SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea agreed Monday to hold senior-level talks this week in Seoul, a breakthrough of sorts to ease tensions after Pyongyang's recent threats of nuclear war and Seoul's vows of counterstrikes.
The two-day meeting starting Wednesday will focus on stalled cooperation projects, including the resumption of operations at a jointly-run factory park near the border in North Korea that was the last remaining symbol of inter-Korean...
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian media from all sides of the political spectrum have reacted with unusual compassion to the announcement of President Vladimir Putin's divorce.
Putin, 60, and his 55-year-old wife, Lyudmila, announced the end of their marriage less than two months shy of their 30th anniversary in an interview Thursday with Russian television.
His spokesman Dmitry Peskov could not say when they would formally divorce, adding that this did not...
JERUSALEM (AP) — He's a powerful Cabinet minister and a potential heir to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. She's an influential anchor for Israel's state-run TV channel who led its recent election night coverage.
Together they have emerged as the country's most high-profile power couple, with every step of their budding romance chronicled by paparazzi and gossip columnists. Beyond the headlines, though, newlyweds Gideon Saar and Geula Even have also generated a debate...
PARIS (AP) — France's government is investigating high-tech methods to prevent terrorists from using any weapons that Western governments send to Syrian rebels, such as gadgetry that tracks the movement of anti-aircraft missiles or shuts them down from a distance, officials say.
Such controls could be crucial to overcoming fears about arming the rebels — and to shifting the balance in Syria's civil war, which has left tens of thousands of people dead. A major fear of the...
TOKYO (AP) — Japan and France agreed Friday to deepen their cooperation on nuclear technology and to discuss joint development of military equipment, vowing to raise the tenor of their partnership.
Visiting French President Francois Hollande and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe issued a joint statement pledging to prevent nuclear proliferation while raising safety standards for nuclear energy.
The two sides also agreed to establish a regular...
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A New Zealand politician suspected of leaking a report on the country's spy agency stepped down Friday from his ministerial duties.
Peter Dunne said he didn't leak the report to a journalist but had made errors of judgment nevertheless. He resigned as revenue minister but said he'd continue as a member of Parliament.
His resignation came after an inquiry into the leak found that Dunne had exchanged 86 emails with...
BANGKOK (AP) — Oil rose Friday ahead of the release of a key U.S. jobs report that traders will examine for clues to the health of the U.S. economy.
Benchmark oil for July delivery was up 36 cents to $95.12 per barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract gained $1.02 to finish at $94.76 a barrel Thursday.
The U.S. Labor Department will release its employment report for May later in the...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Four people died in a shooting in a tough Mexico City neighborhood that is home to the area's biggest black market.
District prosecutor Alberto Ramos said three were killed Thursday at the scene and gave no more details. Paramedic Fernando Ochoa said a fourth person died later in the hospital.
Witnesses said the shooting happened in the Body Extreme gym in Tepito, one of Mexico City's most dangerous neighborhoods....
LONDON (AP) — Stock markets rose on Friday after a U.S. jobs report suggested the Federal Reserve is likely to keep its stimulus program going for now.
The Labor Department said the world's largest economy added 175,000 jobs, slightly better than the expected 165,000 increase. However, the previous months' jobs gains were revised down.
The unemployment rate rose to 7.6 percent from 7.5 percent, but only because more people were looking for a job,...
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two masked gunmen stormed into a gym yelling "everyone hit the floor" and opened fire, killing four people in a tough Mexico City neighborhood that is home to the area's biggest black market, authorities said Friday.
Mexico City Mayor Miguel Angel Mancera said the attack appeared to be aimed at two brothers who were exercising at the gym and another man who was with them. A fourth man, identified as the gym owner, died later in the hospital after he...
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