At least seven Filipino marines and five militants were killed in a clash Saturday as the military launched an offensive against al-Qaida-linked gunmen who have been blamed for recent kidnappings and of trying to sabotage a road project in the southern Philippines.
In Ethiopia, African Union celebrates 50 years
Kirubel Tadesse, Associated Press |
posted 14 minutes ago
Dozens of African leaders met in the Ethiopian capital Saturday to mark 50 years since the founding of the African Union, 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.
16 children, 1 teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire
Zaheer Babar, Associated Press |
posted 18 minutes ago
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 be engulfed in flames, police said.
Jordan king says extremism 'grown fat' on conflict
Dale Gavlak, Associated Press |
posted 21 minutes ago
Jordan's King Abdullah II said Saturday extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
'Yugonostalgia' as Croatia prepares to join EU
Jovana Gec and Marko Drobnjakovic, Associated Press |
posted 31 minutes ago
Croatia may be on the doorstep of the European Union, but in this tiny village another union of nations was getting all the glory.
Syria regime unleashes artillery barrage on Qusair
Karin Laub, Associated Press |
posted 33 minutes ago
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad shelled a strategic western town on Saturday in their heaviest barrage of a week-long battle to dislodge rebels from there, activists said.
Radiation leak at Japan lab; small impact expected
Elaine Kurtenbach, Associated Press |
posted 57 minutes ago
An atomic research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected about 50 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility, the lab's operator said Saturday.
Dozens march in Ukraine's first-ever gay rally
Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 4:03am
At least 50 gay rights activists have marched peacefully in the country's first gay rally despite a court ban and attempts to disrupt the event.
Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit
Bradley Klapper, Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 3:16am
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.
Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
The Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 2:26am
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
Chile's Indians take on world's largest gold miner
Luis Andres Henao and Michael Warren, Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 1:45am
The Diaguita Indians live in the foothills of the Andes, just downstream from the world's highest gold mine, where for as long as anyone can remember they've drunk straight from the glacier-fed river that irrigates their orchards and vineyards with its clear water.
Toronto mayor denies he smokes crack cocaine
Rob Gillies, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 11:06pm
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.
NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's president
Louise Watt, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 8:15pm
A top North Korean envoy has delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions.
Ex-Guatemala president extradited to US
Sonia Perez Diaz, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 7:49pm
Former Guatemalan President Alfonso Portillo was extradited on Friday to the United States to face charges of laundering $70 million in Guatemalan funds through U.S. bank accounts.
2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
Associated Press |
posted 22 minutes ago
Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence.
'Friend' of suspect in UK slaying arrested
Sylvia Hui, Associated Press |
posted 32 minutes ago
Counterterrorism police on Saturday were questioning a friend of Michael Adebolajo, one of two suspects in the savage killing of a British soldier. The friend, Abu Nusaybah, was arrested immediately after he gave a television interview telling his story about how Adebolajo came to be radicalized.
Balloons bring smiles in war-weary Afghan capital
Ahmad Seir, Associated Press |
posted 40 minutes ago
Artists and activists handed out 10,000 bright pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital on Saturday, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound in the city.
Ex-sex slave says Japan mayor's remark 'absurd'
Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press |
posted 47 minutes ago
A former sex slave says a Japanese mayor's remarks about Japan's wartime sex slavery are "absurd."
Female suicide bomber injures 12 in Russian region
Arsen Mollayev, Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 4:41am
A female suicide bomber identified as a widow of two killed Islamists blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday injuring at least 12, including two children and five police officers, police said.
Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital
Rahim Faiez, Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 3:51am
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.
16 children, 1 teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire
Zaheer Babar, Associated Press |
posted May 25th - 1:59am
Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire.
Honduran gangs to announce truce to cut violence
Alberto Arce, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 6:19pm
Honduras' two largest and most-violent gangs will sign a truce next week and ask for a dialogue with the government and police to help them start leaving their gang lifestyle, a Roman Catholic bishop said Friday.
Mexico: far fewer people disappeared than feared
Mark Stevenson, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 5:08pm
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.
Canada: Qatar gives up bid to relocate UN agency
Rob Gillies, Associated Press |
posted May 24th - 4:54pm
Qatar has abandoned its bid to relocate the United Nations civil aviation agency from Canada to the tiny emirate, ending a bitter fight between the two nations, both countries said Friday.
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