Sudan, South Sudan to return to talks next week

By MICHAEL ONYIEGO

An African Union official says Sudan and South Sudan have agreed to resume talks over issues that brought the two nations to the brink of war:…

APNewsBreak: Higher enrichment at Iranian site

By GEORGE JAHN

The U.N. atomic agency has found evidence at an underground bunker in Iran that could mean the country has moved closer to producing the urani…

Egypt vote: Brotherhood advances to second round

By MAGGIE MICHAEL

The candidate of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood won a spot in a runoff election, according to partial results Friday from Egypt's first genuinely …

Lebanese prime minister says Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria have been released.

Lebanese pilgrims kidnapped in Syria are released

By ZEINA KARAM

Lebanon's prime minister says a group of Lebanese Shiites who were kidnapped in Syria have been released.

Situation in Congo deteriorating, Red Cross

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO

The International Committee of the Red Cross says a new rebellion in eastern Congo has spread to remote and difficult-to-reach areas, causing …

Military spokesman: African Union, Somali troops capture militant-held town outside Mogadishu.

AU, Somali forces capture town outside Mogadishu

By ABDI GULED

A military spokesman says African Union and Somali forces have pushed Islamist militants out of a town outside of Mogadishu.

Thai king makes 1st trip outside Bangkok in years

By THANYARAT DOKSONE

Thousands upon thousands of Thais turned out Friday in Bangkok and the historic capital Ayutthaya to show their devotion to the country's 84-y…

UN rights chief: Suspend Zimbabwe sanctions

By GILLIAN GOTORA

The U.N. human rights chief has called for the suspension of Western sanctions against Zimbabwe's president and his loyalists.

Landslide kills 6 gold miners in Indonesia

An official says a landslide on Indonesia's main island of Java has killed at least six gold miners.

French president: all combat troops out in 2012

By PATRICK QUINN

All French combat troops will pull out of Afghanistan by the end of the year, France's new president said in Kabul Friday, but some trainers w…

Everest climber skips summit, rescues friend

By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA

An Israeli who rescued a distressed climber on Mount Everest instead of pushing onward to the summit said Friday that the man he helped, an Am…

Visa change for Beijing-sent teachers upsets China

By DIDI TANG

A U.S. clampdown on visas for instructors at China's flagship cultural program overseas has incensed Beijing, with state media pouncing on it …

Egypt's ultraconservatives planting seeds in vote

By AYA BATRAWY

For Egypt's most conservative Islamists, the country's first competitive presidential election has been a test of their political savvy as the…

Cambodia land activists' convictions called unjust

Human rights groups in Cambodia expressed outrage Friday over prison sentences imposed on 13 women who were protesting being evicted from thei…

Beijing rejects US criticism on human rights

China on Friday rejected a U.S. State Department report that criticized China's human rights record, saying Washington's critique was inaccura…

Top Philippine judge says he didn't declare $2.4M

By TERESA CEROJANO

The chief justice of the Philippine Supreme Court has testified at his impeachment trial that he did not violate any laws when he failed to de…

Jail for 2 blamed for New Zealand cargo ship spill

By NICK PERRY

The captain and the navigator of a ship that ran aground on a New Zealand reef last year in what authorities have called the country's worst m…