World Bank highlights climate-poverty link
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a "climate lens."... 6/19/2013 4:10 AM

Karzai suspends talks with US over Taliban move
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai says he has suspended talks with the U.S. on a new security deal to protest the way the Americans are reaching out to the Taliban in efforts to find a political solution to the war.... 6/19/2013 4:08 AM

Vietnam hunger strike tests official intimidation
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Cu Huy Ha Vu's books come with pages torn out by prison guards. Only some of his letters reach home. He is not allowed to access evidence from his trial or to see his wife alone.... 6/19/2013 4:06 AM

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan president suspends talks with US on security deal to protest US-Taliban negotiations.... 6/19/2013 3:54 AM

UN says 45.2 million refugees, displaced globally
GENEVA (AP) -- The Syrian civil war contributed to push the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday.... 6/19/2013 3:35 AM

Obama's Berlin speech: History raises the stakes
BERLIN (AP) -- Five years and 50 years. As President Barack Obama revisits Berlin, he can't escape those anniversaries and the inevitable comparisons to history and personal achievement.... 6/19/2013 3:34 AM

Monsoon floods kill 69 in India, strand pilgrims
LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- India's army and air force have evacuated nearly 12,000 Hindu pilgrims stranded in a mountainous area after torrential monsoon rains and landslides caused death and destruction in northern India.... 6/19/2013 3:17 AM

Protesters out again in Brazil's biggest city
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament - people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption.... 6/19/2013 2:26 AM

China, North Korea hold strategic talks in Beijing
BEIJING (AP) -- Negotiators from North Korea and China held strategic talks in Beijing on Wednesday following a rough patch in relations between the communist allies and Pyongyang's surprise weekend call for dialogue with the U.S.... 6/19/2013 2:17 AM

Red Cross' Guantanamo reports sought in 9/11 case
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba (AP) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross urged a military judge Tuesday to refuse a request to open its confidential communications with U.S. officials about conditions at Guantanamo Bay to the lawyers for the prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 terror attack.... 6/19/2013 2:00 AM

One of US FBI's most wanted nabbed in Mexico
CANCUN, Mexico (AP) -- Mexican authorities have arrested a former university professor who was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list in the resort city of Playa del Carmen.... 6/19/2013 1:55 AM

Obama to renew calls for nuclear reductions
BERLIN (AP) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday will renew his call to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, a senior administration official said.... 6/19/2013 1:49 AM

UN chief warns of new peacekeeping threats
BEIJING (AP) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the world body's peacekeeping efforts face growing dangers from non-traditional threats such as suicide bombers and improvised explosive devices.... 6/19/2013 1:44 AM

Japan formally OKs new nuke safety requirements
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's nuclear watchdog has formally approved new safety requirements for atomic plants, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster.... 6/19/2013 1:34 AM

Asia Markets mostly down as investors eye Fed
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Asian markets were mostly lower Wednesday as investors waited for an update on the U.S. economy from the U.S. Federal Reserve.... 6/19/2013 12:59 AM

Bus crashes in foggy valley in China, 15 dead
BEIJING (AP) -- A bus carrying 36 people veered from a road in heavy fog and crashed into a valley in western China, killing at least 15 people, state media reported.... 6/19/2013 12:28 AM

Australian jailed for life for rape, murder
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- A serial sex offender was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for raping and murdering an Irish woman while he was free on parole after previous convictions for raping five women.... 6/19/2013 12:01 AM

Malaysia budget airport launch pushed to May 2014
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) -- The opening of a new airport to accommodate budget carriers has been delayed until next year because of design changes and other construction setbacks, Malaysia's airport operator says.... 6/18/2013 11:05 PM

Singapore fumes as air pollution hits 16-year high
SINGAPORE (AP) -- Singaporeans rolled back military training, kept cough-stricken children indoors and considered wearing protective masks to work after a smoky haze triggered by forest fires in neighboring Indonesia caused air pollution to briefly hit its worst level in nearly 16 years.... 6/18/2013 10:16 PM

Bolivian girl mauled by dog to fly to US for help
LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- A 4-year-old Bolivian girl who was unconscious for nearly three weeks after being mauled in the face and body by a Rottweiler is awake and ready to fly to Boston for reconstructive surgery, a doctor said Tuesday.... 6/18/2013 9:58 PM