Israeli expert says Syria cyberattack foiled
|Saturday, May. 25, 2013
JERUSALEM — An Israeli security expert says Syrian hackers tried to break into the computers of the water system of the city of Haifa.
Suicide bomber dies in blast in Afghan capital
| |Saturday, May. 25, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — A would-be suicide bomber died when his explosives-rigged vest went off prematurely in Afghanistan's capital on Saturday morning, police said. The apparent failed attack came a day after a major Taliban assault on an international compound in Kabul left 10 people dead including the six attackers.
Russian police detain activists, foes at gay rally
|Saturday, May. 25, 2013
MOSCOW — Gay-rights campaigners and their opponents clashed at an unsanctioned rally in the Russian capital on Saturday, but a heavy police presence in Ukraine kept the two sides apart at that country's first-ever gay pride march.
UK zookeeper dies from tiger attack injuries
|Saturday, May. 25, 2013
LONDON — A young zookeeper who was mauled by a Sumatran tiger at an animal park has died, British police said Saturday.
Pirates release German ship's 4 crew members
|Saturday, May. 25, 2013
BERLIN — A German shipping company says four crew members from one of its vessels have been released a month after being kidnapped by pirates off Equatorial Guinea's coast.
Saudi Arabia warns against Iran's nuclear program
|Saturday, May. 25, 2013
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal has warned against the danger of Iran's nuclear program to the region's security and said Iran should not threaten its neighbors since countries in the region harbor no ill-intentions to the Islamic Republic.
Priest who defied Mafia is beatified in Sicily
|Saturday, May. 25, 2013
ROME — An Italian priest who stirred consciences with his anti-Mafia preaching and was gunned down by mobsters has been honored by the Vatican as a martyr.
16 children, 1 teacher die in Pakistan bus fire
| |Saturday, May. 25, 2013
LAHORE, Pakistan — Sixteen schoolchildren and a teacher burned to death in eastern Pakistan early Saturday when a short-circuit near a leaking gas tank caused their minibus to burst into flames, police said.
'Yugonostalgia' as Croatia prepares to join EU
| |Saturday, May. 25, 2013
KUMROVEC, Croatia — Forget the European Union, many in this Croatian village are saying. The group of nations being celebrated this weekend is one that died more than 20 years ago when Yugoslavia - now fervently remembered as a haven of peace, prosperity and equality - fell apart in a cascade of ethnic wars.
Ex-sex slave says Japan mayor's remark 'absurd'
|Saturday, May. 25, 2013
OSAKA, Japan — A former sex slave says a Japanese mayor's remarks about Japan's wartime sex slavery are "absurd."
Dozens march in Ukraine's first-ever gay rally
|Saturday, May. 25, 2013
KIEV, Ukraine — At least 50 gay rights activists have marched peacefully in the country's first gay rally despite a court ban and attempts to disrupt the event.
In Ethiopia, African Union celebrates 50 years
| |Saturday, May. 25, 2013
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The African Union on Saturday marked 50 years since the founding of a continentwide organization that helped liberate Africa from colonial masters and which now is trying to stay relevant on a continent regularly troubled by conflict.
Female suicide bomber injures 18 in Russian region
| |Saturday, May. 25, 2013
MAKHACHKALA, Russia — A female suicide bomber blew herself up in the southern Russian region of Dagestan on Saturday injuring at least 18, including two children and five police officers, police said. The attacker was later identified as a widow of two Islamic radicals killed by security forces.
Jordan king says extremism 'grown fat' on conflict
| |Saturday, May. 25, 2013
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan — Jordan's King Abdullah II said Saturday extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Radiation leak at Japan lab; small impact expected
| |Saturday, May. 25, 2013
TOKYO — An atomic research lab in northern Japan has reported a radiation leak that may have affected about 55 people, though none were hospitalized and no impact was expected outside the facility, the lab's operator said Saturday.
Balloons bring smiles in war-weary Afghan capital
| |Saturday, May. 25, 2013
KABUL, Afghanistan — Artists and activists handed out 10,000 bright pink balloons to residents in Afghanistan's war-weary capital on Saturday, bringing smiles to surprised Kabul residents a day after a major Taliban siege on an international compound in the city.
2-child limit for Muslims in parts of Myanmar
|Saturday, May. 25, 2013
YANGON, Myanmar — Authorities in Myanmar's western Rakhine state have imposed a two-child limit for Muslim Rohingya families, a policy that does not apply to Buddhists in the area and comes amid accusations of ethnic cleansing in the aftermath of sectarian violence.
Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival
|Saturday, May. 25, 2013
CANNES, France — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival.
16 children, 1 teacher dead in Pakistan bus fire
| |Saturday, May. 25, 2013
LAHORE, Pakistan — Police say that a teacher was among the 17 burned to death in eastern Pakistan when a minibus taking children to school suddenly caught fire.
Kerry makes sub-Saharan Africa visit
| |Saturday, May. 25, 2013
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Making his first official trip to sub-Saharan Africa, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday demanded that Nigeria respect human rights as it cracks down on Islamist extremists and pledged to work hard in the coming months to ease tensions between Sudan and South Sudan.
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