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  North Korea Urges Foreigners to Leave South Korea

  

  Posted 1:18 PM 4/9/2013 by Associated Press

  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) - There's been no sense of panic today in North Korea's capital, despite the warning from the government there that it's on the verge of a nuclear war with South Korea. The North today urged foreign companies and tourists in South Korea to leave. The (More)

  
  

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  Man Kills 13 in Serbian Shooting Spree

  Posted 11:54 AM 4/9/2013 by Associated Press

  VELIKA IVANCA, Serbia (AP) - He went from house to house in the village at dawn, cold-bloodedly gunning down his mother, his son, a 2-year-old cousin and 10 other neighbors. Terrified residents said if a police patrol car hadn't shown up, they all would have been dead. Police said (More)

  
  

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  5 UN Troops, 7 Others Killed In South Sudan

  Posted 8:05 AM 4/9/2013

  JUBA, South Sudan - South Sudan's military spokesman says that five Indian United Nations peacekeepers were killed when suspected rebels ambushed a U.N. convoy in a remote, violent state.Col. Philip Aguer said five others were also killed in the attack, but a U.N. official who (More)

  
  

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  Israel Honors 6 Million Victims of Nazi Holocaust

  

  Posted 11:54 AM 4/8/2013 by Associated Press

  JERUSALEM (AP) - Among the crowds marking Israel's annual Holocaust remembrance day at the Yad Vashem memorial Monday was a retired American Air Force colonel from San Francisco who came to honor a family he never knew. Bertrand Huchberger was too young to remember his parents, who (More)

  
  

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  Syria: Suicide Car Bombing Kills 15 in Damascus

  

  Posted 10:42 AM 4/8/2013 by Associated Press

  DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - A suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives on Monday in a busy residential and financial district of central Damascus, killing at least 15 people, setting cars and buildings on fire and sending plumes of black smoke over the capital, Syrian state-run (More)

  
  

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  Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Dies at 87

  

  Posted 10:20 AM 4/8/2013 by Associated Press

  LONDON (AP) - Love her or loathe her, one thing's beyond dispute: Margaret Thatcher transformed Britain. The Iron Lady, who ruled for 11 remarkable years, imposed her will on a fractious, rundown nation - breaking the unions, triumphing in a far-off war, and selling off state (More)

  
  

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  American Diplomat Killed In Afghanistan

  Posted 7:41 AM 4/8/2013

  CHICAGO - The family of an American diplomat who was among those killed in a terrorist attack in southern Afghanistan has taken solace in knowing she died doing what she loved.Anne Smedinghoff, who was killed Saturday, was the first American diplomat to die on the job since last (More)

  
  

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  Afghan Government Says Airstrike Kills 11 Children

  Posted 2:52 PM 4/7/2013

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A fierce battle between U.S.-backed Afghan forces and Taliban militants in a remote corner of eastern Afghanistan left nearly 20 people dead, including 11 Afghan children killed in an airstrike and an American civilian adviser, officials said Sunday.The (More)

  
  

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  AP Source: US Delays Missile Test As Tensions Rise

  Posted 9:44 PM 4/6/2013

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Amid mounting tensions with North Korea, the Pentagon has delayed an intercontinental ballistic missile test that had been planned for next week at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, a senior defense official told The Associated Press on Saturday.The official (More)

  
  

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  North Korea Warns Embassies It Can't Guarantee Safety

  

  Posted 1:39 PM 4/5/2013 by Associated Press

  MOSCOW (AP) - North Korea has warned diplomats in Pyongyang that it can't guarantee the safety of embassies in the event of a conflict and suggested they may want to evacuate their staff, Russia's top diplomat said Friday. Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is demanding an explanation (More)

  
  

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  Study Finds Most Haiti Earthquake Aid Went to US Groups

  

  Posted 1:35 PM 4/5/2013 by Associated Press

  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - A new report on American aid to Haiti in the wake of that country's devastating earthquake finds most of the money went to U.S.-based operations. The Center for Economic and Policy Research analyzed the $1.15 billion pledged after the January 2010 quake. (More)

  
  

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  North Korea Threats Spark Buzz On Guam

  Posted 7:59 AM 4/5/2013

  HAGATNA, Guam - C.J. Urquico has lived on Guam for 19 years so he's used to a military backdrop to everyday life. Navy ships visit, Air Force jets fly overhead and war games are played off the Pacific island's shores.There soon will be another military element in this U.S. territory - (More)