UN detects possible signs of past NKorea nuke test
A U.N. agency tasked with looking for signs of nuclear explosions says its monitoring stations have detected radioactive gases that could be linked ...
Red Cross: At least 187 killed in Nigeria violence
Fighting between soldiers and Islamic extremists in northeast Nigeria killed at least 187 people, the worst single incident of violence in the region ...
Clashes in Syria; rebels seek foreign intervention
Syrian troops backed by pro-government gunmen captured at least one village in heavy fighting Sunday in a strategic area near the Lebanese border, ...
Child soldiers patrol C. African Republic capital
As fighters in fatigues lounge in the shade of the rebel camp in the capital of Central African Republic, a boy jumps up to greet visitors with a wide ...
President: Mali will be ready for July vote
Mali's interim president on Friday sought to reassure international partners that the country fighting a war against radical Islamic fighters will be ...
Serbia, Kosovo reach tentative deal on relations
Serbia and Kosovo reached a potentially historic agreement Friday to normalize relations between the Balkan neighbors, end years of acrimony and put ...
UN compares Iraq death penalty use to slaughter
The U.N.'s top human rights officials is condemning Iraq's widespread use of the death penalty, comparing it to a slaughterhouse. U.N.
WHO: China bird flu not spreading easily in humans
There's no evidence a new bird flu strain is spreading easily among people in China even though there may be sporadic cases of the virus spreading to ...
Diplomats: New Iran-nuke agency talks agreed on
Two diplomats say Iran and the U.N. nuclear agency have agreed to mid-May talks focused on restarting a probe of suspicions that Tehran has worked ...
Activists: Rebels capture base in central Syria
Syrian rebels captured a military base in the strategic Homs province on Thursday as opposition fighters fought to expand territory under their ...
APNewsBreak: Diplomats: Iran ups nuke technology
Technicians upgrading Iran's main uranium enrichment facility have tripled their installations of high-tech machines that could be used in a nuclear ...
Morocco cancels war games with US over rights
Morocco on Tuesday canceled its annual military exercises with the United States after the Obama administration backed having the U.N. monitor human ...
Boston attacks are reminder of violence elsewhere
The blasts that struck the Boston Marathon on Monday were shocking not only for their brazenness and the lives they shattered, but also because ...
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.
UN: Rape, violence raging in C. African Republic
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights says the security situation in Central African Republic is deteriorating three weeks after the ...
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 ...
Somalia leader: Foreigners aided attack on court
Somalia's prime minister said Monday that several experienced foreign fighters took part in the most serious Islamic extremist attack on Mogadishu in ...
AP Interview: UN puts spotlight on 'stunted' kids
The United Nations Children's Fund says more than a quarter of children under the age of 5 worldwide are permanently "stunted" from malnutrition, ...
IAEA reviewing cleanup at damaged Japan nuke plant
The U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency Monday began reviewing the decommissioning process at Japan's crippled nuclear plant, where new problems are ...
China WHO chief: Beijing H7N9 case not surprising
A World Health Organization official said Sunday that it wasn't surprising that a new strain of bird flu has spread to China's capital after sickening ...
Activists say Syrian airstrike kills 20 people
A Syrian government airstrike on a town in the country's northwest killed at least 20 people Saturday, shattering store fronts, setting cars ablaze ...
Congo: 12 army officers to be charged with rapes
A dozen senior officers in the Congolese army have been arrested for responsibility for mass rapes committed by several army units in eastern Congo ...
IMF recognizes Somalia after 22 years of chaos
The International Monetary Fund announced Friday that it is recognizing Somalia's new government after a 22-year break in relations with the ...
Bosnian activist says UN meeting was biased
Bosnian activist Munira Subasic lost 22 close family members in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre of thousands of Muslims by Bosnian Serbs, yet she was ...
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