2 Moroccans tried for homosexuality get 4 months
RABAT, Morocco (AP) -- A Moroccan court has convicted two men of homosexuality and public indecency, and sentenced each to four months in prison, in the latest case against gays in this North African nation.... 5/21/2013 1:55 PM

Warsaw ghetto insurgent Boruch Spiegel dies at 93
WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Boruch Spiegel, one of the last remaining survivors of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising by poorly armed Jewish insurgents against the powerful Nazi German force that occupied Poland, has died. He was 93.... 5/21/2013 1:52 PM

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France (AP) -- Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:... 5/21/2013 1:51 PM

Thousands of women protest death in Togo
LOME, Togo (AP) -- Thousands of women have taken to the streets in Togo to protest the death of an opposition figure who had been jailed.... 5/21/2013 1:49 PM

Palestinian group: Ruler rights abuses increasing
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- A Palestinian report shows human rights abuses by the rival governments in the West Bank and Gaza are on the rise.... 5/21/2013 1:43 PM

Israeli peace negotiator: Stalemate bad for Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's chief peace negotiator said Tuesday that the current stalemate with the Palestinians is harmful for Israel, days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to arrive in Israel for his latest push to restart long-dormant talks.... 5/21/2013 1:42 PM

Internet cable from Cuba to Jamaica comes online
HAVANA (AP) -- A new branch of the Venezuela-to-Cuba undersea fiber-optic cable has reportedly come online, linking the island to nearby Jamaica, increasing Cuba's potential international communications bandwidth and providing a backup for the main line.... 5/21/2013 1:41 PM

US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline
HAVANA (AP) -- The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well.... 5/21/2013 1:40 PM

Top figures barred from Iran's June ballot
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's state TV says overseers of next month's presidential election have rejected a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of reformers.... 5/21/2013 1:36 PM

France: Drugmaker on trial, suspected in deaths
NANTERRE, France (AP) -- The makers of a diabetes and weight loss drug suspected in the deaths of hundreds of people went on trial Tuesday, facing charges they misled the public about the product's safety.... 5/21/2013 1:35 PM

Israel warns Syria against attacks on Golan
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli and Syrian troops exchanged fire across their tense cease-fire line in the Golan Heights on Tuesday, prompting an Israeli threat that Syria's leader will "bear the consequences" of further escalation and raising new concerns that the civil war there could explode into a region-wide conflict.... 5/21/2013 1:30 PM

Germany's SAP to recruit tech staff with autism
BERLIN (AP) -- German software giant SAP AG said Tuesday it plans to recruit people with autism to take make full use of their talents to process information.... 5/21/2013 1:28 PM

Suicide at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
PARIS (AP) -- Some 1,500 visitors were cleared out of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris after a man put a letter on the altar of the 850-year-old monument Tuesday, pulled out a gun and shot himself in the head.... 5/21/2013 1:22 PM

The pope and the devil: Is Francis an exorcist?
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Is Pope Francis an exorcist?... 5/21/2013 1:04 PM

SAfrican court acquits brother of Oscar Pistorius
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- One Pistorius brother is free of charges - acquitted Tuesday of culpable homicide in the death of a woman in a road accident. The famous younger brother, Olympian double-amputee Oscar Pistorius, still must face his day in court for shooting and killing his girlfriend.... 5/21/2013 1:03 PM

Spain backs sending defensive arms to Syria rebels
MADRID (AP) -- Spain favors a partial lifting of sanctions against Syria that would allow the delivery of "defense material" to rebel groups to help protect the population, its foreign minister said Tuesday.... 5/21/2013 12:59 PM

Markets choppy ahead of Bernanke testimony
LONDON (AP) -- Markets were choppy Tuesday as investors remained cautious in the run-up to a much-anticipated statement from U.S. Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke.... 5/21/2013 12:57 PM

Pope expresses solidarity with tornado survivors
VATICAN CITY (AP) -- Pope Francis has expressed his `'closeness to the families of all who died in the Oklahoma tornado," with special concern for `'those who lost young children."... 5/21/2013 12:53 PM

India offers more aid for rebuilding Afghanistan
NEW DELHI (AP) -- India offered on Tuesday to provide more training and reconstruction aid for Afghanistan as most international troops prepare to withdraw next year.... 5/21/2013 12:41 PM

Egyptian troops mistakenly fire on a Sinai funeral
CAIRO (AP) -- Egyptian officials say troops and police mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai during a sweep searching for security personnel kidnapped by suspected militants.... 5/21/2013 12:41 PM