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DAKAR, Senegal (AP) -- Senegalese state radio reports that Mali's ousted president has left the country and flown to Senegal....

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AP) -- A journalist in western Kazakhstan has been stabbed and shot in an attack that his colleagues say may have been motivated by his reporting....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- When the International Monetary Fund meets this weekend, its top goal will be as simple as it is difficult: Get member nations to pledge many more billions in aid - in case the IMF needs to rescue more European economies....

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) -- Turkey's Islamic-rooted government has scored two victories in its quest to end the military's decades-long influence over politics....

BEIRUT (AP) -- The militarization of Syria's uprising has strengthened the most radical elements on both sides of the bloody, 13-month-old conflict, sidelining the moderate voices that many see as the best hope for Syria's future....

BEIRUT (AP) -- The militarization of Syria's uprising has strengthened the most radical elements on both sides of the bloody, 13-month-old conflict, sidelining the moderate voices that many see as the best hope for Syria's future....

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Anders Behring Breivik knew it would take practice to be able to slaughter dozens of people before being shot by police. In a chilling account, the far-right fanatic claimed Thursday that he sharpened his aim by playing the video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" for hours on end....

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Guinea-Bissau's military leaders said Thursday they had agreed on a candidate to lead a transitional government, though the proposed two-year timeframe for organizing new elections after last week's coup was unlikely to appease the international community....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Greg Ham, a member of the Australian band Men at Work whose saxophone and flute punctuated its smash 1980s hits, was found dead in his Melbourne home on Thursday....

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- The enormous, 16-wheel truck that North Korea used to carry a missile during a recent parade likely came from China in a possible violation of U.N. sanctions meant to rein in Pyongyang's missile program, experts say....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Greg Ham, a member of the iconic Australian band Men at Work whose saxophone and flute punctuated its biggest hits, was found dead in his Melbourne home on Thursday....

OSLO, Norway (AP) -- Anders Behring Breivik knew it would take practice to be able to slaughter dozens of people before being shot by police. In a chilling account, the far-right fanatic claimed Thursday that he sharpened his aim by playing the video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" for hours on end....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- There would seem to be enough points of tension to keep Iran and its Gulf Arab rivals fully occupied: Tehran's nuclear program, accusations of Iranian meddling in Bahrain's uprising, Iranian threats to block Gulf oil shipping lanes. But it's all been overshadowed by three contested islands that Iran wants to turn into a tourist draw....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- There would seem to be enough points of tension to keep Iran and its Gulf Arab rivals fully occupied: Tehran's nuclear program, accusations of Iranian meddling in Bahrain's uprising, Iranian threats to block Gulf oil shipping lanes. But it's all been overshadowed by three contested islands that Iran wants to turn into a tourist draw....

BEIRUT (AP) -- The head of Syria's main opposition council offered to resign Thursday after some members threatened to pull out of the umbrella group amid rampant infighting, striking a blow to efforts to present a united front against President Bashar Assad....

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Guinea-Bissau's military leaders said Thursday they had agreed on a candidate to lead a transitional government, though the two-year proposed timeframe for organizing new elections after last week's coup was unlikely to appease the international community....

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) -- Guinea-Bissau's military leaders said Thursday they had agreed on a candidate to lead a transitional government, though the two-year proposed timeframe for organizing new elections after last week's coup was unlikely to appease the international community....

NEW YORK (AP) -- In a videotaped deposition made public for the first time Thursday, a British man convicted in an aborted shoe-bombing mission admitted meeting with Osama bin Laden after deciding to fight jihad against the West....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The junta that seized power in a coup last month announced late Thursday that it had released 22 people whose arrests earlier this week had prompted international criticism....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The junta that seized power in a coup last month announced late Thursday that it had released 22 people whose arrests earlier this week had prompted international criticism....