
Bulgarian defends decision to attack politician
A Bulgarian who tried to shoot a gas pistol at the leader of his country's ethnic Turkish political party testified Tuesday that his only regret is ...
Mozambique: Man guilty in journalist's death freed
A judge in Mozambique has ordered the release of a businessman convicted of ordering the 2000 murder of one of the country's top investigative ...
Suspects on trial over Guinea attack claim torture
Several defendants on trial in Guinea over a brazen attack on the private residence of President Alpha Conde say authorities tortured them to extract ...
German cardinal 'ashamed' at rape victim treatment
A senior German bishop is publicly apologizing after two Catholic hospitals turned away a rape victim seeking treatment that included emergency ...

American Indian gang trio face racketeering trial
Three members of a violent American Indian gang known for terrorizing people from the Twin Cities to reservations in greater Minnesota, Wisconsin and ...

Files show how LA church leaders controlled damage
Retired Cardinal Roger Mahony and other top Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles officials maneuvered behind the scenes to shield molester ...

Vegas officer, wife and son dead in murder-suicide
A Las Vegas police lieutenant, his wife and son are dead after an apparent double murder, suicide and arson at their home in Boulder City, authorities ...

India gang-rape trial opens Thursday in new court
The trial of five men accused of the rape and murder of a student aboard a bus in New Delhi will begin Thursday and should have none of the long ...
French: Turkish suspect probed in Kurd killings
French prosecutors have filed preliminary murder and terrorism charges against a Turkish citizen who worked as a driver for one of three Kurdish ...

In Mexico, self-defense squads battle violence
The young man at the roadside checkpoint wept softly behind the red bandanna that masked his face. At his side was a relic revolver, and his feet were ...

Minister: Somber Newtown needs MLK's words of hope
A former leader of one of the nation's most prominent liberal Protestant churches told residents still grieving one of the deadliest school shootings ...

NM shooting victims are chaplain, wife, 3 kids
A 15-year-old boy remained in custody Sunday night as detectives tried to piece together what led to the shooting of his parents and three of their ...

Minister tells Newtown: MLK's words 'needed now'
A former leader of one of the country's most prominent liberal Protestant churches told residents on Sunday, weeks after one of the deadliest school ...

SWAT standoff in Ga. uncovers dismembered body
Police went to Chad Moretz's home to ask him about a friend who had gone missing and quickly found themselves in a tense standoff when a relative ...

Sex is major reason military commanders are fired
Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair, fired from his command in Afghanistan last May and now facing a court-martial on charges of sodomy, adultery and ...

Support steady in upstate NY home of Remington
Not everyone here works at the Remington factory, but everyone knows someone who does. The big brick complex looms above the rooftops of the modest ...

Thousands rally against stricter gun control in US
Gun advocates — some with rifles slung across shoulders or pistols holstered at the hip — have rallied peacefully in state capitals nationwide against ...
Iran hangs 2 for attack posted on YouTube
Iran state radio says two men have been hanged publicly after posting a video on YouTube showing them robbing and assaulting a man with a machete on ...
5 hurt in shootings at gun shows in Ohio, Ind., NC
Accidental shootings at gun shows in North Carolina, Indiana and Ohio left five people injured Saturday, the same day that thousands of gun advocates ...

AP Exclusive: Sikh shooting victim slowly improves
Day after day, Raghuvinder and Jaspreet Singh hovered by their nearly comatose father and repeated a single word — a word their dad probably spoke ...

March protests immigrant's slaying in Greece
Several thousand people marched through central Athens on Saturday to protest a spate of anti-immigrant attacks in Greece, including the fatal ...

49ers' Crabtree questioned in sexual assault case
San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree has voluntarily met with police in their investigation into an alleged sexual assault in a hotel ...
Ukrainian ex-PM suspected in murder case
Ukrainian authorities have formally notified jailed former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko that she is a suspect in the murder of a businessman and ...
Officials: 4 die in violence across Iraq
Iraqi authorities say four people, including two off-duty policemen, have been killed in Iraq where violence has ebbed but insurgent attacks are still ...

Vatican OKs next Catholic leader for Ireland
The Roman Catholic Church's much-criticized leader in Ireland announced Friday that the Vatican has approved his successor, a reform-minded priest who ...