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Suicide bombing kills nearly 100 soldiers in Yemen
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a military parade rehearsal Monday in Yemen's capital, killing 96 soldiers in one of the deadliest attacks in the ...
US, Suu Kyi agree Myanmar reforms fragile
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi have discussed the recent easing of U.S. sanctions and the ...
Survivor: Honduran police fired on passenger boat
Lucio Adan Nelson dozed on a riverboat ferrying him home from a visit with his mother when helicopters appeared overhead and started shooting. He and ...
Sri Lanka set to release jailed ex-army chief
Sri Lanka's president has ordered authorities to free the country's jailed former army chief, a man credited with ending the country's long civil war ...
Chinese activist who fled house arrest lands in US
A blind Chinese legal activist who was suddenly allowed to leave the country arrived in the United States on Saturday, ending a nearly monthlong ...
SpaceX rocket launch aborted in last half-second
A new private supply ship for the International Space Station remained stuck on the ground Saturday after rocket engine trouble led to a last-second ...
Tight security, gnats for the press corps
Freedom of the press is a bit different at the G-8 summit. At Camp David, a highly secure compound in the woods ringed by layers of security fences, ...
Echoes of Eurozone crisis at NATO meeting
The NATO meeting in Chicago is a chance for alliance leaders to proclaim solidarity and promise success. But the two-day gathering that begins Sunday ...
Global leaders seek to corral Europe crisis
The leaders of eight of the world's biggest economies meet this weekend outside Washington, seeking to keep Europe's debt crisis from spiraling out ...
US eases economic sanctions to reward Myanmar
President Barack Obama on Thursday declared a new chapter in U.S. relations with Myanmar, easing an investment ban and naming the first U.S.
Reverberations from drug raid felt in US, Honduras
Bullets flew as U.S. helicopters swooped toward a river boat. Honduran national police rappelled to the ground and locals scattered after loading ...
Cuban president's daughter gets US visa
Cuban first daughter Mariela Castro has been granted a U.S. visa to attend events in San Francisco and New York, sparking a firestorm of criticism ...
US imposes stiff tariffs on China solar panels
The Obama administration moved Thursday to impose stiff new tariffs on solar panels made in China, finding that Chinese companies are improperly ...
Algeria elections look good abroad, bad at home
Algeria overturned the Arab Spring's revolutionary narrative with elections that bolstered the longtime ruling party and dashed Islamists' hopes of ...
Iran warns West against pressure in nuclear talks
Iran's top nuclear negotiator said Thursday his country is seeking "cooperation" from world powers in next week's nuclear talks in Baghdad and warned ...
Study: US clears drugs faster than Europe, Canada
Researchers say the U.S. approved more new medicines in less time than Europe and Canada in the last decade, challenging long-standing criticisms that ...
Suu Kyi backs proposal to suspend US sanctions
Myanmar democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi is cautiously backing a U.S. senator's proposal to suspend U.S. economic sanctions. Suu Kyi said Tuesday ...
Three-man Soyuz crew departs for space station
A three-man crew blasted off from a space center in southern Kazakhstan Tuesday morning on board a Russian-made Soyuz craft for a four-and-half-month ...
Pakistani suggests NATO supplies should resume
Pakistan's foreign minister suggested Monday that the country should reopen its Afghan border to NATO troop supplies, saying the government has made ...
US court nixes appeals over shipwreck treasure
The U.S. Supreme Court has again steered clear of an international dispute over the treasure salvaged from a 19th century shipwreck. The justices on ...
AP Exclusive: Secret case against Pakistan officer
From his prison cell, a senior Pakistani officer accused of plotting with a shadowy Islamist organization to take over the military released his ...
US commander holds talks with Pakistani army chief
The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan held talks with Pakistan's army chief Saturday aimed at improving border coordination, almost six months after ...
Attacker in Afghan uniform kills US soldier
A man wearing an Afghan army uniform shot dead a U.S. soldier in the east of the country, one of two NATO troops killed on Friday, military officials ...
AP Interview: Tymoshenko's daughter champions mom
Even after she was thrown in jail, crippled by back pain and abandoned by allies, imprisoned former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko didn't ...