Gunfire, tear gas at Venezuelan prison
CARACAS, Venezuela -- Heavy gunfire erupted on Thursday inside a Venezuelan prison where armed inmates have prevented security forces from retaking control for nearly three weeks.
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Caretaker Greek Cabinet, legislators sworn in
ATHENS, Greece -- Greece swore in 300 legislators for just one day before it dissolves Parliament and calls new elections, among them 21 lawmakers from Golden Dawn -- arguably the most far-right party to be involved in a European national legislature since Nazi-era Germany.
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Mexico army generals probed for cartel ties
MEXICO -- A federal judge in Mexico has ordered two army generals placed under a form of house arrest pending an investigation for possible links to the Beltran Leyva drug cartel, authorities said Thursday.
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World's first Wikipedia town to launch in Wales
LONDON -- A small Welsh town where English King Henry V was born is about to make history again by becoming the world's first "Wikipedia town."
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Yemeni army pushing into al-Qaida stronghold
SANAA, Yemen -- Government troops battling al-Qaida fighters in southern Yemen have made inroads into the militants' strongholds, but the offensive on a strategic city has slowed because of concerns the extremists could launch a surprise counterattack, military officials said Thursday.
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Syrian opposition head offers to resign
BEIRUT -- Syria's main opposition council is crumbling under the weight of infighting and divisions over issues that cut to the heart of the revolution, including accusations that the movement is becoming as autocratic as the regime it wants to drive out.
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France's new Socialist govt cuts members' salaries
PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande's new Socialist-led government adopted a 30 percent pay cut Thursday, a gesture of shared sacrifice by leaders who must now reduce the country's massive debts and tackle spiraling unemployment.
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Pakistani president to attend NATO summit
ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan's president announced Thursday that he will attend the upcoming NATO summit in Chicago, accepting an invitation that was given after the country indicated it plans to end its six-month blockade of supplies meant for coalition troops in Afghanistan.
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Spanish bank hit by report of withdrawals
MADRID -- A recently nationalized Spanish bank's shares plummeted Thursday after a newspaper said depositors were rushing to withdraw money, while the country paid sharply higher interest rates in a debt auction, reflecting concerns the country will be caught up in the fallout of the Greek crisis.
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Police hold diamond-swallower until evidence moves
WINDSOR, Ontario -- Police in the Canadian province of Ontario say they are holding a man who allegedly swallowed a $20,000 diamond as long as it takes for him to produce the evidence.
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Iran to sue Google over dropping Persian Gulf name
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran says it will sue Google over dropping the name of the Persian Gulf on Google Maps.
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US agents on deadly Honduran military operation
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration confirmed Wednesday that some of its agents were aboard a U.S.-owned helicopter with Honduran police who opened fire on a small boat on a Honduran river, and a local official said two men and two pregnant women were killed.
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Diplomat: UN experts say Iran sends arms to Syria
UNITED NATIONS -- An expert panel monitoring U.N. sanctions on Iran has reported that Syria continues to be the main destination of illicit Iranian weapons, a Security Council diplomat said Wednesday.
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Greece gets caretaker PM until new vote in June
ATHENS, Greece -- Greece swore in 300 legislators for just one day before it dissolves Parliament and calls new elections, among them 21 lawmakers from Golden Dawn -- arguably the most far-right party to be involved in a European national legislature since Nazi-era Germany.
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Police move against new protest in Moscow
MOSCOW -- Russian police arrested about 20 protesters on Wednesday night at a central Moscow square where demonstrators had moved after police uprooted them from a camp, the latest move in a broadening crackdown on the forces opposing President Vladimir Putin.
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Clashes in western Libyan town leave 6 dead
BENGHAZI, Libya -- Clashes in a western Libyan city left six dead and at least 20 injured on Wednesday, a government spokesman said.
