PESHAWAR, Pakistan — The brother of a doctor sentenced to 33 years for helping the United States track down Osama bin Laden says he is innocent and the Pakistani trial that convicted him was a sham.Read more

BEIJING — A moderate earthquake has sent ripples across the north China plain, shaking buildings in Beijing but leaving no reports of damage or injuries.Read more

BEIJING — The father of a man killed in the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has hanged himself in protest after two decades of failed attempts to seek government redress, a support group said Monday.Read more

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BEIJING — Two men engulfed themselves in a burst of flames outside a Buddhist temple popular with tourists and pilgrims in Lhasa, marking the first time a recent wave of self-immolations to protest Chinese rule has reached the tightly guarded Tibetan capital.Read more

ATHENS, Greece — Greek stock markets rebounded strongly on Monday from a 22-year low on hopes a pro-bailout party will win crucial national elections next month, which would avoid a catastrophic rift with international creditors and keep the struggling country within the euro currency union.Read more

MADRID — The military chief for of the violent Basque separatist group ETA was arrested Sunday in southern France along with another man accused of being his assistant, Spanish authorities said.Read more

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The Haitian government has launched a program that uses mobile phones to transfer cash credits to mothers who keep their children in school.Read more

CHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S. Virgin Islands — Two police officers have been wounded and a suspect has been killed in a shootout in the U.S. Virgin Islands.Read more

BAGHDAD — Iraqi officials say a roadside bomb blast outside Baghdad has injured 24 Pakistani pilgrims. Their bus overturned as it headed to a Shiite shrine.Read more

DUBLIN — A race car went out of control on a rural Irish road and crashed into a crowd of about 30 spectators Sunday, killing two people and seriously injuring seven, authorities said.Read more

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VATICAN CITY — The lawyer for the pope's butler arrested in connection with the Vatican's leaks scandal says his client has pledged "full cooperation" in the investigation and wants the truth to come out.Read more

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HAVANA — It was supposed to be Cuba's economic savior: vast untapped reserves of black gold buried deep under the rocky ocean floor.Read more

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KANO, Nigeria — Police say gunmen have shot dead three people in a major northern Nigerian city where sect attacks have claimed more than a hundred lives.Read more

MARKA AIRBASE, Jordan — Palestinian Airlines is back in the skies after being grounded for seven years by the deepening enmities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Read more

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — Inside one of Honduras' most dangerous and overcrowded prisons, inmates operate a free-market bazaar, selling everything from iPhones to prostitutes.Read more

TUZLA, Bosnia-Herzegovina — A couple who allegedly beat a young woman while keeping her locked up for years have been arrested in Bosnia, an official said Sunday.Read more

TOKYO — Japan's former prime minister says he had to use an emergency law that never anticipated major radiation leaks and lacked experts capable of giving him guidance during last year's nuclear crisis.Read more

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan and U.S.-led coalition officials are investigating reports that eight civilians – including six children – were killed when their home in the eastern province of Paktia was bombed on Saturday by a coalition aircraft.Read more

TBILISI, Georgia — Tens of thousands of people thronged the streets of Georgia's capital on Sunday to show their opposition to President Mikhail Saakashvili in the largest anti-government demonstration in three years.Read more

BEIRUT — Special envoy Kofi Annan on Monday called on "every individual with a gun" in Syria to lay down arms, saying he was horrified by a weekend massacre that killed more than 100 people, including women and small children.Read more