Conservative vs independent in Cyprus presidential runoff

Pakistani Taliban claim attack that killed 11 soldiers

ISLAMABAD— The Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed 11 soldiers and wounded 13 in the Swat Valley. Authorities say Saturday’s attack...

Mexico: 300 migrants found in dangerously cramped trucks

MEXICO CITY— Three hundred Central American migrants being transported in dangerous conditions in tractor-trailers were rescued in two Gulf coast states, Mexican authorities reported Saturday. A...

Police: Extreme right gunman shoots 6 Africans in Italy

MILAN— An Italian gunman with extreme right-wing sympathies shot and wounded six African immigrants Saturday in a two-hour drive-by shooting spree, authorities said, terrorizing a small...

Indonesia police probe Aceh abuse of transgender women

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia— Muslims in Indonesia’s conservative and semiautonomous Aceh province protested an investigation into local police who rounded up and publicly humiliated transgender women. Several...

Maduro picked as Venezuela’s socialist party candidate

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela’s ruling socialist party has officially tapped President Nicolas Maduro as its candidate for this year’s election. Socialist party chief Diosdado Cabello on...

Scientists find massive Mayan society under Guatemala jungle

GUATEMALA CITY— Researchers using a high-tech aerial mapping technique have found tens of thousands of previously undetected Mayan houses, buildings, defence works and pyramids in the...

Victims’ dad apologies after lunging at Nassar in courtroom

CHARLOTTE, Mich.— A distraught father seething over sexual abuse suffered by three daughters tried to attack former sports doctor Larry Nassar in a Michigan courtroom after...

Gay marriage ruling boosts evangelical in Costa Rica vote

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica— An international court ruling saying Costa Rica should allow same-sex marriage has upended the Central American nation’s presidential race, turning an evangelical candidate who...

UN experts: North Korea flouts UN sanctions earning millions

North Korea is flouting U.N. sanctions on oil and gas, engaging in prohibited ballistic missile co-operation with Syria and Myanmar, and illegally exporting commodities that brought...