How a Myanmar tycoon is profiting from change

YANGON, Myanmar –  Zaw Zaw, one of Myanmar's most successful and notorious businessmen, likes to pick his way at odd hours around t...

Costa Rican environmentalist found dead

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica –  An environmentalist who worked to protect leatherback turtles on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast was found dea...

Toronto mayor rode wave of conservative discontent

FILE - In this Thursday, May 30, 2013 file photo, Toronto Mayor Rob For...

Rights group: American moved to dangerous prison

CARACAS, Venezuela –  A human rights group says Venezuelan authorities have transferred a U.S. filmmaker accused of espionage to a noto...

China president heads to Caribbean to talk trade

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad –  Chinese President Xi Jinping is shopping in the Caribbean for new sources of energy for his growing country....

Pakistan may be next in line for an IMF bailout

In this picture taken on Tuesday, May 28, 2013, Pakistani customers buy...

Eurogroup head: Greece to wait on debt relief

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, left, and Jeroen Dijsselbloem, wh...

Report: BA jet in Heathrow drama lost engine panel

LONDON –  Air accident investigators say a British Airways jet that made an emergency landing at Heathrow Airport last week lost panels...

Greek coin hoard repatriated from Switzerland

ATHENS –  A hoard of ancient Greek silver coins seized at a Swiss airport is being repatriated to Greece, the country's culture min...

NKorean farmers planting rice with bonuses in mind

In this Wednesday, May 22, 2013 photo, a North Korean woman works in a ...

Activists: Troops attack convoy in key Syrian town

This image made from video posted by Ugarit News and taken on Wednesday...

Israeli police: Jerusalem church vandalized

JERUSALEM –  Israel police say an investigation is underway to find vandals who defaced one of Jerusalem's best known churches. ...

Oil near $94 on heels of US consumer data

BANGKOK –  The price of oil rose slightly Friday after data showed U.S. consumer spending on the rise, a sign of confidence in prospect...

UN adds al-Nusra in Syria to sanctions blacklist

UNITED NATIONS –  The U.N. Security Council has agreed to add Jabhat al-Nusra, the al-Qaida linked opposition force fighting in Syria, ...

UN panel calls for end to extreme poverty by 2030

UNITED NATIONS –  A high-level U.N. panel recommended an ambitious roadmap Thursday to tackle the world's major challenges, from cl...

In shift, Pope Francis walks procession

Pope Francis celebrates the Corpus Domini mass in front of St. John at ...

Kyrgyz protesters cut Canadian-run mine operations

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan –  Hundreds of workers, some on horseback, have blocked the operations at a gold mine run by a Canadian-based minin...

Fear in Egypt as Ethiopia builds giant dam on Nile

In this photo made Tuesday, April 2, 2013, shows the construction of th...

Britain arrests 5 Rwanda genocide suspects

LONDON –  British police say they have arrested five Rwandan genocide suspects at the request of the African country's government. ...

11 vanish from Mexico City bar in suspected mass kidnapping

MEXICO CITY –  Anguished relatives say 11 young people were kidnapped in broad daylight from a Mexico City bar, just 20 days after the ...

Britons on trial in Cuba corruption crackdown

HAVANA –  The trial in Cuba of two British businessmen targeted in a crackdown on corruption is underway. The two suspect...

Man accused of killing British soldier appears in court

LONDON –  A man accused of killing a British soldier in London appeared in court to confirm his name, address and date of birth. Mi...

Ugandan police end seizure of daily after 10 days

KAMPALA, Uganda –  Ugandan police have ended their occupation of a newspaper after 10 days during which they looked for evidence agains...

Chinese baby found sewer pipe returned to mother

May 28, 2013: Baby No. 59, so named because of his incubator number in ...

Iraqi officials say 13 dead in wave of bomb blasts

BAGHDAD –  Iraqi officials say a series of morning bomb explosions in Iraq has killed at least 13 people and wounded dozens in the late...

Mexican climber sets Everest climbing mark

KATMANDU, Nepal –  Mountaineering officials have recognized a Mexican climber as the first person to scale Mount Everest from both the ...

Japan mayor faces censure over sex slave comments

TOKYO –  The mayor of the Japanese city of Osaka is facing a censure motion over inflammatory comments he made about Japan's wartim...

Costa Rica probes Liberty Reserve founder marriage

A car drives past the Forum Business Center where two of the businesses...

El Salvador court rules against exceptions to abortion ban

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador –  El Salvador's Supreme Court has ruled against allowing a woman suffering from kidney failure and lupus...

Tudor warship, artifacts to open as new UK museum

LONDON –  The remains of a Tudor warship that sank more than 400 years ago will be displayed along with thousands of its artifacts for ...

Canada bans nearly all Iranian imports

TORONTO –  Canada is banning nearly all exports to and imports from Iran. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said Wednes...

Argentina: Iran infiltrating region for terrorism

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina –  The Argentine prosecutor who accuses former Iranian officials of masterminding the 1994 bombing of a Buenos ...

Al Qaeda leaders sent scathing letter to troublesome employee

FILE - This undated file image taken from video provided by the SITE In...