Carnival in Venice, Beijing undie run, leopard panics Indian city, Ugandan president signs anti-gay bill and more. A woman wearing a mask poses for pictures during the Carnival of Venice. 1 / 27. Rate this Photo: 1 2 3 4 5. Buy this Photo; Thumbs; Autoplay ...

KIEV, Ukraine — Throughout the three months of protest on Independence Square, one face has looked down day and night on the comings and goings of all the thousands of demonstrators: Yulia Tymoshenko's, featured on a large banner near the speakers' ...

Mexican and U.S. authorities involved in the investigation offered new details about how they arrested the world's most-wanted drug lord, putting together a jigsaw puzzle that was 13 years in the making. Members of the press take photographs as drug ...

MEXICO CITY — The half-dozen Mexican navy commandos who burst into room 401 of the Miramar condominium building in the beach town of Mazatlan found the world's most-wanted drug lord not armed to the teeth, but shirtless and curled up in bed with ...

HARARE, Zimbabwe — Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, celebrating his 90th birthday before thousands of people at a soccer stadium Sunday, said he felt like a young boy and urged the nation to shun homosexuality. “I feel as youthful and energetic as ...

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb planted at a busy bus terminal near a police station in northwest Pakistan exploded Sunday, killing 14 people and wounding 15 near the country's lawless tribal region, authorities said. The explosion targeted passengers in a ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Samsung is unveiling two new computerized wristwatches, this time with health sensors and related fitness features to give people a reason to buy one. Samsung's first Galaxy Gear smartwatch came out last fall amid much fanfare, but ...

BEIJING — China says it has sent inspectors to Beijing and other areas of the country to inspect polluting industries and check construction sites amid a spell of severe air pollution. The environment ministry said Sunday that teams had been dispatched to ...

KABUL — The Afghan Taliban on Saturday called for an end to violence against Muslims in the Central African Republic, making a rare statement about a conflict outside its region that was soon echoed by al-Qaeda's North Africa branch. The Central African ...

LOS ANGELES — WhatsApp is starting to work again after the messaging app that Facebook is buying for $19 billion had some technical trouble. Associated Press reporters noticed that the app wasn't functioning Saturday starting at about noon PST, but by ...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuelans are bracing for trouble as both supporters of the government and the opposition prepare for major rallies in a country that has been roiled by violence in recent days. Women supporters of President Nicolas Maduro are ...

Tesla Motors Inc. shares soared in extended trading after the electric car maker delivered a strong fourth-quarter performance and said that it expects sales of its vehicles to increase sharply this year. The Palo Alto, Calif., company said Wednesday that it ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The uncle of an Ethiopian pilot who hijacked a flight to Rome and took it to Geneva said on Tuesday that his nephew had been distraught over the loss of another uncle. The uncle, Alemu Asmamaw, told The Associated Press in a ...

VIENNA — Iran and six world powers are back at the negotiating table eager to come to terms on a comprehensive nuclear deal but deeply divided on what it should look like. The two sides began meeting Tuesday in attempts to build on a first-step accord ...

The termite, typically reviled as the wood-eating nemesis of buildings and homes, has ironically inspired a new batch of construction robots. The automated machines, each about the size of a small brick, can work as a team to build any predefined structure ...

SANAA, Yemen — Yemeni news agency: militants attack prison in Sanaa, killing 7 people; several inmates escape. Copyright 2014 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. A flock of ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A car bomb exploded close to a convoy of United Nations vehicles near Mogadishu's international airport on Thursday, killing six Somalis on the street, officials said. Al-Qaida-linked militants claimed responsibility. A U.N. vehicle was ...

BEIRUT — A second round of Syrian peace talks started acrimoniously on Monday as the two sides traded accusations over disruptions to humanitarian operations in the city of Homs and the Syrian government alleged mass killings in nearby Hama.

Sometimes, it seems, having a good smartphone just isn't good enough. HTC said Monday that it will return its focus to the low end of the smartphone market, adding to evidence that all is not well in the premium smartphone market. For consumers looking at ...