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UN chief challenges African leaders over Congo
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging African leaders to implement a plan that the U.N. hopes will stabilize eastern Congo after years of turmoil.... 5/24/2013 9:55 AM
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging African leaders to implement a plan that the U.N. hopes will stabilize eastern Congo after years of turmoil.... 5/24/2013 9:55 AM
Uganda president ousts army boss amid dispute
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni fired his top military commander Friday, the ouster apparently linked to turmoil over Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him as head of state.... 5/24/2013 9:52 AM
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni fired his top military commander Friday, the ouster apparently linked to turmoil over Museveni's alleged plan to have his son succeed him as head of state.... 5/24/2013 9:52 AM
Abe on 1st trip to Myanmar by Japan PM in 36 years
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Myanmar on Friday on the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years, as Tokyo bids to reassert its position as a top economic partner after decades of frosty relations with the previous military regime.... 5/24/2013 9:47 AM
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Prime Minister Shinzo Abe arrived in Myanmar on Friday on the first visit to the country by a Japanese leader in 36 years, as Tokyo bids to reassert its position as a top economic partner after decades of frosty relations with the previous military regime.... 5/24/2013 9:47 AM
Russia: Syrian regime may take part in peace talks
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending the country's civil war, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday, the first confirmation that President Bashar Assad's regime would be willing to take part in the talks with the opposition.... 5/24/2013 9:39 AM
BEIRUT (AP) -- The Syrian government has agreed "in principle" to attend a conference proposed by Russia and the United States on ending the country's civil war, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday, the first confirmation that President Bashar Assad's regime would be willing to take part in the talks with the opposition.... 5/24/2013 9:39 AM
UK fighter jet scrambled to divert civilian plane
LONDON (AP) -- A British fighter jet was launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England after an incident on board, British officials said Friday.... 5/24/2013 9:37 AM
LONDON (AP) -- A British fighter jet was launched to divert a civilian plane carrying nearly 300 passengers from Pakistan to England after an incident on board, British officials said Friday.... 5/24/2013 9:37 AM
Kenya's mental hospital drugs, confines patients
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- An advocacy group says patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are often confined and immobilized using drugs that put them into a comatose-like state, factors that could have led to the recent escape of 40 male patients.... 5/24/2013 9:34 AM
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- An advocacy group says patients at Kenya's only psychiatric hospital are often confined and immobilized using drugs that put them into a comatose-like state, factors that could have led to the recent escape of 40 male patients.... 5/24/2013 9:34 AM
Spanish court opens tax probe into king's daughter
MADRID (AP) -- Princess Cristina, the daughter of Spain's King Juan Carlos, is under investigation for possible tax fraud and money laundering, the latest blow to the Spanish royal family's reputation.... 5/24/2013 9:18 AM
MADRID (AP) -- Princess Cristina, the daughter of Spain's King Juan Carlos, is under investigation for possible tax fraud and money laundering, the latest blow to the Spanish royal family's reputation.... 5/24/2013 9:18 AM
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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