Political change on the horizon in Algeria as ruling elite die out

Paul Schemm The Associated Press

ALGIERS, Algeria - The Arab Spring may finally be en route to Algeria.

$1M in jewelry reported stolen near Cannes Film Fest

Jamey Keaten The Associated Press

PARIS - Thieves ripped a safe from the wall of a hotel room near the Cannes Film Festival and made off with about $1 million worth of jewelry,…

Decriminalize drugs to reduce violence, OAS study proposes

Chris Kraul Los Angeles Times

BOGOTA, Colombia - The Organization of American States said Friday that countries should consider decriminalizing drug use, a shift backed by …

Bombs kill 9 inside elite Afghan housing complex linked to Karzai kin

The Associated Press The Associated Press

KABUL, Afghanistan - Two bombs hidden in a motorcycle and a car exploded inside an elite gated community linked to the family of President Ham…

Soldiers fan out to combat Venezuelan violence

Karl Ritter The Associated Press

PETARE, Venezuela - Stern-looking soldiers clutching assault rifles wave down the beat-up Chevy Caprice entering this sprawling slum on the ou…

Bombs targeting Sunnis kill at least 76 in Iraq

Sameer N. Yacoub The Associated Press

BAGHDAD - Bombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday, killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in…

Torture devices found in abandoned Syrian prisons

Barbara Surk The Associated Press

Rights activists visiting abandoned government prisons in the first Syrian city to come under rebel control have found torture devices and oth…

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Pope leads pep rally at Vatican, meets with Merkel

By FRANCES D'EMILIO

Pope Francis lamented that investment losses by banks trigger more alarm in the economic crisis than the struggle of people to feed their fami…

20 flights without bags after Egypt airport strike

By AYA BATRAWY

Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 intern…

Reporter remembers fear in Videla's Argentina

By VICENTE PANETTA

It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning.

Member of Pakistani cricket star's party killed

By ATIF RAZA

Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot and killed a senior member of a leading Pakistani political party.

Suspected US drone in Yemen kills 4 militants

By AHMED AL-HAJ

A suspected U.S. drone strike killed four al-Qaida militants Saturday in a southern Yemeni province once overrun by the group, according to se…

French president signs gay marriage into law

By ANGELA CHARLTON

France will see its first gay weddings within days, after French President Francois Hollande signed a law Saturday authorizing marriage and ad…

Russia's Karjakin wins Norway chess tournament

By MARK LEWIS

Russia's Sergey Karjakin won the (EURO)100,000 ($130,000) Norway chess championship on Saturday after drawing against Veselin Topalov of Bulgaria.

SKorea says NKorea fires 3 short-range missiles

By SAM KIM

North Korea fired three short-range guided missiles into its eastern waters on Saturday, a South Korean official said. It routinely tests such…

Blasts rock Libya's capital and eastern city

ESAM MOHAMED

Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported.

AP PHOTOS: Palestinians in Egypt exiled, forgotten

By AYA BATRAWY

In 1948, Suleiman Mamoudi fled by foot with his parents and other families from their village of Bir el-Sabae in Palestine. The 28-year-old an…

Plane catches fire landing in Moscow; no injuries

Part of an airliner carrying more than 130 people caught fire as it was landing in Moscow, and passengers evacuated the plane by jumping off o…

Ivory Coast army arrests militia leader

By ROBBIE COREY-BOULET

A militia leader accused of grave crimes during Ivory Coast's 2010-11 postelection violence was taken into custody Saturday not far from the n…

Attacks kill 16 in Iraq, 8 police kidnapped

By SAMEER N. YACOUB

A string of attacks killed at least 16 people in Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen abducted eight policemen guarding a post on the country's main…

Journalist found dead in eastern Congo

By MELANIE GOUBY

The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's …

Union leads march in Rome calling for job creation

A union of Italian metal workers has led thousands of people in a march through the heart of Rome to press the new government for measures to …

Nigeria military declares 24-hour curfew in city

By HARUNA UMAR and JON GAMBRELL

Nigeria's military declared a 24-hour curfew Saturday on neighborhoods in a northeastern city that's the spiritual home of an Islamic extremis…

Afghan lawmakers block law on women's rights

By KAY JOHNSON

Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women's freedoms, arguin…