
Extremists claim responsibility for Niger attacks
Suicide bombers in Niger detonated two car bombs simultaneously, one inside a military camp in the city of Agadez and another in the remote town of ...

NYPD: Merchant held for ransom, tortured for month
A businessman was snatched from a New York City street in broad daylight, then held captive for more than a month in a warehouse where he was bound ...

Ralph Lauren's 4Q profit rises 35 pct
Ralph Lauren Corp. reported a 35 percent increase in fourth-quarter profit as the luxury retailer benefited from lower cotton prices and cost controls

Muslim hard-liners ID suspect in London attack
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 ...

WHO: Scientific red tape mars efforts vs. virus
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 ...
ECB's Draghi: 'Imperative' to set up new bank body
European Central Bank President Mario Draghi said it was "imperative" that Europe's leaders create a new agency with powers to restructure busted ...

Military calls UK attack victim a model soldier
The soldier brutally murdered in a suspected terrorist attack in London was a popular 25-year-old ceremonial military drummer and machine gunner, a ...
David Beckham bids au revoir to soccer
David Beckham might bid adieu to soccer Sunday from the bench. The 38-year-old Beckham, who said last week he will retire from the sport after the ...

Jerry Lewis repeats his distaste for female comics
Ladies? Don't make him laugh. Asked who his favorite female comics were Thursday at a Cannes Film Festival press conference, Jerry Lewis listed Cary ...

IMF chief Lagarde in court in fraud probe
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde faced hours of questioning at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ...

AP Interview: Rogge praises wrestling's changes
Wrestling's governing body has "reacted well" and made the necessary changes to give the sport a chance of saving its place in the Olympics, IOC ...

Sweden's riots raise questions about inequality
Sweden has long been a bastion of generous social welfare and an egalitarian political culture. So many people were shocked when scores of youths ...
Appellate court: Berlusconi ran illegal scheme
Former Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi on Thursday called "surreal" the judicial reasoning behind an appellate court's decision to uphold his guilty ...

West Bank and romance prominent in 'Omar'
One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the ...

Q&A: What is known about London attack
A look at the key known facts about attack in south London in which two men killed a British soldier near military barracks Wednesday. Q: What ...

Clashes in Lebanon feed fear of Syria spillover
Lebanese supporters and opponents of Syrian President Bashar Assad fired heavy machine guns and lobbed mortar shells at each other Thursday in some ...

Cannes crime: 2nd jewel theft during film festival
Thieves outsmarted 80 security guards in an exclusive French Riviera hotel and made off with a necklace that creators say is worth a staggering 2 ...

Obama condemns 'appalling attack' on UK soldier
President Barack Obama is condemning what he calls an "appalling attack" that killed a British soldier Wednesday. Two men have been accused of ...
Turkey debates alcohol sales and ad restrictions
Turkish lawmakers on Thursday began debating a bill that bans all alcohol advertising and tightens restrictions on sales of such beverages — a ...

Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. CANNES GIVES EBERT THUMBS UP Film critics and festival-goers ...

Banned Iranian director Rasoulof coming to Cannes
Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, whose movies are banned in his country and who has been sentenced to jail by the Islamic regime there, is coming ...

Payne back on the road with 'Nebraska' at Cannes
Shooting the Midwest in monochrome came naturally for Alexander Payne in his father-son road trip "Nebraska." Payne premiered his black-and-white ...
La Scala scales back on productions due to crisis
La Scala has reduced the number of operas it will stage during the 2013-14 season due to Italy's economic crisis, the theater's general manager said ...
Violence in Somalia scares investors, aid workers
A spate of attacks by Islamic insurgents in Somalia's capital is forcing investors, businessmen and aid workers to have second thoughts about ...

Sorrentino serves up a cinema banquet at Cannes
Paolo Sorrentino has a thing about food — appropriately enough, for the director of a sumptuous feast of a film, "The Great Beauty." The Italian ...