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Posted on May 23, 2013 at 8:25am

(AP) — The father of a Chechen immigrant shot dead by U.S. law enforcement agents while being questioned about his ties to a Boston Marathon bombings suspect said Thursday that he regrets allowing his son to go to the United States.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 8:23am

(AP) — Niger's defense minister announced that 20 Nigerien soldiers were killed and another 16 injured when a suicide bomber detonated a car loaded with explosives inside a military installation in the city of Agadez on Thursday.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 8:19am

(AP) — One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the plot.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 8:16am

(AP) — Germany's main opposition party marked a bittersweet 150th birthday on Thursday — trailing badly in polls ahead of September elections and hearing praise for its efforts to reform Europe's biggest economy from French President Francois Hollande, a recent left-wing winner who has lost his luster.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 8:12am

The price of oil fell to near $93 a barrel on Thursday after a survey showed manufacturing activity in China falling to its lowest level in seven months, a sign that the recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is fading.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 8:08am

(AP) — A British government official says both suspects in the brutal killing of a solider were part of previous security services investigations for possible terror links.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:59am

(AP) — All that is left of Shayne Patteson's three-bedroom home is the tiny area where his wife hunkered down under a mattress to protect their three children when a tornado packing winds of at least 200 mph slammed through his neighborhood.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:59am

(AP) — For bicyclist Rudi Saldia, you could say a cat is his co-pilot.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:56am

(AP) — International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:55am

(AP) — A brave scout leader who may have prevented further violence has emerged as an unlikely hero in the apparent terror attack that left one man dead on the streets of London.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:53am

(AP) — British official: Both suspects in London attack were part of earlier security services probes.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:51am

(AP) — A car bomb targeting a police vehicle killed 11 policemen and one civilian Thursday in an area of southwest Pakistan wracked by a separatist insurgency and Islamic militancy, police said.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:39am

(AP) — It could have been the perfect matchup to cap an unforgettable game. LeBron James driving to the rim to face Roy Hibbert, one play to decide Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:39am

(AP) — A senator says repeated sexual assaults in the military allow a culture to continue.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:39am

(AP) — Beatles frontman Paul McCartney has asked a Russian judge to release members of the Pussy Riot punk group from prison.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:38am

(AP) — Iraqi officials say gunmen have shot dead four soldiers at an army checkpoint north of Baghdad.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:35am

(AP) — An 80-year-old Japanese man who has had four heart operations in recent years became the oldest person to climb to the top of Mount Everest on Thursday — although his record may last only a few days. An 81-year-old Nepalese man, who held the previous record, plans his own ascent next week.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:31am

(AP) — A solar-powered plane has landed in Texas, completing the second leg of a trip across the United States.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:27am

(AP) — An American man suspected of killing four people is on the run in the Czech Republic and likely armed, officials said Thursday.

Posted on May 23, 2013 at 7:25am

(AP) — Opponents and supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad traded heavy machine gun fire and mortar shells in the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, leaving five people dead in what was described as some of the heaviest fighting there in years, officials said Thursday.