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    • Pickaxe attacker kills one, injures four others in Milan Reuters - 9 hrs ago

      ROME (Reuters) - A Ghanaian immigrant in the northern Italian city of Milan killed one man and injured four others in a frenzied and apparently random attack with a pickaxe on Saturday, police said. Witnesses told SkyTG24 … More »Pickaxe attacker kills one, injures four others in Milan

      ROME (Reuters) - A Ghanaian immigrant in the northern Italian city of Milan killed one man and injured four others in a frenzied and apparently random attack with a pickaxe on Saturday, police said. Witnesses told SkyTG24 television that the man, who Italian media reports said was in Italy illegally, struck out at passersby …

    • Rafsanjani speaks during the 7th session of the Assembly in Tehran
      Rafsanjani's last-minute entry transforms Iranian race Reuters - 10 hrs ago

      By Yeganeh Torbati and Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) - Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani threw himself into Iran's election race on Saturday as a flurry of heavyweight candidates rushed to beat the registration deadline … More »Rafsanjani's last-minute entry transforms Iranian race

      Rafsanjani speaks during the 7th session of the Assembly in Tehran

      By Yeganeh Torbati and Marcus George DUBAI (Reuters) - Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani threw himself into Iran's election race on Saturday as a flurry of heavyweight candidates rushed to beat the registration deadline in the most unpredictable contest for decades. Iranian media reported that Rafsanjani - a relative …

    • Coastguard rescues 139 migrants off Italian coast Reuters - 6 hrs ago

      ROME (Reuters) - Italian coastguards picked up 139 people in two inflatable boats off the southern coast of Sicily, authorities said on Saturday, the latest in a series of arrivals of clandestine immigrants. Hundreds of migrants, … More »Coastguard rescues 139 migrants off Italian coast

      ROME (Reuters) - Italian coastguards picked up 139 people in two inflatable boats off the southern coast of Sicily, authorities said on Saturday, the latest in a series of arrivals of clandestine immigrants. Hundreds of migrants, most from Africa, have been rescued in small, flimsy vessels while crossing to Italy since …

    • Cleveland kidnappings: Was Ariel Castro record of abuse a red flag? Christian Science Monitor - 4 hrs ago

      What if Ariel Castro’s past record of alleged domestic violence had resulted in legal action against him? More »Cleveland kidnappings: Was Ariel Castro record of abuse a red flag?

      What if Ariel Castro’s past record of alleged domestic violence had resulted in legal action against him?

    • Tim Tebow blackballed by NFL? Christian Science Monitor - 4 hrs ago

      Has Tim Tebow been unofficially blackballed from the NFL? More »Tim Tebow blackballed by NFL?

      Has Tim Tebow been unofficially blackballed from the NFL?

    • Has Benghazi become the Obama administration’s Watergate? Christian Science Monitor - 5 hrs ago

      What sent Richard Nixon into political disgrace during the time of Watergate was “not the crime, but the cover-up.” Or so historians and pundits have been saying for nearly 40 years. More »Has Benghazi become the Obama administration’s Watergate?

      What sent Richard Nixon into political disgrace during the time of Watergate was “not the crime, but the cover-up.” Or so historians and pundits have been saying for nearly 40 years.

    • West Wing evacuated: Smoke from a transformer prompts action Christian Science Monitor - 7 hrs ago

      Reporters and photographers were evacuated briefly from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from an overheated transformer in a mechanical room. More »West Wing evacuated: Smoke from a transformer prompts action

      Reporters and photographers were evacuated briefly from the West Wing of the White House early Saturday because of smoke from an overheated transformer in a mechanical room.

    • Former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters at a party office in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, as unofficial, partial vote counts showed his party with an overwhelming lead. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
      Former Pakistani prime minister declares victory AP - 34 mins ago

      ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into e … More »Former Pakistani prime minister declares victory

      Former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters at a party office in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, as unofficial, partial vote counts showed his party with an overwhelming lead. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

      ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into exile.

    • The site of one of the explosions after several explosions killed at least 40 people and injured dozens in Reyhanli, near Turkey's border with Syria, Saturday, May 11, 2013, Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler said. (AP Photo/IHA) TURKEY OUT
      Syria-linked group blamed in Turkey blasts; 43 die AP - 4 hrs ago

      REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — In one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey in recent years, two car bombs exploded near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 43 and wounding 140 others. Turkish officials blamed the attack on … More »Syria-linked group blamed in Turkey blasts; 43 die

      The site of one of the explosions after several explosions killed at least 40 people and injured dozens in Reyhanli, near Turkey's border with Syria, Saturday, May 11, 2013, Turkish Interior Minister Muammer Guler said. (AP Photo/IHA) TURKEY OUT

      REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — In one of the deadliest attacks in Turkey in recent years, two car bombs exploded near the border with Syria on Saturday, killing 43 and wounding 140 others. Turkish officials blamed the attack on a group linked to Syria, and a deputy prime minister called the neighboring country's intelligence service …

    • In this photo taken by a mobile phone camera, survivor of a collapsed building Reshma Begum lie down on a bed as she receives treatment at a hospital in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Begum was working in a factory on the second floor of Rana Plaza when the building began collapsing around her April 24. For 17 days, the 19-year-old seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-30s Celsius (mid-90s Fahrenheit) and was finally rescued on Friday. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)
      Woman rescued from Bangladesh rubble recovering AP - 18 mins ago

      SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — A seamstress who survived 17 days before being rescued from a collapsed garment factory building outside of Bangladesh's capital was panicked, dehydrated and suffering from insomnia as she recovered … More »Woman rescued from Bangladesh rubble recovering

      In this photo taken by a mobile phone camera, survivor of a collapsed building Reshma Begum lie down on a bed as she receives treatment at a hospital in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Begum was working in a factory on the second floor of Rana Plaza when the building began collapsing around her April 24. For 17 days, the 19-year-old seamstress lay trapped in a dark basement pocket beneath thousands of tons of wreckage as temperatures outside climbed into the mid-30s Celsius (mid-90s Fahrenheit) and was finally rescued on Friday. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous)

      SAVAR, Bangladesh (AP) — A seamstress who survived 17 days before being rescued from a collapsed garment factory building outside of Bangladesh's capital was panicked, dehydrated and suffering from insomnia as she recovered in a hospital Saturday, but was in generally good condition, according to her doctors.

    • Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt sits in the courtroom before the judge enters to read the verdict in his genocide trial in Guatemala City, Friday, May 10, 2013. The Guatemalan court convicted Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80 years in prison. The 86-year-old former general is the first former Latin American leader ever found guilty of such a charge. The war between the government and leftist rebels cost more than 200,000 lives and ended in peace accords in 1996. (AP Photo/Moises Castilo)
      Prison for ex-dictator soothes Guatemala AP - 12 mins ago

      GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt spent his first full day as a convict Saturday in a 16-by-13 foot cell with a small bed, bathroom and window, after receiving a landmark 80-year sentence … More »Prison for ex-dictator soothes Guatemala

      Guatemala's former dictator Jose Efrain Rios Montt sits in the courtroom before the judge enters to read the verdict in his genocide trial in Guatemala City, Friday, May 10, 2013. The Guatemalan court convicted Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity, sentencing him to 80 years in prison. The 86-year-old former general is the first former Latin American leader ever found guilty of such a charge. The war between the government and leftist rebels cost more than 200,000 lives and ended in peace accords in 1996. (AP Photo/Moises Castilo)

      GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt spent his first full day as a convict Saturday in a 16-by-13 foot cell with a small bed, bathroom and window, after receiving a landmark 80-year sentence for genocide and crime against humanity.

    • In this undated photo provided by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Elvis Rafael Rodriguez, left, and Emir Yasser Yeje, pose with bundles of cash allegedly stolen using bogus magnetic swipe cards at cash machines throughout New York. Prosecutors in New York on Thursday, May 9, 2013 said that they are members of worldwide gang of criminals who stole $45 million in hours by hacking into a database of prepaid debit cards and draining cash machines around the globe. An indictment unsealed Thursday accused U.S. cell ringleader Alberto Yusi Lajud-Pena and seven other New York suspects of withdrawing $2.8 million in cash from hacked accounts in less than a day. (AP Photos/U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York)
      World grapples with rise in cyber crime AP - 9 hrs ago

      LONDON (AP) — International law enforcement agencies say the recent $45 million dollar ATM heist is just one of many scams they're fighting in an unprecedented wave of sophisticated cyberattacks. More »World grapples with rise in cyber crime

      In this undated photo provided by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York, Elvis Rafael Rodriguez, left, and Emir Yasser Yeje, pose with bundles of cash allegedly stolen using bogus magnetic swipe cards at cash machines throughout New York. Prosecutors in New York on Thursday, May 9, 2013 said that they are members of worldwide gang of criminals who stole $45 million in hours by hacking into a database of prepaid debit cards and draining cash machines around the globe. An indictment unsealed Thursday accused U.S. cell ringleader Alberto Yusi Lajud-Pena and seven other New York suspects of withdrawing $2.8 million in cash from hacked accounts in less than a day. (AP Photos/U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York)

      LONDON (AP) — International law enforcement agencies say the recent $45 million dollar ATM heist is just one of many scams they're fighting in an unprecedented wave of sophisticated cyberattacks.

    • In this image made from video provided by NASA, astronaut Christopher Cassidy, foreground, holds a power wrench as he stows away a suspect coolant pump on the International Space Station on Saturday, May 11, 2013. Thomas Marshburn is at left. The two astronauts made the spacewalk to replace the pump after flakes of frozen ammonia coolant were spotted outside the station on Thursday. (AP Photo/NASA)
      Spacewalking repair halts station leak - for now AP - 3 hrs ago

      CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts making a rare, hastily planned spacewalk replaced a pump outside the International Space Station on Saturday in hopes of plugging a serious ammonia leak. More »Spacewalking repair halts station leak - for now

      In this image made from video provided by NASA, astronaut Christopher Cassidy, foreground, holds a power wrench as he stows away a suspect coolant pump on the International Space Station on Saturday, May 11, 2013. Thomas Marshburn is at left. The two astronauts made the spacewalk to replace the pump after flakes of frozen ammonia coolant were spotted outside the station on Thursday. (AP Photo/NASA)

      CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronauts making a rare, hastily planned spacewalk replaced a pump outside the International Space Station on Saturday in hopes of plugging a serious ammonia leak.

    • Pro-government protesters rally against violence after gunmen seized control of two ministries, outside Foreign Ministry building in Tripoli
      Deal with ex-rebels ends crisis at Libya's Foreign Ministry Reuters - 20 mins ago

      TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Gunmen ended a nearly two-week siege of Libya's Foreign Ministry in the capital after reaching a deal with the government, its Supreme Security Committee said late on Saturday. In the oil-rich east, meanwhile, … More »Deal with ex-rebels ends crisis at Libya's Foreign Ministry

      Pro-government protesters rally against violence after gunmen seized control of two ministries, outside Foreign Ministry building in Tripoli

      TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Gunmen ended a nearly two-week siege of Libya's Foreign Ministry in the capital after reaching a deal with the government, its Supreme Security Committee said late on Saturday. In the oil-rich east, meanwhile, hundreds of leaders agreed to join forces to defend their territory against similar armed attacks. …

    • Georgia's Education and Since Minister Margvelashvili listens to Prime Minister Ivanishvili speaks during a news conference in Tbilisi
      Georgian PM names pro-Western ally presidential candidate Reuters - 1 hr 14 mins ago

      By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili on Saturday named a pro-Western ally as the ruling party candidate for October's presidential election, in which incumbent Mikheil Saakashvili … More »Georgian PM names pro-Western ally presidential candidate

      Georgia's Education and Since Minister Margvelashvili listens to Prime Minister Ivanishvili speaks during a news conference in Tbilisi

      By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) - Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili on Saturday named a pro-Western ally as the ruling party candidate for October's presidential election, in which incumbent Mikheil Saakashvili is barred from running. Ivanishvili's Georgian Dream coalition won control of parliament in October …

    • Workers board up the house Saturday, May 11, 2013 where three women were held in Cleveland on Saturday, May 11, 2013. Suspect Ariel Castro, who allegedly held three women captive for nearly a decade, is charged with rape and kidnapping. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)
      For Cleveland women, ordeal of recovery begins now AP - 1 hr 28 mins ago

      Year after year, the clock ticked by and the calendar marched forward, carrying the three women further from the real world and pulling them deeper into an isolated nightmare. More »For Cleveland women, ordeal of recovery begins now

      Workers board up the house Saturday, May 11, 2013 where three women were held in Cleveland on Saturday, May 11, 2013. Suspect Ariel Castro, who allegedly held three women captive for nearly a decade, is charged with rape and kidnapping. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

      Year after year, the clock ticked by and the calendar marched forward, carrying the three women further from the real world and pulling them deeper into an isolated nightmare.

    • Former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters at a party office in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, as unofficial, partial vote counts showed his party with an overwhelming lead. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
      Pakistan's Sharif declares election victory AP - 1 hr 40 mins ago

      ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into e … More »Pakistan's Sharif declares election victory

      Former Prime Minister and leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-N party Nawaz Sharif waves to his supporters at a party office in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, May 11, 2013. Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, as unofficial, partial vote counts showed his party with an overwhelming lead. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

      ISLAMABAD (AP) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif declared victory following a historic election marred by violence Saturday, a remarkable comeback for a leader once toppled in a military coup and sent into exile.

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