Wave of attacks kills at least 86 in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A wave of attacks killed at least 86 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 230 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years.... 5/20/2013 11:05 AM

Rebels attack C. African Republic villages; 8 dead
BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) -- Suspected foreign fighters backing a rebel movement now in control of Central African Republic's government invaded a remote north-central village and killed six people, residents said.... 5/20/2013 11:02 AM

US says Pakistan curbing explosive fertilizers
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan has taken a number of steps to prevent fertilizers made within its borders for agriculture from being used as explosives in roadside bombs that target American troops in Afghanistan, said a top U.S. military officer Monday.... 5/20/2013 10:58 AM

Suicide bomber kills 14 at Afghan province council
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber dressed in a police uniform killed 14 people including a prominent provincial council chief Monday in northern Afghanistan in an attack outside the council headquarters, authorities said. The Taliban insurgency quickly claimed responsibility.... 5/20/2013 10:55 AM

Riots in Stockholm suburb over police shooting
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Gangs of youth angered by the police shooting death of an elderly man in a mainly immigrant neighborhood hurled rocks at police and set cars and buildings on fire in a Stockholm suburb early Monday, forcing the evacuation of an apartment block.... 5/20/2013 10:50 AM

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France (AP) -- Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:... 5/20/2013 10:46 AM

Indonesia mine collapse death toll rises to 17
TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers recovered three more bodies Monday from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to 17, mine officials said. Eleven others were believed buried under the rubble.... 5/20/2013 10:44 AM

Greek beach evacuated after artillery discovery
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- A surprise shell has caused a big stir at a popular Athens beach.... 5/20/2013 10:36 AM

Activists say 28 Hezbollah members killed in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) -- Fierce street fighting in a Syrian town near the Lebanese border has killed at least 28 elite members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, activists said Monday, as Syrian government forces pushed deeper into the strategic, opposition-held town.... 5/20/2013 10:36 AM

Measles surges in UK years after flawed research
LONDON (AP) -- More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of now discredited research that linked the vaccine to autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease.... 5/20/2013 10:34 AM

Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform
MATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) -- Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border.... 5/20/2013 10:34 AM

Retired Anglican priest convicted of sex abuse
LONDON (AP) -- A retired Anglican priest has been convicted of 36 separate sex offenses against children in the 1960s and 1970s.... 5/20/2013 10:32 AM

Silver drops despite steady market tone elsewhere
LONDON (AP) -- The price of silver was the standout mover in financial markets Monday as it took a hammering for the second trading session in a row, even as stocks remained relatively solid amid hopes over the U.S. economy.... 5/20/2013 10:28 AM

At least 12 dead in China factory explosion
BEIJING (AP) -- A massive blast ripped through an explosives factory on Monday in eastern China, killing at least 12 people and leaving others buried in the debris, state media reported.... 5/20/2013 10:24 AM

Chinese, Indian leaders call for cooperation
NEW DELHI (AP) -- The leaders of India and China played down their recent border dispute and other tensions Monday, pledging to work together for regional stability and the economic growth of the world's two most populous nations.... 5/20/2013 10:20 AM

Saudi women teachers demanding full time jobs
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- About 30 Saudi women teachers have demonstrated outside the kingdom's Education Ministry, demanding full time jobs.... 5/20/2013 10:19 AM

Uganda police raid newspaper over general's letter
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Ugandan police disabled an independent newspaper's printing press after forcibly entering its premises to look for evidence against an army general who recently questioned the president's alleged plan to have his son succeed him, witnesses said Monday.... 5/20/2013 10:05 AM

German FM criticizes remarks by Hungarian PM
BERLIN (AP) -- Tensions between Germany and Hungary have flared over remarks by the two countries' leaders, including references to Hitler's occupation of the eastern European country in 1944 and an irritated German government response condemning Hungary's allusion to the Nazi era as "deplorable derailment" on Monday.... 5/20/2013 10:03 AM

Iran election overseers may bar former president
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's election overseers say they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month's presidential election, a clear nod toward a former president.... 5/20/2013 9:56 AM

Egypt: Security beefed up in Sinai after abduction
CAIRO (AP) -- Dozens of Egyptian military and police armored vehicles crossed into Sinai on Monday, beefing up the security presence in the volatile peninsula five days after suspected militants kidnapped six policemen and a border guard there.... 5/20/2013 9:56 AM