Myanmar leader making landmark White House visit
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former general Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first Myanmar president to be welcomed to the White House in almost 47 years, crowning a dramatic diplomatic rehabilitation for his nation after years of international isolation....
Chinese, Indian leaders call for cooperation
NEW DELHI (AP) -- The leaders of India and China played down their recent border dispute and other tensions Monday, pledging to work together for regional stability and the economic growth of the world's two most populous nations....
Report: 23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian government forces pushed deeper into a strategic opposition-held town near the Lebanese border Monday, battling rebels in fierce street fighting, state-media reported. An activist group said at least 23 elite fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group fighting alongside regime troops have been killed in the clashes....
Wave of attacks kills at least 79 in Iraq
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A wave of attacks killed at least 79 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 200 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years....
Measles surges in UK years after vaccine scare
LONDON (AP) -- More than a decade ago, British parents refused to give measles shots to at least a million children because of a vaccine scare that raised the specter of autism. Now, health officials are scrambling to catch up and stop a growing epidemic of the contagious disease....
Iran election overseers may bar former president
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's election overseers say they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month's presidential election, a clear nod toward a former president....
Vandals target Israeli women's prayer group
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli police say vandals have spray-panted slogans on the home of one of the leaders of a liberal Jewish women's group that has angered ultra-Orthodox communities over its demands for equality of worship....
Egypt: Security beefed up in Sinai after abduction
CAIRO (AP) -- Dozens of Egyptian military and police armored vehicles crossed into Sinai on Monday, beefing up the security presence in the volatile peninsula five days after suspected militants kidnapped six policemen and a border guard there....
Seoul: Day 3 of NKorea tests of short-range weapon
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea continued firing short-range weapons over its own eastern waters Monday after a weekend of what it called "rocket launching tests" intended to bolster deterrence against enemy attack. South Korean officials were investigating exactly what it was that Pyongyang was testing....
