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G-8 struggles with Syria issue

Jun 18th, 2013 - International News

— Syria is still a key issue as G-8 leaders meet in the home stretch of their two-day summit.

The big question is whether all eight members can express a joint position on ending the 2-year-old c...

Obama in N. Ireland

Jun 17th, 2013 - International News

BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) — President Barack Obama says peace in Northern Ireland is a "blueprint" for those living amid conflict around the world, but he says the calm between Catholics and Pr...

Britain says Snowden not welcome

Jun 14th, 2013 - International News

— The British government has issued an alert to airlines around the world, urging them not to allow former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden to board flights to the United Kingdom.

Snow...

Bangladesh factory flaws highlighted

Jun 13th, 2013 - International News

— A survey of scores of Bangladeshi factories by an engineering university shows that many of those factories are routinely built without consulting engineers.

After the April collapse of a garme...

Turkish PM to meet Istanbul park protesters

Jun 12th, 2013 - International News

— Turkey's prime minister is scheduled to meet today with a group of activists protesting over re-development of an Istanbul park that has sparked the country's biggest anti-government protests in d...

Snowden's whereabouts unknown

Jun 11th, 2013 - International News

— The American defense contractor who leaked information about classified U.S. surveillance programs is in Hong Kong, but the exact whereabouts of 29-year-old Edward Snowden are not known.

Meanw...

Swollen Elbe River breaches new levee in Germany

Jun 10th, 2013 - International News

— The swollen Elbe River breached another levee early Monday on its relentless march toward the North Sea, forcing German authorities to evacuate 10 villages and shut down one of the country's main...

Algeria stalled while president's in France

Jun 7th, 2013 - International News

— Many citizens in Algeria are wondering about their president's health. Since he suffered a "mini-stroke" April 27, President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been undergoing treatment in Paris.

But in...

Challenges at frontline of Nigeria extremist fight

Jun 6th, 2013 - International News

— Islamist extremists who had burned down a village church in northeast Nigeria have vanished as Nigeria's military regained control in a recent offensive.

Military commanders told journalists t...

New Pakistani PM calls for end to drone strikes

Jun 5th, 2013 - International News

— Pakistan's newly-elected prime minister is calling for an end to American drone strikes in tribal areas.

Nawaz Sharif's call came in his first speech in parliament, minutes after lawmakers elec...

Putin: S-300 missiles not sent to Syria yet

Jun 4th, 2013 - International News

— President Vladimir Putin says Russia hasn't yet fulfilled a contract to send sophisticated S-300 air defense missile systems to Syria.

Russian officials have said that Moscow signed a contract ...

Fire kills at least 119 at poultry plant in northeast China

Jun 3rd, 2013 - International News

— At least 119 people are now confirmed dead in a massive fire that broke out at a poultry plant in northeastern China today.

Reports and officials say workers were trapped inside a cluttered sla...

Conversions Raise Tensions in Middle East

May 31st, 2013 - International News

ASSIUT, Egypt (AP) — Two crime cases in southern Egypt illustrate the tensions surrounding religious conversions in Egyptian society.

In one case, an Egyptian Christian man stabbed his wife after...

Malaysia police arrest 7 linked to US pastor death

May 30th, 2013 - International News

— Police have arrested seven men suspected of involvement in the death of a U.S. pastor at his Malaysian home.

The body of Rev. David Ginter was found bound with cloth in a suburb near Kuala Lump...

OECD: Europe remains threat to world economy

May 29th, 2013 - International News

— A leading international body warns that Europe's shrinking economy risks threatening the global recovery.

In its half-yearly update, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development sa...

McCain visits Syria

May 28th, 2013 - International News

— Sen. John McCain has made an unannounced visit to Syria's rebels forces. McCain's trip was in an effort to put more pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad to seek a negotiated settlement to Syr...

NATO service member killed in Afghanistan

May 27th, 2013 - International News

— NATO says an insurgent attack has killed a coalition service member in eastern Afghanistan.

The U.S.-led military coalition says the service member died Sunday after a direct-fire insurgent ass...

Syria govt to take part in peace conference

May 24th, 2013 - International News

— Russia's foreign ministry says the Syrian government has agreed to a conference on the country's future proposed by Russia and the United States.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevic...

UK emergency committee meets after attack

May 23rd, 2013 - International News

— The British government's emergency committee has met today after yesterday's attack by two men near London's military barracks.

An active duty British soldier was killed. One of the attackers ...

Riots in Stockholm spread to more suburbs

May 22nd, 2013 - International News

— Groups of youth have smashed shop windows, set cars ablaze and burnt down a cultural center as the riots that started in one Stockholm suburb after a fatal police shooting spread to other low-inc...

More attacks in Iraq; 7 killed

May 21st, 2013 - International News

— Officials say new attacks in Iraq have killed seven people and wounded dozens.

Police say a suicide blast at a checkpoint and militants who opened fire at Iraqi troops have killed three soldier...

NKorea fires 5th projectile into waters

May 20th, 2013 - International News

— South Korea says North Korea has fired a short-range projectile into its own eastern waters — for the fifth time in three days.

Pyongyang regularly conducts short-range missile tests. Analyst...

Deadly explosion in Afghan capital

May 16th, 2013 - International News

— NATO says two of its service members and four civilian contractors were killed when a suicide car bomber struck a convoy belonging to the military alliance in the Afghan capital today.

At least...

Captain locked out as plane cockpit door jams

May 15th, 2013 - International News

— Air India says the cockpit door of one of its planes got jammed during a flight while the captain was using the toilet, forcing an unscheduled landing by the co-pilot in central India.

An airl...

Bangladesh honors the dead from building collapse

May 14th, 2013 - International News

— Thousands of mourners have gathered at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the 1,127 people who died in the structure's collapse.

The mourners raised the...

Huge drug cost disparities seen in health overhaul

May 13th, 2013 - International News

— Industry analysts and advocates are warning that cancer patients could face high costs for medicine under President Barack Obama's health care law.

To try to keep premiums low, some states are ...

Mexico sets shelters as volcano shakes, spews ash

May 13th, 2013 - International News

— Authorities are setting up shelters in central Mexico as they prepare for a possible big eruption of a volcano near Mexico City.

Seismic activity has increased at the more than 17,000-foot volc...

Woman found alive in Bangladesh rubble

May 10th, 2013 - International News

— Bangladesh rescue workers have freed a woman trapped for 17 days in the rubble of a collapsed building.

The rescuers discovered the woman Friday afternoon and ordered an immediate halt to their...

Couple missing from Carnival cruise ship

May 9th, 2013 - International News

— Authorities are searching off Australia's east coast for two passengers on a Carnival cruise ship who were believed to have fallen overboard overnight.

The couple, Australian citizens from New ...

Italy cargo ship slams into Genoa port, kills at least 5

May 8th, 2013 - International News

— Rescuers in Italy say they haven't yet accounted for a half-dozen people after a cargo ship slammed into a control tower in the port of Genoa.

At least five people are confirmed dead and author...

Africa is riskiest place to be born, report says

May 7th, 2013 - International News

— A new report says more than 1 million babies die on the day they are born every year.

The 14 countries with the highest rates of first-day deaths are all in Africa. The top five are Somalia, C...

Catholic bishops condemn Irish abortion bill

May 6th, 2013 - International News

— Ireland's Roman Catholic bishops say the public should lobby lawmakers to reject a bill that would allow abortions to save the life of the mother.

The bishops say the bill represents "a dramati...

US military plane crashes in Kyrgyzstan

May 3rd, 2013 - International News

— The emergencies ministry in Kyrgyzstan (KEER'-gih-stan) says a U.S. military plane has crashed in the country.

Kyrgyzstan hosts a U.S. base that is used for troops transiting into and out of Af...

April deadliest month in Iraq since June 2008

May 2nd, 2013 - International News

— The United Nations mission to Iraq says more people were killed in violent attacks across the country in April than in any other month since June 2008.

The U.N. figures released on Thursday un...

Moderate earthquake hits Indian-controlled Kashmir

May 1st, 2013 - International News

— Officials say a moderately strong earthquake has hit a mountainous region in Indian-controlled Kashmir, injuring at least nine people and damaging several buildings.

The U.S. Geological Survey ...

5 MI residents died in Afghan plane crash

Apr 30th, 2013 - International News

Five people from Michigan have died in Afghanistan. They were among seven people killed when a civilian plane crashed Monday after taking off from Bagram Air Field. Four pilots, two mechanics, and a...

Aircraft crashes at base in Afghanistan

Apr 29th, 2013 - International News

— The U.S.-led military coalition in Afghanistan says a civilian cargo aircraft has crashed at Bagram Air Field, north of Kabul.

It is not immediately known if there were casualties.

Capt. Luc...

Putin: Boston bombing shows West's mistake

Apr 25th, 2013 - International News

— Russian President Vladimir Putin says that the Boston bombing should spur closer security cooperation between Moscow and Washington but it also proves that the West was wrong in supporting militan...

Collapsed building had cracks

Apr 24th, 2013 - International News

— Workers say an eight-story building in Bangladesh housing several garment factories developed large cracks that were reported on the news the day before it collapsed, killing at least 87 people.

...

Iran denies link with Canada terror plot suspects

Apr 23rd, 2013 - International News

— Iran is denying any link with two suspects charged with plotting a terrorist attack against a Canadian passenger train.

Canadian authorities claim the suspects — 30 year-old Chiheb Esseghaier...

Father of Boston suspects plans to fly to US

Apr 22nd, 2013 - International News

— The father of the two Boston bombing suspects says he will travel from Russia to the United States this week to seek "justice and the truth."

Anzor Tsarnaev told The Associated Press that he ha...

World finance officials seek ways to boost growth

Apr 19th, 2013 - International News

— World finance leaders are searching for ways to promote better economic growth and stronger job creation while avoiding a dangerous slide into a global currency war.

Finance ministers from the...

US missionary pilot missing off West Africa coast

Apr 18th, 2013 - International News

— The prayerful search continues for an American missionary pilot whose small plane disappeared in a storm April 7 around the West African island of Sao Tome.

So far, searchers have found no trace ...

Britain's Iron Lady laid to rest with full pomp

Apr 17th, 2013 - International News

ONDON (AP) — Margaret Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady, was laid to rest Wednesday with a level of pomp and protest reflecting her status as a commanding, polarizing political figure.

Queen Elizabet...

At least 40 dead in Iran quake

Apr 16th, 2013 - International News

— Iranian state-run TV says at least 40 people have been killed in a major earthquake near the Iran-Pakistan border. The U.S. Geological Survey says today's 7.8 magnitude quake struck the lightly po...

Opposition candidate demands recount in Venezuela

Apr 15th, 2013 - International News

— Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate is demanding a recount, following a razor-thin loss in Sunday special election.

Nicolas Maduro, who was hand-picked by the late president Hugo Chav...

Kerry, SKorea stand firm on Pyongyang's threats

Apr 12th, 2013 - International News

Secretary of State John Kerry and his South Korean counterpart say North Korea will gain nothing by threatening tests of its missile or nuclear programs.

Kerry says the U.S. and its Asian ally won'...

Toyota, Honda, Nissan announce air bag recall

Apr 11th, 2013 - International News

— More than 1 million vehicles in North America are part of a worldwide recall for an airbag problem affecting three big automakers.

Toyota, Honda and Nissan are recalling more than 2 million veh...

Thatcher funeral to be held April 17

Apr 9th, 2013 - International News

— The British government says former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's funeral will be held April 17.

Today undertakers removed the ex-leader's body from London's Ritz Hotel, where she died Mond...

Thatcher to receive ceremonial funeral

Apr 8th, 2013 - International News

— The British government says former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will receive a ceremonial funeral with military honors.

Thatcher — known as the "Iron Lady" — died Monday from a stroke a...

Power restored to Japan nuke plant cooling system

Apr 5th, 2013 - International News

— Power has been restored to a cooling system at a tsunami-damaged nuclear plant in Japan, after failing for the second time in a month.

The operator of the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant believes work...

Afghan official: NATO airstrike kills 6 in east

Apr 4th, 2013 - International News

— An Afghan official says an airstrike by U.S.-led forces has killed four policemen and two civilians in eastern Afghanistan.

The official said on Thursday that the airstrike occurred the day bef...

NKorea refuses to allow SKoreans into factory park

Apr 3rd, 2013 - International News

— North Korean authorities say political circumstances on the Korean Peninsula have prompted them to refuse entry to hundreds of South Koreans who work at a jointly run factory park in the North.

...

Parents Moved by Pope's Gentle Gesture

Apr 2nd, 2013 - International News

JOHNSTON, R.I. (AP) — A Rhode Island couple says they were speechless and moved to tears when Pope Francis hugged and kissed their 8-year-old son in St. Peter's Square on Easter Sunday.

Paul and ...

US Soldier Killed by Teen in Afghanistan

Apr 1st, 2013 - International News

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An American soldier guarding a meeting of Afghan and U.S. officials in eastern Afghanistan has been killed by a teenager who stabbed the soldier in the neck. One official e...

Pope Makes Historic Visits Today

Apr 1st, 2013 - International News

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis waved from a window to cheering well-wishes ahead of a trip underground to pray at the tomb of St. Peter, the church's first pontiff. Francis was to visit to the nec...

Good Friday events in Holy Land and in the Philippines

Mar 29th, 2013 - International News

— Worshippers have packed Jerusalem's Holy Sepulcher church, where Jesus is believed to have been crucified, buried and resurrected, for a morning Mass that started Good Friday events in the Holy La...

Cyprus banks re-open; limits on transactions

Mar 28th, 2013 - International News

— Banks in Cyprus have opened for the first time since March 16, when they were shut down because of the country's financial crisis.

Lines are starting to form outside the banks, but strict restr...

Syria's leader appeals to African summit for help

Mar 27th, 2013 - International News

— Syria's embattled and increasingly isolated president has appealed to the leaders of a five-nation economic forum meeting in South Africa to help end his country's two-year conflict.

President ...

Russian boy adopted by Americans returns to Russia

Mar 26th, 2013 - International News

— A 17-year-old Russian boy adopted by Americans at age 12 reportedly has returned to Russia to live with his grandmother.

A Russian TV station says Alexander Abnosov has left his Philadelphia su...