An explosion in the Afghan capital kills the Taliban refugee minister

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A suicide bombing in the Afghan capital on Wednesday killed the Taliban refugee minister and two others, officials said, in the most brazen attack on a member of the Taliban inner circle since they returned to power three years ago. The explosion struck inside the...

Japanese survivor of atomic bomb recalls its horrors in Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech

OSLO, Norway (AP) — A 92-year-old Japanese man who lived through the American atomic bombing of Nagasaki described on Tuesday the agony he witnessed in 1945, including the charred corpses of his loved ones and the ruins of his city, as he accepted this year's Nobel Peace Prize on his...

Nobel Peace Prize winner urges Putin to understand the destructiveness of nuclear weapons

OSLO, Norway (AP) — Terumi Tanaka, a survivor of the U.S. atomic bombings of Japan and the representative of an organization that won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, called on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday to stop making nuclear threats. The 92-year-old spoke at a news...

Norwegian court rejects mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's 2nd bid for parole

OSLO, Norway (AP) — A Norwegian court has rejected a second bid for parole by mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and shooting rampage in 2011. The Ringerike, Asker and Bærum district court last month held a parole hearing for the 45-year-old...

Bangladesh court acquits Zia’s son and 48 others convicted in 2004 deadly grenade attack

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Bangladesh’s High Court on Sunday acquitted former Prime Minister Khaleda Zia’s son, Tarique Rahman, and 48 others, overturning their verdicts in a deadly 2004 grenade attack on a political rally. The ruling comes at a critical time as the South Asian...

Syrian insurgents have breached Syria's city of Aleppo after blowing up 2 car bombs, activists and fighters say

Former British soldier who broke out of prison is convicted of spying for Iran

LONDON (AP) — A former British soldier whose audacious escape from a London prison spurred a dayslong search was convicted on Thursday of spying for Iran. Daniel Khalife, 23, was found guilty by a jury in Woolwich Crown Court on violations of Britain's Official Secrets Act and...

Youth arrested in Germany on suspicion of planning an attack with pipe bombs

BERLIN (AP) — A youth suspected of planning to build pipe bombs to carry out an Islamic extremist attack has been arrested in western Germany, authorities said Thursday. The suspect, whose name and exact age weren't released, was arrested on Tuesday evening, prosecutors in Koblenz...

A fugitive wanted in the US for a pair of bombings is arrested in the UK after 20 years on the run

LONDON (AP) — A suspected animal rights extremist wanted in the U.S. for bombings in the San Francisco area was arrested in Britain after more than 20 years on the run from the law, officials said Tuesday. Daniel Andreas San Diego, one of the FBI’s most wanted fugitives, was...

Massachusetts man pleads guilty to threatening Jewish community members and to bomb synagogues

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has pleaded guilty in federal court to threatening to kill members of the state’s Jewish community and bomb local synagogues. John Reardon, 59, of Millis, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty Monday to one count of obstruction of free exercise of...