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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez revealed Sunday that a new tumor recently removed from his pelvic region was of the same type of cancer as a baseball-sized growth extracted from that part of his body about seven months ago....

BEIRUT (AP) -- U.N. observers in Syria suspended their activities and patrols Saturday because of escalating violence in the country, the head of the mission said, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan for Syria is disintegrating....

MOSCOW (AP) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won Russia's presidential election on Sunday, according to exit polls cited by state television, but the vote was tainted by claims of violations, including "carousel voting" in which voters were bused around to cast several ballots....

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia has begun trials of 55 suspected al-Qaida members, some charged in a deadly attack on a U.S. Consulate in 2004, the kingdom's official news agency reported Sunday....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni military officials said Saturday that two U.S. airstrikes killed at least 18 al-Qaida-linked militants in an evening attack on a central province that had been partly overrun by the group earlier this year....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead early Sunday an American teacher working at a language institute in a central Yemeni city, the region's provincial governor said....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- More than 2,000 people have been killed in a year of political turmoil that led to the resignation of Yemen's longtime president, the government disclosed Sunday. The figure is much higher than human rights groups estimated....

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) -- Blasts rocked the capital of the Republic of Congo Sunday morning after a weapons depot caught fire, officials said, killing at least 206 people and forcing thousands to flee....

SZCZECHOCINY, Poland (AP) -- Two trains running on the same track collided head-on in southern Poland in a shower of sparks, killing 16 people and injuring 58 in the country's worst train disaster in more than 20 years....

BIN JAWWAD, Libya (AP) -- Libya says that it has unearthed a mass grave with 157 bodies of rebel fighters and civilians in an eastern town that was a major battleground during the country's 2011 civil war. It is the largest grave yet to be discovered from the conflict....

JERUSALEM (AP) -- The former head of Israel's Shin Bet security agency has accused the country's political leaders of exaggerating the effectiveness of a possible military attack on Iran, in a striking indication of Israel's turmoil over how to deal with the Iranian nuclear program....

MOSCOW (AP) -- Russian observers said Sunday they are seeing widespread violations in elections expected to return Vladimir Putin to the Kremlin, despite efforts to give the appearance of a fair vote....

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) -- Blasts rocked the capital of the Republic of Congo Sunday morning after a weapons depot caught fire, officials said, killing and wounding unknown numbers of people and forcing 2,000 to flee their homes....

SZCZECHOCINY, Poland (AP) -- Two trains running on the same track collided head-on in southern Poland in a shower of sparks, killing 16 people and injuring 58 in the country's worst train disaster in more than 20 years....

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the heavily armed border with rival South Korea and ordered troops to be on high alert, state media reported Sunday, just days after Washington and Pyongyang agreed to a nuclear deal after years of deadlock....

LONDON (AP) -- The head of the Catholic Church in Scotland has fiercely attacked the British government's plans to allow gay marriage, calling the proposals "madness."...

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) -- Homes and buildings collapsed in the Congolese capital after an arms depot exploded Sunday, killing at least 206 people and entombing countless others in crushed structures including inside two churches that buckled while parishioners were celebrating Mass, officials and witnesses said....

WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- Two trains running on the same track collided head-on in southern Poland late Saturday, leaving 15 people dead and 56 injured - the country's worst train disaster in more than 20 years....

BEIJING (AP) -- China's annual legislative session opens Monday amid a challenging leadership transition, economic fears and a day after the country announced a defense spending boost that reflects concern over a renewed U.S. focus on Beijing's Asia-Pacific backyard....

BEIJING (AP) -- China's premier outlined plans Monday to fuel domestic consumption, including subsidies for social programs and higher spending for businesses, as the government grapples with a slowing economy and rising public demands for greater fairness....