Top Libyan official: Benghazi explosion accident
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack.... 5/19/2013 4:48 PM

Video shows kidnapped Egyptian security officers
CAIRO (AP) -- Seven men purported to be the members of Egypt's security forces kidnapped by suspected militants last week appeared in a video posted online Sunday and urged the government to secure their release by meeting their captors' demands.... 5/19/2013 4:39 PM

Drug charge for Virgin Islands environment officer
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Federal agents have arrested the top enforcement officer for the U.S. Virgin Islands environment agency on drug trafficking charges after he was allegedly caught with a cache of cocaine on a government patrol boat.... 5/19/2013 4:22 PM

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France (AP) -- Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:... 5/19/2013 3:47 PM

Syrian troops push into strategic rebel-held town
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian troops pushed into a rebel-held town near the Lebanese border on Sunday, fighting house-to-house and bombing from the air as President Bashar Assad tried to strengthen his grip on a strategic strip of land running from the capital to the Mediterranean coast.... 5/19/2013 3:07 PM

Tunisia security blocks salafi conference, 1 dead
KAIROUAN, Tunisia (AP) -- Around 11,000 police officers and soldiers blocked an annual conference Sunday at Tunisia's main religious center by a radical Islamist movement that has been implicated in attacks across the country, prompting clashes with angry youths that resulted in one death.... 5/19/2013 2:43 PM

Nigeria military: 17 killed during offensive
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's military says its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected Islamic extremists and three soldiers.... 5/19/2013 2:33 PM

Israeli seeks interim deal with Palestinians
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's senior coalition partner says that reaching a final peace agreement with the Palestinians is unrealistic at the current time and the sides should instead pursue an interim arrangement.... 5/19/2013 2:31 PM

Israel disputes French TV claim on boy's death
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel on Sunday completed an investigation into a decade-old French TV report that claimed Israeli forces killed a Palestinian boy in a gunbattle with Palestinian militants, saying the video was misleading and unfairly blamed Israel.... 5/19/2013 2:27 PM

Coens' folk revival 'Llewyn' serenades Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) -- The Coen brothers' resurrection of the pre-Dylan folk scene in Greenwich Village serenaded Cannes with its period music and melancholy tale of a self-destructive, feline-toting musician.... 5/19/2013 1:53 PM

Chinese premier visits India to boost ties
NEW DELHI (AP) -- Just weeks after a tense border standoff, China's new premier visited India on Sunday on his first foreign trip as the neighboring giants look to speed up efforts to settle a decades-old boundary dispute and boost economic ties.... 5/19/2013 1:45 PM

Slim, broadcasters take fight to soccer field
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephone and Internet companies to banks and chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion: soccer.... 5/19/2013 1:34 PM

Algerian editor accuses government of censorship
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) -- An editor has accused Algeria's government of censorship after it blocked the publication of his two newspapers.... 5/19/2013 1:24 PM

'Britain's Obama' urges ties with West Africa
ACCRA, Ghana (AP) -- A rising star in Britain's Labour Party, described by some as the "British Barack Obama," Chuka Umunna urged the United Kingdom to more aggressively forge ties with West Africa's fast-growing economies.... 5/19/2013 12:58 PM

Zimbabwe PM: We will end police, military abuse
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Sunday his party will end years of bias and abuse by the police, military and intelligence services and will make sure the services uphold the country's new constitution which demands impartiality in their duties.... 5/19/2013 12:53 PM

Russian TV: American accused of spying flies out
MOSCOW (AP) -- The U.S. Embassy employee accused of spying in Moscow flew out of Russia on Sunday, five days after he was ordered to leave the country, NTV television reported.... 5/19/2013 12:51 PM

Pope: church should open up but follow teaching
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis is calling for renewal in the Catholic church as he wrapped up two days of mass gatherings in St. Peter's Square aimed at energizing the faithful.... 5/19/2013 12:14 PM

Cairo airport baggage handlers end strike
CAIRO (AP) -- Cairo airport officials say baggage handlers have resumed work after a strike that left passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for luggage.... 5/19/2013 12:05 PM

Mice return from a month in space
MOSCOW (AP) -- A Russian capsule carrying mice, lizards and other small animals returned to Earth on Sunday after spending a month in space for what scientists said was the longest experiment of its kind.... 5/19/2013 12:03 PM

Death toll in collapsed Indonesia mine rises to 9
TIMIKA, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers recovered the bodies of four more workers from a collapsed underground room at a giant U.S.-owned gold and copper mine in Indonesia, bringing the confirmed death toll to nine, police and company officials said Sunday. Nineteen other workers were missing and feared dead.... 5/19/2013 11:37 AM