Israeli PM: EU should join US push on peace talks
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's prime minister says the European Union should join U.S. attempts to restart stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks... 6/20/2013 7:22 AM

South Sudan ministers face corruption probe
JUBA, South Sudan (AP) -- The president of South Sudan has suspended two of his ministers and ordered an investigation into corruption allegations against them.... 6/20/2013 7:09 AM

Norway opens Arctic border area to oil drilling
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- Norway's Parliament has opened up a new area on the fringe of the Arctic Ocean to offshore oil drilling despite protests from opponents who fear catastrophic oil spills in the remote and icy region.... 6/20/2013 7:01 AM

Uganda gives protection to students fleeing Rwanda
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- A Ugandan government official says 16 Rwandan students who fled to Uganda over alleged recruitment for Congolese rebels are being considered for refugee status despite Rwanda's protestation.... 6/20/2013 6:56 AM

Stampede over Beckham injures 7 in Shanghai
BEIJING (AP) -- Fans eager to see soccer superstar David Beckham stormed a police cordon Thursday in a stampede at a Shanghai university that injured seven people including five security personnel.... 6/20/2013 6:56 AM

AP EXCLUSIVE: Taliban offer to free US soldier
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- The Afghan Taliban are ready to free a U.S. soldier held captive since 2009 in exchange for five of their senior operatives imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay as a conciliatory gesture, a senior spokesman for the group said Thursday.... 6/20/2013 6:54 AM

ICC to probe abuse allegations against ex-staffer
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The International Criminal Court has ordered an independent inquiry into allegations that a former staff member in Congo sexually assaulted four people in the court's victims and witness protection program.... 6/20/2013 6:50 AM

Dubai sets sights on Quran-themed park
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Dubai has added a new item to its top ambitions such as building the world's largest Ferris wheel and bidding for an Angry Birds theme park - a site honoring the Quran.... 6/20/2013 6:48 AM

Gandolfini died of cardiac arrest, hospital says
ROME (AP) -- Hospital officials in Rome say U.S. actor James Gandolfini died after suffering cardiac arrest.... 6/20/2013 6:46 AM

AP Exclusive: Facebook broke Indonesia terror case
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Sefa Riano didn't try to hide his plans or his beliefs. A Facebook page that police traced to him is plastered with photos of bearded men in camouflage uniforms holding rifles and banners hailing "The Spirit of Jihad."... 6/20/2013 6:40 AM

China astronauts float water blob in kids' lecture
BEIJING (AP) -- Astronauts struck floating martial arts poses, twirled gyroscopes and manipulated wobbling globes of water during a lecture Thursday from China's orbiting space station that's part of efforts to popularize the space program among young people.... 6/20/2013 6:23 AM

Kyrgyzstan votes to end US lease of airbase
BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan (AP) -- Kyrgyzstan has voted to end the United States' lease on an airbase key to supplying military operations in nearby Afghanistan.... 6/20/2013 6:21 AM

Trial of Kenya's president to start in November
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The International Criminal Court has pushed back the start of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta's crimes against humanity trial until Nov. 12.... 6/20/2013 6:16 AM

12 Indonesian soldiers on trial over prison attack
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- A group of 12 soldiers from Indonesia's elite special forces went before a military court Thursday for allegedly storming a prison on the main Java island and killing four detainees to avenge the murder of a fellow soldier.... 6/20/2013 6:04 AM

SKorean nuclear operator raided in cable probe
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's sole nuclear power plant operator said Thursday that investigators raided its offices, a sign that a probe into faulty nuclear plant cables is widening.... 6/20/2013 6:00 AM

France threatens Google with privacy fines
PARIS (AP) -- France is giving Google three months to be more upfront about the data it collects from users - or be fined.... 6/20/2013 5:45 AM

Jewish educator who survived Soviet Gulag dies
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Rabbi Moshe Greenberg, a religious educator who survived a brutal Gulag in Siberia and secretly taught Judaism under an oppressive Soviet regime, has died in Israel. He was 84.... 6/20/2013 5:43 AM

Markets roiled by Bernanke's exit strategy
LONDON (AP) -- Markets were roiled Thursday by a suggestion from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke that the central bank may be done with its monetary stimulus next year. While stocks and commodities took a pounding on the news, the dollar surged.... 6/20/2013 5:42 AM

Tropical Storm Barry bears down on Mexico's coast
VERACRUZ, Mexico (AP) -- Tropical Storm Barry bore down on Mexico's Gulf Coast early Thursday as civil defense workers readied emergency shelters and forecasters warned of the possibility of deadly flash floods and mudslides.... 6/20/2013 5:40 AM

Fire from JFK's eternal flame arrives in Ireland
DUBLIN (AP) -- A torch lit from the eternal flame at President John F. Kennedy's graveside has arrived in Ireland ahead of ceremonies planned to mark the 50th anniversary of his 1963 visit.... 6/20/2013 5:40 AM