World powers to meet on Syrian rebel demands
PARIS (AP) -- World powers will meet this weekend in Qatar to decide on how to answer a list of requests for help from Syrian rebels, a French diplomat said Wednesday.... 6/19/2013 2:33 PM

Bombings kill 7 people in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Bomb attacks in Iraq have killed seven people, including a local political leader and four of his relatives, authorities said Wednesday.... 6/19/2013 2:31 PM

Study: Half of Canada's aboriginal children poor
TORONTO (AP) -- Half of Canada's aboriginal children are living in poverty, triple the national average, according to a new analysis of census statistics released Wednesday.... 6/19/2013 2:29 PM

Protesters out again in Brazilian cities
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Scattered street demonstrations popped up around Brazil Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services they receive in exchange for high taxes and rising prices.... 6/19/2013 2:17 PM

WHITE HOUSE NOTEBOOK: Obama ditches jacket
BERLIN (AP) -- President Barack Obama should have felt right at home in his overnight visit to Germany, with summer weather that felt more like Washington than Berlin.... 6/19/2013 2:13 PM

Top Charles Taylor ally found in Sierra Leone
FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) -- A notorious arms supplier and top associate of former Liberian President Charles Taylor has been living freely in Sierra Leone's capital city, according to United Nations experts.... 6/19/2013 2:04 PM

Italy's first back minister receives death threats
ROME (AP) -- Italy's first black Cabinet minister is facing Internet death threats before a visit to a region known for its anti-immigrant political base.... 6/19/2013 1:59 PM

Obama renews calls for nuclear reductions
BERLIN (AP) -- Appealing for a new citizen activism in the free world, President Barack Obama renewed his call Wednesday to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclear stockpiles and to confront climate change, a danger he called "the global threat of our time."... 6/19/2013 1:56 PM

US and Cuba to resume migration talks
HAVANA (AP) -- The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, a State Department official said Wednesday, the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations between the Cold War enemies.... 6/19/2013 2:34 PM

Greek government back in talks to end TV crisis
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's governing coalition parties met for a second time in three days to try and end a political crisis triggered by the closure of state broadcaster ERT.... 6/19/2013 1:38 PM

Markets drift as investors ready for Fed
LONDON (AP) -- Markets drifted lower Wednesday ahead of a keenly awaited policy statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve.... 6/19/2013 1:31 PM

Tunisia arrests Muslim cleric for hardline sermon
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- Tunisian police arrested an imam after he delivered a sermon described as "insubordinate," the Interior Ministry said Wednesday, in the first high-profile arrest since the government began taking a harder line toward religious conservatives.... 6/19/2013 1:28 PM

Monsoon floods kill 102 in India, strand pilgrims
LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- India's prime minister said Wednesday that the death toll from flooding this week in the northern state of Uttrakhand had surpassed 100 and could rise substantially.... 6/19/2013 1:24 PM

Top UK court overturns sanctions on Iranian bank
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Supreme Court has quashed sanctions against an Iranian bank penalized over its alleged links to Iran's nuclear weapons program.... 6/19/2013 1:18 PM

Gyula Horn, former Hungarian prime minister, dies
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) -- Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who played a key role in opening the Iron Curtain, has died at the age of 80.... 6/19/2013 1:12 PM

Iran's electoral watchdog approves election result
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's state TV is reporting the country's election overseer, the Guardian Council, has approved Friday's presidential election result, affirming a first-round victory by a relative moderate.... 6/19/2013 1:07 PM

Palace sheds some light on Kate's baby plans
LONDON (AP) -- With Prince William and the former Kate Middleton expecting their first child in mid-July - and much of the world interested in the birth of a future monarch - the royals' office has released some of the couple's plans, although many details are still being kept private. Kate has made several public appearances recently but is expected to keep a low profile in the final weeks of her pregnancy. Here is the latest news about the infant who will, upon entering the world, be ... 6/19/2013 1:04 PM

Japan formally OKs new nuclear safety requirements
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's nuclear watchdog formally approved a set of new safety requirements for atomic power plants on Wednesday, paving the way for the reopening of facilities shut down since the Fukushima disaster in a move critics charged was too hasty.... 6/19/2013 12:54 PM

John Paul II moves a step closer to sainthood
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope John Paul II has moved a step closer to sainthood.... 6/19/2013 12:48 PM

Palestinians toughen line on Israel talks
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- The Palestinian president and his Fatah movement on Wednesday signaled a tough line on talks with Israel, casting new doubt on U.S. efforts to revive long-stalled negotiations.... 6/19/2013 12:47 PM