Czech president in dispute over gay rights
PRAGUE (AP) -- The Czech Republic's controversy-courting new president is under fire for refusing to grant a university professorship to one of his critics and hinting that it is because the man is a gay rights activist.... 5/20/2013 1:07 PM

Pakistan's presumptive PM calls for Taliban talks
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's presumptive prime minister called for peace talks with Taliban militants at war with the government Monday, potentially charting a course that could put him at odds with the country's powerful army.... 5/20/2013 1:07 PM

Silver drops despite steady market tone elsewhere
LONDON (AP) -- The price of silver was the standout mover in financial markets Monday as it took a hammering for the second trading session in a row, even as stocks remained relatively solid amid hopes over the U.S. economy.... 5/20/2013 1:03 PM

Tunisian feminist arrested for alleged provocation
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) -- An outspoken Tunisian feminist who scandalized the country by posting topless photos of herself online has been arrested and may be charged for conducting "provocative acts" at a religious center where police prevented hardline Islamists from holding their annual conference, the Interior Ministry said Monday.... 5/20/2013 1:01 PM

Jordan: Arab Spring clears way for press freedoms
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) -- The Arab Spring uprisings that toppled four Arab leaders have forced Mideast governments to allow more freedom of expression and of the press, Jordan's prime minister said Monday, but critics charged that Jordan itself is not doing enough.... 5/20/2013 12:50 PM

Explosions kill 4 in Russia's restive Dagestan
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- Two bombs exploded outside a court building in Russia's restive province of Dagestan on Monday, killing at least four people and wounding dozens of others, officials said.... 5/20/2013 12:45 PM

M23 rebels clash with soldiers in eastern Congo
GOMA, Congo (AP) -- Clashes erupted Monday in eastern Congo between government troops and a rebel group believed to be backed by neighboring Rwanda, escalating to the use of mortars and rocket launchers in the first fighting between the groups since the M23 rebels overtook and later retreated from the provincial capital of Goma last year.... 5/20/2013 12:43 PM

Ex-Saab executives arrested on accounting charges
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A Swedish prosecutor says three former executives of automaker Saab Automobile AB have been arrested on accounting fraud charges.... 5/20/2013 12:40 PM

Uganda police raid newspaper over general's letter
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- Ugandan police disabled an independent newspaper's printing press after forcibly entering its premises to look for evidence against an army general who recently questioned the president's alleged plan to have his son succeed him, witnesses said Monday.... 5/20/2013 12:37 PM

German FM criticizes remarks by Hungarian PM
BERLIN (AP) -- It started out simple enough: German Chancellor Angela Merkel criticized constitutional changes that have been made in Hungary. But Hungary's leader not only objected, he also found what he called a veiled reference to Adolf Hitler's occupation of his country in 1944.... 5/20/2013 12:31 PM

Seoul: Day 3 of NKorea tests of short-range weapon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called "rocket launching tests" intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean officials were investigating exactly what it was that the North was testing.... 5/20/2013 12:27 PM

Retired Anglican priest jailed for sex abuse
LONDON (AP) -- A retired Church of England priest was jailed for 10 years Monday after a jury found him guilty of 36 separate sex offenses against children in the 1960s and 1970s.... 5/20/2013 12:26 PM

Talks to resume with Mali government, Tuaregs
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) -- Talks will resume soon between the Malian government and an ethnic Tuareg rebel group whose influence has been growing in the country's north, Burkina Faso's foreign minister said Monday.... 5/20/2013 12:22 PM

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France (AP) -- Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival:... 5/20/2013 12:09 PM

South Africa: Mandela name pulled into politics
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Nelson Mandela, old and frail, lives in seclusion in his Johannesburg home. Beyond the high walls of the house, the fighting over his image and what he stood for has already begun.... 5/20/2013 12:04 PM

3 killed in blast at Spanish army base
MADRID (AP) -- Spain's Defense Ministry says three soldiers have died and two others have been injured in an explosion at an army bomb disposal unit in southern Spain.... 5/20/2013 11:56 AM

Militiamen attack gas complex in western Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) -- A Libyan gas company official says militiamen have attacked a natural gas complex in the country's west, injuring two guards and stealing weapons and military vehicles.... 5/20/2013 11:55 AM

Russia claims to have foiled possible terror act
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's counter-terrorism agency says it killed two militants it believes were planning a terrorist act in Moscow and detained a third.... 5/20/2013 11:51 AM

Russian oligarchs foot most of 2014 Sochi Olympics
SOCHI, Russia (AP) -- The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses.... 5/20/2013 11:48 AM

Iran election overseers may bar former president
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's election overseers said Monday they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month's presidential election, a reference to a former leader seen as a threat to hard-liners.... 5/20/2013 11:45 AM