qaida-linked gunmen who have been blamed for recent kidnappings and of trying to sabotage a road project in the southern Philippines.... 5/25/2013 2:32 AM

Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine
TORONTO (AP) -- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Critics were not appeased, with one city councilor questioning whether the mayor told "the whole truth" and another calling on him to resign.... 5/25/2013 1:06 AM

NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's president
BEIJING (AP) -- A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions.... 5/24/2013 10:15 PM

Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) -- Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank accounts.... 5/24/2013 9:49 PM

Honduran gangs to announce truce to cut violence
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- Honduras' two largest and most-violent gangs will sign a truce next week and ask for a dialogue with the government and police to help them start leaving their gang lifestyle, a Roman Catholic bishop said Friday.... 5/24/2013 8:19 PM