UK-bound Pakistan plane diverted, 2 men arrested
LONDON (AP) -- Two men were arrested on suspicion of endangering an aircraft Friday after a U.K. fighter jet was scrambled to divert their plane as it traveled from Pakistan to Britain, officials said. The incident further rattled the U.K. just days after a British soldier was brutally killed on a London street in a suspected terror attack.... 5/24/2013 11:03 AM

Close allies urges Toronto mayor to talk
TORONTO (AP) -- Close allies of Toronto Mayor Rob's Ford say they will release a letter that urges the mayor to address a purported video that apparently shows him smoking crack cocaine.... 5/24/2013 11:01 AM

3 al-Qaida members, 2 soldiers dead in Yemen clash
SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- A security official says al-Qaida gunmen attacked a military position in a southern province, touching off fighting that left three militants and two soldiers dead.... 5/24/2013 10:59 AM

Suicide bomb hits Kabul as Taliban battle police
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke over Kabul in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said. The explosion was followed by an hours-long gunbattle in the central district.... 5/24/2013 10:43 AM

Third term begins for Ecuador's President Correa
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- Ecuador's Rafael Correa is starting a third term as president under seemingly ideal conditions: extremely high popularity, a more than two-thirds majority in Congress, a stable economy and a badly splintered opposition.... 5/24/2013 10:42 AM

French help Niger to kill last jihadist bombers
NIAMEY, Niger (AP) -- With the help of French special forces, Niger's military on Friday killed the last two jihadists holed up inside a dormitory on the grounds of a military garrison in the desert town of Agadez, and freed at least two soldiers who had been held hostage by the extremists, according to French and Nigerien officials.... 5/24/2013 10:42 AM

Britain braces for possible copycat attacks
LONDON (AP) -- Britain is bracing for clashes with right-wing extremists and possible copycat terror attacks after the brutal slaying of a young soldier, whose grieving family spoke Friday of their loss.... 5/24/2013 10:39 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 10:38 AM

Austria wants EU arms embargo to Syria extended
VIENNA (AP) -- The European Union's arms embargo to Syria should be extended while a political solution is sought in its civil war and to maintain the safety of U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights, Austria's foreign minister said Friday.... 5/24/2013 10:30 AM

World stocks lower after big sell-off
MOSCOW (AP) -- World stocks edged lower on Friday, a day after markets around the world dropped sharply on concerns global growth is slowing and the Federal Reserve could start scaling back its monetary stimulus.... 5/24/2013 10:20 AM

Zimbabwe activist: Prisoners denied AIDS drugs
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) -- A Zimbabwean human rights activist says he wants the nation's highest court to order prison authorities to ensure suspects in jail can receive their life-prolonging HIV/AIDS medications.... 5/24/2013 10:13 AM

Czech police say US suspect in 4 murders arrested
PRAGUE (AP) -- An American man accused of killing a family of four in the Czech Republic has been arrested in the United States, police said Friday.... 5/24/2013 10:00 AM

Steely Cotillard shines in 'The Immigrant'
CANNES, France (AP) -- Actress Marion Cotillard has given her all and even learned another language to play a Polish woman struggling with the realities of 1920s New York in James Gray's terse movie, "The Immigrant."... 5/24/2013 10:00 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 9:59 AM

AP NewsAlert
LONDON (AP) -- UK police: 2 men arrested after flight from Pakistan to England diverted.... 5/24/2013 9:58 AM

China, Switzerland to seal free trade deal
GENEVA (AP) -- Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is in Switzerland to sign a free trade pact with the Alpine nation - the first comprehensive agreement the country has reached with a major western economy.... 5/24/2013 9:57 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 9:57 AM

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

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

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