16 children, 1 teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early Saturday when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused their minibus to be engulfed in flames, police said.... 5/25/2013 7:25 AM

Jordan king says extremism 'grown fat' on conflict
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) -- Jordan's King Abdullah II said Saturday extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.... 5/25/2013 7:23 AM

2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence.... 5/25/2013 7:22 AM

'Yugonostalgia' as Croatia prepares to join EU
KUMROVEC, Croatia (AP) -- Croatia may be on the doorstep of the European Union, but in this tiny village another union of nations was getting all the glory.... 5/25/2013 7:12 AM

'Friend' of suspect in UK slaying arrested
LONDON (AP) -- Counterterrorism police on Saturday were questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of a British soldier. The friend, Abu Nusaybah, was arrested immediately after he gave a television interview telling his story about how Adebolajo came to be radicalized.... 5/25/2013 7:11 AM

Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair
BEIRUT (AP) -- Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad shelled a strategic western town on Saturday in their heaviest barrage of a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from there, activists said.... 5/25/2013 7:10 AM

Balloons bring smiles in war-weary Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Artists and activists handed out 10,000 bright pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital on Saturday, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound in the city.... 5/25/2013 7:04 AM

Ex-sex slave says Japan mayor's remark 'absurd'
OSAKA, Japan (AP) -- A former sex slave says a Japanese mayor's remarks about Japan's wartime sex slavery are "absurd."... 5/25/2013 6:57 AM

Radiation leak at Japan lab; small impact expected
TOKYO (AP) -- An atomic research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected about 50 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility, the lab's operator said Saturday.... 5/25/2013 6:47 AM

Female suicide bomber injures 12 in Russian region
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- A female suicide bomber identified as a widow of two killed Islamists blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday injuring at least 12, including two children and five police officers, police said.... 5/25/2013 6:41 AM

Dozens march in Ukraine's first-ever gay rally
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- At least 50 gay rights activists have marched peacefully in the country's first gay rally despite a court ban and attempts to disrupt the event.... 5/25/2013 6:02 AM

In Ethiopia, African Union celebrates 50 years
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Dozens of African leaders are meeting in the Ethiopian capital to mark 50 years since the founding of the African Union, a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters.... 5/25/2013 5:53 AM

Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The apparent failed attack came a day after a major Taliban assault on an international compound in Kabul left 10 people dead including the six attackers.... 5/25/2013 5:51 AM

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- Russian police: Female suicide bomber injures at least 11 in Caucasus region of Dagestan.... 5/25/2013 5:35 AM

Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan.... 5/25/2013 5:15 AM

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France (AP) -- Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.... 5/25/2013 4:26 AM

Chile's Indians take on world's largest gold miner
EL CORRAL, Chile (AP) -- The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water.... 5/25/2013 3:45 AM

7 Filipino marines, 4 militants killed in clash
MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- At least seven Filipino marines and four Abu Sayyaf militants were killed in a clash Saturday as the military launched an offensive against al-Qaida-linked gunmen who have been blamed for recent kidnappings and of trying to sabotage a road project in the southern Philippines.... 5/25/2013 2:32 AM

Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine
TORONTO (AP) -- Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict, breaking a week of silence over reports of a video purportedly showing him using the drug. Critics were not appeased, with one city councilor questioning whether the mayor told "the whole truth" and another calling on him to resign.... 5/25/2013 1:06 AM

NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's president
BEIJING (AP) -- A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions.... 5/24/2013 10:15 PM