Thatcher coffin taken to Parliament before funeral
The body of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was taken Tuesday to the Houses of Parliament in London, where it will rest overnight ...
Nigeria reporters face criminal charges for story
Prosecutors filed criminal charges Tuesday against two journalists at a Nigerian newspaper over a story they published on alleged plans by the ...
Israelis celebrate 65 years of independence
Israelis celebrated 65 years of independence on Tuesday, with over a million people pouring into national parks despite unusually blustery weather.
Syria's Assad reduces sentences for some rebels
Syria's president on Tuesday slashed prison terms by three quarters for an unspecified number of rebels convicted as "terrorists," as fierce battles ...
Egyptian policeman killed by Sinai gunmen
Egypt's Interior Ministry says gunmen have opened fire on a security convoy in central Sinai, killing a police lieutenant and seriously injuring ...
ECB's Draghi urges speedy banking union
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi urged the 17 countries that use the euro to move swiftly toward completing a full banking union to ...
EU foreign policy chief warns Albania on election
The European Union's foreign policy chief warned Albanian leaders Tuesday that the conduct of forthcoming parliamentary elections would be a major ...
German state raids homes of 200 alleged tax cheats
German authorities launched dawn raids on the homes of over 200 suspected tax cheats Tuesday, acting on information gleaned from a CD containing the ...
Correction: Afghanistan-Opium story
In an April 15 story about a U.N. report on opium production in Afghanistan, The Associated Press miscalculated the price per pound for opium.
Kenya Supreme Court: Election was not perfect
Kenya's Supreme Court on Tuesday said the execution of the nation's March presidential election wasn't perfect but that petitions to overturn the ...
EU lawmakers vote for banker bonus cap
The European Parliament on Tuesday voted in favor of reforms to strengthen the bloc's financial sector, including a new law to cap bankers' bonuses.
Council of Europe: Greece could ban Golden Dawn
The Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights said Tuesday that Greece has the legal right to ban the far-right Golden Dawn party, the first ...
World court sets Burkina Faso-Niger border
The United Nations' highest court has set a border between landlocked West African neighbors Burkina Faso and Niger, in a case seen as an example of ...
Russia offers help with probe into Boston bombings
Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered his country's assistance in investigating bombings in Boston that killed 3 and injured more than 140 ...
French farmers, anarchists unite in airport fight
They hurl sticks, stones and gasoline bombs. They have spent brutal winter months fortifying muddy encampments. And now they're ready to ramp up their ...
Maduro certified as election winner amid protests
Venezuela's government-friendly electoral council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of Hugo Chavez' hand-picked successor Monday, ...
Security beefed up worldwide after Boston blasts
From the World Trade Center and Times Square in New York to the White House and sports venues across the country, police patrolled in packs and ...
Chad's leader: Troops to leave Mali guerrilla war
The war against armed Islamic extremists in Mali will lose some 2,000 Chadian soldiers, the president of Chad said, leaving Malian cities more ...
Kerry visits family of slain US diplomat
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stopped in Chicago on Monday to visit the parents of the young U.S. diplomat who was killed while delivering ...
Obama asks Shultz, Baker to go to Thatcher funeral
President Barack Obama has asked former Secretaries of State George Shultz and James A. Baker III to lead a delegation to former British Prime ...
Carnival says it will pay US for disabled ships
Carnival Corp. said Monday it will repay the U.S. government an unspecified amount for the costs to taxpayers of responses to disabling accidents on ...
UN peacekeeping force proposed for Mali
France has circulated a draft U.N. resolution that would authorize a U.N. peacekeeping force to stabilize key towns in northern Mali and help promote ...
Judge denies Gitmo detainee's bid for relief
A federal judge Monday denied an emergency motion for relief filed by a Guantanamo Bay prisoner on a hunger strike, despite pleas from the man's ...
Students, troops clash in Venezuela over election
National Guard troops are firing tear gas and plastic bullets to disperse students protesting the official results in Venezuela's disputed ...
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