SAN'A, Yemen (AP) — A former bodyguard of Osama bin Laden warned of an escalation in fighting between al-Qaida and Yemeni authorities and predicted the government would need outside intervention to... » Full Story

PARAMARIBO, Suriname (AP) — Suriname's newly elected president, former dictator Desi Bouterse, is ailing from an undisclosed illness and has temporarily ceded power to his vice president in the Sout... » Full Story

CHANGCHUN, China (AP) — Mystery surrounded North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il on his strangely timed visit to China while former U.S. » Full Story

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Gunmen wearing police uniforms stopped a passenger bus in the southern Philippines early Thursday and fatally shot four people, including two police marshals, officials... » Full Story

TOKYO (AP) — Five Nobel peace laureates are calling on President Barack Obama to visit Hiroshima later this year to re-energize his call for a world without nuclear arms, strengthening a drive by th... » Full Story

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez's allies launched their campaigns Wednesday for crucial congressional elections that come just as recession, crime and inflation have pushed the... » Full Story

BAGHDAD (AP) — Bombers and gunmen killed at least 56 Iraqis in more than two dozen attacks across the country Wednesday, mostly targeting security forces and rekindling memories of the days when... » Full Story

COPIAPO, Chile (AP) — Put on a show. Play cards. Sing. Get exercise. And whatever you do, don't get too fat to squeeze through the escape tunne. » Full Story

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Koreans welcomed Jimmy Carter back to Pyongyang with smiles, salutes and hearty handshakes as the former American president arrived on a mission to bring home a Bosto... » Full Story

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A wounded migrant stumbled into a military checkpoint and led marines to a gruesome scene, what may be the biggest massacre so far in Mexico's bloody drug war: a room strewn with... » Full Story