Attack casts spotlight on radical preachers
LONDON (AP) -- The slaying of a British soldier in southeast 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 abo... 5/24/2013 9:01 AM

Kerry, Lavrov to meet in Paris
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- Secretary of State John Kerry will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov next week in Paris to discuss peace talks in Syria.... 5/24/2013 8:58 AM

Austria links UN peacekeepers to Syria arms ban
VIENNA (AP) -- Austria said Friday that it may rethink its U.N. peacekeeping role in the Golan Heights, if the European Union doesn't extend its arms embargo to Syria.... 5/24/2013 8:53 AM

Police: Suicide bomb hits heart of Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said.... 5/24/2013 8:51 AM

France won't force companies to cap executive pay
PARIS (AP) -- The French government is trying to woo executives and entrepreneurs, amid concerns that it has antagonized the businesses needed to reinvigorate the economy.... 5/24/2013 8:51 AM

Kerry blasts Iranian election maneuvering
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry harshly criticized Iranian authorities on Friday for eliminating hundreds of presidential candidates, suggesting that Tehran is standing in the way of legitimate, representative democracy.... 5/24/2013 8:47 AM

Q&A: On Turkey's proposed alcohol restrictions
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- A look at legislation passed in Turkey's parliament early Friday that would ban all alcohol advertising and tighten restrictions on the sale of such beverages, and how such a law could affect tourists and liquor companies in the mainly Muslim but secular country.... 5/24/2013 8:37 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 8:34 AM

UN nuke agency's Iran probe driven by US-led intel
VIENNA (AP) -- The U.N. nuclear agency responsible for probing whether Iran has worked on a nuclear bomb depends on the United States and its allies for most of its intelligence, complicating the agency's efforts to produce findings that can be widely accepted by the international community.... 5/24/2013 8:27 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 8:24 AM

Correction: Mozambique-UN story
MAPUTO, Mozambique (AP) -- In a story May 21 about U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visiting Mozambique, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mozambique became independent in 1974, instead of 1975.... 5/24/2013 8:20 AM

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

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

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