Police: Suicide bomb hits heart of Afghan capital KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- A suicide bomber struck in the heart of the Afghan capital on Friday, sending a plume of smoke billowing over Kabul in the second major attack in the city in little over a week, police said....NKorean envoy delivers letter to China's Xi BEIJING (AP) -- A top North Korean envoy delivered a letter from leader Kim Jong Un to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday and told him Pyongyang would take steps to rejoin stalled six-nation nuclear disarmament talks, in an apparent victory for Beijing's efforts to coax its unruly ally into lowering tensions....2 former sex slaves demand Japan mayor quit OSAKA, Japan (AP) -- Two Korean former sex slaves demanded the resignation of an outspoken Japanese mayor and canceled a meeting with him Friday for justifying Japan's wartime practice of forcing tens of thousands of Asian women into prostitution for its military....Obama's speech welcomed in Pakistan, Yemen ISLAMABAD (AP) -- President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones and the fate of Guantanamo prisoners was largely welcomed Friday in two key countries affected by the policies- Pakistan and Yemen....Oil falls below $94 on weak outlook for demand The price of oil was knocked below $94 a barrel Friday by a combination of ample supplies and lukewarm demand....5 climbers feared dead on world's 3rd highest peak KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) -- Five climbers including two Hungarians and a South Korean are missing on the world's third-highest mountain and feared dead, a mountaineering official said Friday....Pakistan: US diplomat kills pedestrian in accident ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The U.S. Embassy says an American diplomat accidentally killed a pedestrian while driving in the Pakistani capital....World stocks stabilize after big sell-off MOSCOW (AP) -- World stocks stabilized on Friday, a day after global markets dropped sharply on concerns global growth is slowing and the Federal Reserve could start scaling back its monetary stimulus....US lauds India for reducing Iranian oil imports NEW DELHI (AP) -- A senior American official on Friday praised India for reducing oil imports from Iran and said the U.S. government will decide soon on New Delhi's request to renew a waiver from sanctions on Tehran....Suicide bomber kills 3 in northwest Pakistan PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Police say a suicide bomber walked up to a vehicle owned by an Afghan religious leader in northwestern Pakistan and set off his explosives, killing three people....
