Uranium mine attacked by suicide bombers in Niger

Suicide bombers struck a mine run by French nuclear group Areva and a military barracks in Niger on Thursday, killing and wounding several people in separate attacks.

Guatemala's top court annuls Rios Montt genocide conviction

Ai Weiwei records profanity-laced heavy metal song

China’s Ai Weiwei on Wednesday released a profanity-laced heavy-metal single based on the 81 days the firebrand artist and activist spent in detention.

Mom calmed blood-soaked man after UK murder

A mom who confronted a blood-soaked, knife-carrying man moments after the apparently ideologically motivated murder of a British soldier said she did so in order to protect onlookers.

Iran bars 2 leading candidates from presidential vote

Iranian authorities have barred two potentially powerful and disruptive candidates from running in next month's presidential election, ensuring a contest largely among hardliners loyal to the clerical supreme leader.

Pakistan's new leader offers talks to Taliban

ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's prime minister designate Nawaz Sharif told a packed hall of his party stalwarts that talks with the Taliban -- who have been fighting the state for almost a decade -- are not off the table.

Man finds $4.85 million lotto ticket in cookie jar

A Chicago-area man is thankful he got caught with his hand in the cookie jar — it turned him into a millionaire.