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Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine
May 25, 2013 TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. more »»
Berlusconi looms large in Rome mayor election
May 25, 2013 ROME (AP) — Silvio Berlusconi's figure looms large over Rome's mayoral elections this weekend, even though the former premier isn't among the 19 candidates running. more »»
N Korean envoy delivers letter to China's president
May 25, 2013 BEIJING (AP) — A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear... more »»
Syrian regime OKs peace talks amid skepticism
May 25, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's government has agreed to attend a U.S.-Russian-brokered peace conference, according to Moscow. more »»
Afghan Taliban attack aid group, 2 guards killed
May 25, 2013 KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — In the latest militant strike on the Afghan capital, Taliban gunmen backed by a suicide car bomber attacked an international aid group's compound on Friday, killing two... more »»
Mexico: far fewer people disappeared than feared
May 25, 2013 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's top security official said Friday that far fewer people disappeared during Mexico's drug war than were feared when the government released a list of about 26,000 cases. more »»
Soldier's slaying prompts UK security review
May 25, 2013 LONDON (AP) — Both of the suspects accused of butchering a British soldier during broad daylight on a London street had long been on the radar of Britain's domestic spy agency, though investigators... more »»
Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine
May 25, 2013 TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford denied Friday that he smokes crack cocaine and said he is not an addict after a video purported to show him using the drug. more »»
Clashes in Lebanon feed fear of Syria spillover
May 24, 2013 BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some of the worst fighting in the port... more »»
US, Israel raise hopes for Mideast peace restart
May 24, 2013 JERUSALEM (AP) — The United States and Israel raised hopes Thursday for a restart of the Middle East peace process, despite little tangible progress so far from U.S. more »»
WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus
May 24, 2013 GENEVA (AP) — International efforts to combat a new pneumonia-like virus that has now killed 22 people are being slowed by unclear rules and competition for the potentially profitable rights to... more »»
Sweden's riots raise questions about inequality
May 24, 2013 HUSBY, Sweden (AP) — Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. more »»
Pakistan arrested American who was killed by drone
May 24, 2013 PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — An American citizen killed in a U.S. more »»
Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack
May 24, 2013 LONDON (AP) — A man seen with bloody hands wielding a butcher knife after the killing of a British soldier on the streets of London was described as a convert to Islam who took part in demonstration... more »»
Stricken Japan nuke plant struggles to keep staff
May 24, 2013 TOKYO (AP) — Keeping the meltdown-stricken Fukushima nuclear plant in northeastern Japan in stable condition requires a cast of thousands. more »»
Chinese media: North Korea envoy offers talks
May 24, 2013 BEIJING (AP) — A North Korean envoy, on the second day of his fence-mending visit to ally China, heeded Beijing's wishes by offering to renew nuclear disarmament talks, Chinese state media said. more »»
Egypt leader claims victory in captives' release
May 23, 2013 CAIRO (AP) — The safe release Wednesday of seven conscripts kidnapped by suspected militants in Sinai brought a victory for Egypt's Islamist president after months of criticism that his government i... more »»
Colombia: 10 soldiers killed by in rebel attack
May 23, 2013 BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — At least 10 Colombian soldiers were killed and six wounded Wednesday in a pre-dawn attack on an army patrol with homemade explosives by the country's second-largest leftist... more »»
Kerry: US, allies ready to step up aid to rebels
May 23, 2013 AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The U.S. more »»
Mexico cartel dominates, torches western state
May 23, 2013 LA RUANA, Mexico (AP) — The farm state of Michoacan is burning. more »»
Toronto mayor fired from coaching job
May 23, 2013 TORONTO (AP) — Toronto Mayor Rob Ford was fired from his job as football coach at a Catholic high school Wednesday for reasons unrelated to the scandal over a video that purports to show the leader... more »» |
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