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Georgian police arrest opposition-linked suspects
Georgia's government accused the opposition on Monday of attempting to bribe police officers amid a prison abuse scandal that has heightened tensions ...
German group slams Catholic 'pay to pray' decree
A Catholic reform group in Germany criticized the country's bishops Monday for declaring that believers who refuse to pay religious taxes won't be ...
Zimbabwe: Bulawayo urges all to flush together
Bulawayo city officials Monday urged all residents to join the "big flush" to help Zimbabwe's second city clear toilet waste that accumulated in ...
Kenyan soldier probed for killing 6 in Somalia
A Kenyan soldier is being investigated for allegedly shooting dead six Somalis believed to be civilians caught up in the ongoing battle between allied ...
Nigeria: 150 arrested in sweep against sect
Nigeria's military says it arrested more than 150 people and killed 36 others in a campaign across the nation's northeast to disrupt a radical ...
UK politician under fire for alleged 'pleb' remark
In class-conscious Britain, a Cabinet minister is in trouble over a four-letter word: "pleb." The single syllable was reportedly not the most profane ...
Israel's ex-PM Olmert gets light sentence
A Jerusalem court on Monday ordered former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to pay a fine and serve a one-year suspended sentence for his role in ...
Nepal avalanche hit climbers as they were sleeping
Mountaineers who survived a pre-dawn avalanche high on the world's eighth-tallest peak say they waited an hour for sunlight, and then saw pieces of ...
UN: Agency didn't violate North Korea sanctions
The U.N. patent agency says it has been cleared of breaking sanctions against North Korea by sending computers to the regime in Pyongyang.
Egypt: 14 get death sentences for Sinai attacks
An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 14 members of an extremist group to death by hanging for attacks against police in the Sinai Peninsula, ruling ...
Iran takes aim at US and Israel at UN meeting
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is taking aim at the United States and Israel at a high-level U.N. meeting, accusing Washington of shielding what ...
Family of missing UK teen appeal for contact
The parents of a missing British schoolgirl believed to have run away with her teacher have issued a plea for her to come home. Authorities believe ...
Czech police claim success in methanol case
Police have arrested two people suspected in a wave of methanol poisoning that has killed at least 25 people in the Czech Republic in the past two ...
Morocco: Half of attacks on women by their husband
Half of the violence against women in Morocco comes from their own husbands, a situation that needs to change, a minister from the North African ...
Taliban release video on Afghan base attackers
The Taliban published a video Monday they say shows insurgents preparing for the brazen attack on a major NATO base earlier this month, just as NATO ...
Myanmar's president heads to US for rare visit
Myanmar's reformist president left Monday for New York to tout his country's makeover at the United Nations and push for an end to sanctions, in the ...
398 Unescorted Nigerian women held in Saudi Arabia
Nigerian officials say 398 Muslim women pilgrims traveling to Mecca were temporarily held at a Saudi Arabian airport for traveling without male ...
Suicide car bomb kills 4 schoolchildren in Iraq
A suicide car bomb went off near a school in Iraq's western Anbar province on Monday, killing four children, officials said. The car exploded in the ...
Israel's only co-ed combat unit proves its worth
A deadly shootout last week along Israel's border with Egypt has shined a spotlight on Israel's only mixed female and male combat unit, granting some ...
Cop's sentencing shifts China scandal to his boss
China has nearly mopped up a murder scandal that has roiled the country for months, but the last step — dealing with a fallen political star who was ...
Avalanche on Nepal peak kills at least 9 climbers
Rescue helicopters flew over the high slopes of a northern Nepal peak again Monday to search for climbers lost in an avalanche that killed at least ...
Report: Yemeni women worse off after revolution
Women in Yemen are worse off now than a year ago, when they played a significant part in the country's revolution that promised political and economic ...
Kazakhstan's long-serving prime minister resigns
The prime minister of Kazakhstan resigned Monday after leading the oil-rich Central Asian nation for more than five years and shepherding its economy ...
Ivory Coast reopens air space with Ghana
Ivory Coast says it will allow flights to resume with Ghana, and has reopened its air space after closing its borders following last week's ...
AP Exclusive: Neglect ruins Marcos' prized shoes
Termites, storms and neglect have damaged part of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos' legendary collection of shoes and other possessions left ...