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HAVANA (AP) -- Cuban state media announced Tuesday that the government has replaced charismatic Culture Minister Abel Prieto, a well-known writer and intellectual who has been in the role since 1997....

MOSCOW (AP) -- Vladimir Putin rejected opposition protests against his presidential election victory Tuesday and his Foreign Ministry ruled out any softening of Moscow's stance on Syria, a strong indication that the Russian leader has no intention of easing tough policies either at home or abroad....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A gunman in a car killed a former high-ranking Taliban official working on reconciling Afghanistan's insurgency with the government, a fresh blow to peace efforts even as Kabul announced it was gradually taking the lead from the U.S.-led coalition for providing security in much of the country....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iran and six world powers wrapped up talks Thursday still far apart over how to oversee Tehran's atomic program, but with resolve to keep dialogue going as an alternative to possible military action....

LONDON (AP) -- The British government on Tuesday rejected a warning by the Olympic team's top doctor that athletes should avoid shaking hands at the London Games....

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) -- Tribal leaders and militia commanders declared a semiautonomous region in oil-rich eastern Libya on Tuesday, a move opponents fear will be the first step toward outright dividing the country six months after the fall of Moammar Gadhafi....

NEW DELHI (AP) -- There is almost no movement in the pre-dawn cold, when the winter fog sits low over the old city and the only light comes from distant street lamps. The parking lot is silent, except for the occasional hacking cough....

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) -- Turkish Airlines started flying into Somalia's war-torn capital Tuesday, becoming the first international company to fly passenger planes into Mogadishu in more than 20 years....

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) -- Morticians stacked bodies two to a tray at Brazzaville's main morgue Tuesday as the death toll rose to at least 236 from a conflagration at an armory that catapulted shells, rockets and other munitions into a densely populated area of the capital of the Republic of Congo....

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran will grant U.N. inspectors access to a military complex where the U.N. nuclear agency suspects secret atomic work has been carried out, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported Tuesday....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan authorities say an avalanche has destroyed a village in northeastern Afghanistan, with scores feared dead....

SHANGHAI (AP) -- iPotato, isock, icouch, istove, i-you-name-it. An Internet search for "i" words from A to Z will turn up just about any combination you might think up, from all over the world, only a handful of them related to Apple Inc....

NAYPYITAW, Myanmar (AP) -- Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi assured Myanmar's military on Tuesday that she seeks no confrontation with it as she ended a two-day campaign trip to the capital....

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- A Palestinian peace negotiator says the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is too big to ignore, even though it was sidelined in a meeting between Israel's prime minister and U.S. President Barack Obama....

LUCKNOW, India (AP) -- India's ruling Congress party trailed far behind its rivals in early returns from a key state election Tuesday, a sharp rebuke that could hamper the party's performance over the final two years of its term....

LONDON (AP) -- From sun-kissed Caribbean beaches to icy north Atlantic tundra, Queen Elizabeth II's family has begun a celebratory tour to mark her 60th year on the throne - just as questions are raised about dumping the monarchy in the far-flung outposts of Britain's faded empire....

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Once, long ago, Evie looked after "Barry" Obama, the kid who would grow up to become the world's most powerful man. Now, his transgender former nanny has given up her tight, flowery dresses, her brocade vest and her bras, and is living in fear on Indonesia's streets....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- A natural gas fire that killed two people and destroyed a Chevron Corp. rig off the coast of Nigeria has stopped on its own, the company said Tuesday, ending an ocean inferno that burned for 46 days....

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- NATO forces in Afghanistan say four international service members have been killed in an insurgent attack in the country's east....

SINGAPORE (AP) -- Domestic workers in Singapore will soon get something that people around the world take for granted: a day off....