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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A car bomb killed at least five people Sunday in a central Nigerian city that has seen hundreds die in religious and ethnic violence in recent years, amid warnings by diplomats of possible terrorist attacks during the Easter holiday, officials said....

NEW DELHI (AP) -- The leaders of India and Pakistan agreed in talks Sunday that the two countries should adopt a step-by-step approach to resolve their differences and continue to build on a recent thaw in their strained relations....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The Afghan government and the U.S. signed a deal Sunday governing night raids by American troops, resolving an issue that had threatened to derail a larger pact governing a U.S. presence in the country for decades to come....

RENNES, France (AP) -- The man polls say has the best shot at becoming France's next president wants to hire thousands more teachers, renegotiate Europe's expensive, hard-won bailout package, and re-assess his country's role in both Afghanistan and NATO....

TOKYO (AP) -- Just two months ago, amid celebrations of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, an Iranian rocket roared off a military launch pad and placed a 110-pound Earth observation satellite into orbit. The U.S. State Department grumbled about possible missile applications, but that was pretty much it....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Thousands of Christians gathered in Jerusalem for Easter Sunday to commemorate Jesus Christ's resurrection, crowding into one of Christianity's holiest churches, worshipping, singing and praying....

NINGBO, China (AP) -- China's foreign minister said Sunday that Beijing is troubled by North Korea's plan to launch a long-range rocket and has urged more diplomacy to handle the situation, a measured response to a provocation that has unsettled the region....

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Rescue workers used bulldozers Sunday to dig through huge banks of snow following a massive avalanche a day earlier that engulfed a military complex and buried at least 135 people, most of them soldiers, in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border....

NEW DELHI (AP) -- The leaders of India and Pakistan said they agreed in talks Sunday that strained relations between their rival South Asian nations should be normalized....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- It was a risky but successful operation: British and other NATO forces stormed a cave tucked in the mountains before dawn Saturday and rescued two foreign female aid workers and their two Afghan colleagues being held hostage by Taliban-linked militants....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel has banned German intellectual Guenter Grass from visiting the country because of a critical poem published by the Nobel laureate last week....

RENNES, France (AP) -- The man polls say has the best shot at becoming France's next president wants to hire thousands more teachers, scrap Europe's expensive, hard-won bailout package, and pull his country back from both Afghanistan and NATO....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- An explosion struck a city Sunday in central Nigeria that has seen hundreds killed in religious and ethnic violence in recent years, causing unknown injuries as diplomats had warned of possible terrorist attacks over the Easter holiday, police said....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni troops and armed tribesmen drove al-Qaida militants from two southern strongholds on Tuesday, a major victory in a U.S.-backed offensive to seize territory held for more than a year by the terror network as it exploited political turmoil to gain a foothold in the strategic area....

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistani soldiers dug through the remnants of a massive avalanche for a second day Sunday searching for at least 135 people buried when the wall of snow engulfed a military complex in a mountain battleground close to the Indian border....

BEIJING (AP) -- China's foreign minister said Sunday that Beijing is troubled by North Korea's plans to launch a rocket and has urged more diplomacy to handle the situation, a measured response to a provocation that has unsettled the region....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Thousands of Christians are celebrating Easter Mass in Jerusalem in an array of processions and prayer sessions....

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flew back to Cuba late Saturday for another round of radiation therapy, telling his countrymen that he has faith a "miracle" will help him survive cancer....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Bombings struck several areas in Baghdad and to the north Thursday, killing at least 30 people in the first major attacks in Iraq in nearly a month. The violence stoked fears that insurgents were trying to undermine confidence in the Shiite-led government amid rising sectarian tensions....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- A video posted online Saturday purports to show Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest ranking member of Saddam Hussein's ousted regime still at large, lashing out against Iraq's Shiite-led government....