U.S. woman held in Mexico on drug smuggling charge freed

Arizona mother Yanira Maldonado released after court reviewed key security video of her boarding bus with just blankets, water and purse

• May 31, 2013

Reports: Michigan woman killed in Syria

An aunt of a Michigan woman says the FBI had reports that her niece was killed in Syria

• May 30, 2013

Cuba denounces continued inclusion on U.S. terror list

Government is condemning U.S. decision to keep Cuba on its annual list of state sponsors of terrorism

• May 30, 2013

Mom: Boston bombing suspect "driven crazy by the unfairness"

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev out of wheelchair, assures his parents via phone that he and his slain brother are innocent, mother tells AP

• May 30, 2013

Syria's Assad vague on delivery of Russian missiles

Dictator tells Hezbollah-owned TV channel of regime's progress in developing more sophisticated air defense system

• May 30, 2013

Mexican climber sets Mount Everest record

David Liano Gonzalez, 33, becomes first person to scale mountain from both north and south sides in same climbing season

• May 30, 2013

Baby rescued from sewer out of hospital; mom not charged

Chinese authorities conclude newborn who was rescued from sewer pipe beneath restroom fell into toilet accidentally

• May 30, 2013

Peru's K-Pop invasion

Korean music and culture enjoys massive following in South America

• May 30, 2013
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Nigerian lawmakers pass anti-gay marriage bill

Proposed law would also impose prison terms on those who organize in support of gay rights

• May 30, 2013

Father of Tsarnaev friend shot by FBI: My son was executed

Chechen immigrant killed during FBI interrogation in Fla. was unarmed, father tells reporters in Moscow

• May 30, 2013

Stop producing "killer robots," U.N. expert warns

Programming machines to kill without humans making decisions could encourage more wars, human rights expert warns

• May 30, 2013

Buddhist monks offer shelter to persecuted Burma Muslims

Sectarian rioting against Muslim minority continues to spread through the country, still deeply fractured from decades of military rule

• May 30, 2013

Turkey returns fire after shots fired from Syria

Incident marks first time Turkish military has responded to shots fired from across border; state TV says no one injured

• May 30, 2013

New wave of bombings in Iraq leaves at least 30 dead

Most of the blasts hit Baghdad; continuing bloodshed heightening fears of sectarian violence as bad as in 2006 and 2007, when civil war seemed possible

• May 30, 2013

Pakistani Taliban pull peace offer after No. 2's death

Suspected U.S. drone attack of militant group's second-in-command prompts withdrawal from potential peace talks

• May 30, 2013

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