MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have detained 20 inmates for alleged involvement in a prison riot that killed 31 in a state bordering Texas and are investigating whether prison staff were also responsible….
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Portia Simpson Miller was sworn in for the second time as Jamaica’s prime minister Thursday, pledging to ease its deep poverty, boost the sputtering economy, heal political divisions and sever colonial-era links with Brita…
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela’s Central Bank says the country finished the year with 27.6 percent inflation, the highest in Latin America….
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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — An 84-year-old American sailor found alive in the remote South Pacific told his rescuers his mast was so badly cracked that he couldn’t raise his sails without snapping it in two, Chile’s navy said Thursday….
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SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnia’s oldest and most prestigious cultural institutions have begun closing their doors one after another, thanks to long-standing disputes among politicians from its three ethnic groups and dwindling state fu…
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LONDON (AP) — Eve Arnold, a world-traveling photojournalist whose subjects ranged from the poor and dispossessed to Marilyn Monroe, has died, the Magnum photo agency said Thursday. She was 99….
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Against all odds, the party of Nelson Mandela has transformed a nation where just 20 years ago black South Africans could not vote, and beaches and restaurants were reserved for whites only….
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says toxic waste emissions have gone up in the U.S. Virgin Islands but dropped across Puerto Rico….
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BRUSSELS (AP) — Officials from the 27 countries that make up the European Union are beginning Thursday the process of trying to thrash out an agreement on banning the purchase of Iranian oil in the hope of choking off funding for the country’s nuc…
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TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The prime minister of the Gaza government said Thursday the first meeting between Israeli and Palestinian peace negotiators in more than a year was “a futile gesture” that will lead nowhere….
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PYLA, Cyprus (AP) — Divided Cyprus’ rival Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders hosted a dinner for U.N. officials in this ethnically mixed village Thursday as they faced growing pressure to make progress in reunification talks….
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CAMBRIDGE, England (AP) — British scientist Stephen Hawking has decoded some of the most puzzling mysteries of the universe but he has left one mystery unsolved: How he has managed to survive so long with such a crippling disease….
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — A file-sharing group in Sweden that considers itself a spiritual organization says the government has recognized it as a religious community….
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JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military is gearing up together with U.S. forces for a major missile defense exercise, the Israeli military announced Thursday, as tension between Iran and the international community escalates….
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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan police arrested two British private security contractors and two Afghan colleagues and ordered their company closed down after finding a cache of weapons in their vehicle, an official said Thursday. They are being …
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JERUSALEM (AP) — When it comes to stating its case internationally, Israel is tired of playing it straight: It is recruiting gays and lesbians as unofficial envoys….
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TOKYO (AP) — This tuna is worth savoring: It cost nearly three-quarters of a million dollars….
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LONDON (AP) — She’s married into the royal family, and now the former Kate Middleton is moving to define her new role by choosing the charities she will support….
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LONDON (AP) — A prominent British lawmaker said Thursday she was sorry if people were offended by a tweet criticizing “white people.”…
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s civil aviation authority on Thursday cleared the country’s biggest-ever helicopter for domestic use, its state-owned manufacturer said….
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CAIRO (AP) — Just over a year ago, Amira Maurice was attending a New Year’s Eve Mass in the Saints Church in Egypt’s Mediterranean coastal city of Alexandria with her parents and fiance, their marriage set for only a few months away. Then the bomb…
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NEW DELHI (AP) — The anti-corruption movement that seemed to energize India’s middle class just a few months ago, led by a once-obscure social activist who defied the government with public hunger strikes and mass rallies, is facing a new enemy: a…
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — A court sentenced a former Cambodian drug czar to life in prison Thursday for committing the very crime he was hired to fight….
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) — A former Australian soldier kidnapped in the southern Philippines is seen in a video sent to his family pleading for his life and urging Manila and Canberra to raise a $2 million ransom being demanded by his captors….
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