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 1:58 PM

French soldier stabbed in throat outside Paris
PARIS (AP) -- France's military spokesman says a soldier has been stabbed in the throat in the French commercial district of La Defense outside Paris.... 5/25/2013 1:58 PM

A controversial victory lap for Lewis at Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) -- Jerry Lewis, so beloved in France, isn't quite overcome with emotion now that he's back at the Cannes Film Festival.... 5/25/2013 1:45 PM

Palme d'Or race wide open at Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France (AP) -- After two weeks, 20 films and parade after parade down the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival has not produced a clear-cut frontrunner for the Palme d'Or.... 5/25/2013 1:29 PM

Hezbollah chief says group is fighting in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) -- The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah warned Saturday that the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime would give rise to extremists and plunge the Middle East into a "dark period," and vowed his Shiite militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally in Damascus is under attack.... 5/25/2013 1:17 PM

Iraq car bomb kills 6 Iranian pilgrims, 1 Iraqi
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Two Iraqi police officers say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims north of Baghdad, killing six Iranians and one Iraqi.... 5/25/2013 1:15 PM

Tilda Swinton brings erudite vampires to Cannes
CANNES, France (AP) -- Tilda Swinton injects her own brand of otherworldly-cool into Jim Jarmusch's latest movie "Only Lovers Left Alive," an unusual comedy that puts a spin on the age-old vampire genre.... 5/25/2013 1:03 PM

UK police question alleged soldier killer's friend
LONDON (AP) -- Counterterrorism police on Saturday questioned a friend of alleged Islamic extremist Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in a savage killing of a British soldier on a London street that has horrified the country.... 5/25/2013 12:59 PM

Egypt court rules against religious slogans
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court has ruled against parts of an election law approved by the Islamist-led legislature that had lifted a long-standing ban on the use of religious slogans during campaigning.... 5/25/2013 12:48 PM

Fragments of biblical treasure are up for sale
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Parts of the Dead Sea Scrolls are up for sale - in tiny pieces.... 5/25/2013 12:39 PM

Female suicide bomber injures 18 in Russian region
MAKHACHKALA, Russia (AP) -- A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday, injuring at least 18, including two children and five police officers, authorities said. The attacker was later identified as a widow of two Islamic radicals killed by security forces.... 5/25/2013 11:59 AM

Kerry makes 1st official 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 11:54 AM

Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000
BERLIN (AP) -- An auctioneer says one of Apple's first computers - a functioning 1976 model - has been sold for a record 516,000 euros ($668,000).... 5/25/2013 11:31 AM

Israeli expert says Syria cyberattack foiled
JERUSALEM (AP) -- An Israeli security expert says Syrian hackers tried to break into the computers of the water system of the city of Haifa.... 5/25/2013 10:54 AM

Russian police detain activists, foes at gay rally
MOSCOW (AP) -- Gay-rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday, but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at that country's first-ever gay pride march.... 5/25/2013 10:39 AM

UK zookeeper dies from tiger attack injuries
LONDON (AP) -- A young zookeeper who was mauled by a Sumatran tiger at an animal park has died, British police said Saturday.... 5/25/2013 10:37 AM

16 children, 1 teacher die 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 burst into flames, police said.... 5/25/2013 10:30 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 55 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility, the lab's operator said Saturday.... 5/25/2013 10:04 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 9:46 AM

In Ethiopia, African Union celebrates 50 years
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) -- The African Union on Saturday marked 50 years since the founding of a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters and which now is trying to stay relevant on a continent regularly troubled by conflict.... 5/25/2013 9:34 AM