
North Korea changes tack and tells US: Let's talk
After months of threatening to wage a nuclear war, North Korea did an about-face Sunday and issued a surprise proposal to the United States, its No.
US sees nothing new in NKorea talks offer
The State Department says it sees nothing new in North Korea's offer of high-level talks with the U.S. Spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday that ...

Attack on Afghan convoy kills 3 drivers
Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine guns into a convoy carrying goods to the Afghan capital on Monday, killing three drivers ...
Vietnam arrests third blogger in less than a month
Vietnamese police have arrested a blogger accused of posting "erroneous and slanderous" information about the communist government, state media ...

Gunmen in Pakistan kill 2 anti-polio workers
Gunmen killed two anti-polio workers Sunday in northwest Pakistan, police said, the latest violence directed at efforts to eradicate the disease from ...
38 countries beat UN targets to reduce hunger
Thirty-eight countries have beaten a U.N.-imposed deadline of 2015 to cut in half the proportion of hungry people. The U.N. Food and Agriculture ...

G8 faces uncertain recoveries, turbulent markets
Europe is mired in debt and recession. Financial markets have hit violent ups and downs on fears that U.S. stimulus efforts may soon be scaled back.

Beyond NYC: Other places adapting to climate, too
From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millions of people and key ...

Attacks in Pakistan's southwest kills 22
Pakistani forces stormed a hospital that had been taken over by gunmen Saturday in a restive southwestern province, freeing hostages and ending a ...
Hantuchova, Croatian teen reach Birmingham final
Croatian teenager Donna Vekic reached her second career WTA final when she beat 2009 champion Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 7-6 (5), 1-6, 6-3 in ...

India puts Pakistan out of misery in Champs Trophy
India put already-eliminated Pakistan out of its misery in the Champions Trophy by thrashing its fierce rival by eight wickets in a rain-hit match on ...

Obama trade dilemma: Scant support from Democrats
President Barack Obama is aggressively pushing an ambitious agenda to liberalize global trading. But already political trade wars are forming, and ...

Istanbul addresses protests in 2020 presentation
As Turkey's prime minister lashed out at protesters, leaders of Istanbul's bid for the 2020 Summer Games sought to diminish the impact of the unrest ...
Roadside bomb kills 5 police in Afghanistan
A roadside bomb struck a police van in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing five police as they were on their way to a training session, ...

India wins toss, fields 1st vs Pakistan
India has won the toss and chosen to field first in its Champions Trophy match against Pakistan at Edgbaston. With India already having won Group B ...

Less US urgency at G-8 in call for European growth
When leaders of the nation's biggest economies gathered in the U.S. last year, European elections had rattled the continent with a rejection of ...

World stocks mixed as Asia rebounds
Global stocks were mixed Friday as Asia rebounded from a sharp selloff, with U.S. markets losing early gains after unimpressive economic data and a ...

APNewsBreak: NSA leaker Snowden not welcome in UK
The British government has warned airlines around the world not to allow Edward Snowden, who leaked information on top-secret U.S.
Indonesian police find French boy abducted in Bali
Police said they have arrested an East Timorese woman who allegedly abducted a French toddler on the tourist island of Bali. The woman was arrested ...

UN convoy finally reaches northernmost Myanmar
A U.N.-led convoy of trucks in Myanmar has for the first time in nearly a year been allowed to deliver food and household supplies to areas beyond ...

Jailed Nobel's wife pens open letter to China's Xi
The wife of China's jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner has written an open letter to new Chinese leader Xi Jinping to protest an 11-year prison term ...
NATO denies UN report airstrike killed 3 children
The NATO military coalition in Afghanistan has denied a United Nations report that a coalition airstrike killed three children in eastern Afghanistan.
2 die as Philippine ferry sinks, but 54 rescued
Two people died early Friday after their ferry sank in Philippine waters, but 54 passengers and crew were saved when rescuers pulled them to safety.