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Intelligence Agencies Faulted for Libya Fallout

Updated: 5:26 AM A Senate report has found that the White House did not make major changes in the talking points that administration officials used after the attack on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya. Some Republicans had questioned whether the president's staff rewrote the statements for political reasons.

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Asian Nations Giving Enthusiastic Welcome to 2013

Posted: 12:17 PM Sydney's skyline erupted in fireworks as Australia ushered in 2013 on Tuesday, while extravagant displays soon followed in Hong Kong and Beijing, and even the once-isolated country of Myanmar joined the party for the first time in decades.

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India Rape Sets Off Debate Over Women's Rights

Updated: 9:17 AM NEW DELHI (AP) - The gang-rape and killing of a New Delhi student has set off an impassioned debate about what India needs to do to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.

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Iran Test-Fires Missiles Near Strait of Hormuz

Updated: 9:17 AM TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's navy says it has test-fired a range of weapons during ongoing maneuvers near the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-fifth of the world's oil supply.

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Greece: Former Finance Minister Faces Prosecution

Updated: 9:19 AM ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's coalition government called on Monday for the indictment of former Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou for allegedly removing the names of three of his relatives from a list of Swiss bank account holders whose tax records were to be re-examined.

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Asia Celebrates The New Year

Posted: 4:47 AM Fiscal cliff? Recession? Not in Asia, where the first countries to see 2013 are enthusiastically welcoming the new year.

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India Rape Sets Off Debate Over Women's Rights

Posted: 4:33 AM The gang-rape and killing of a New Delhi student has set off an impassioned debate about what India needs to do to prevent such a tragedy from happening again.

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Afghan Violence Falls in 2012, Insider Attacks Up

Posted: 4:30 AM Violence in Afghanistan fell in 2012, but more Afghan troops and police who now shoulder most of the combat were killed, according to statistics compiled by The Associated Press.

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Yemen: Al-Qaida Offers Bounty for US Ambassador

Posted: 3:07 PM Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen has announced that it will pay tens of thousands of dollars to anyone who kills the U.S. ambassador in Sanaa or an American soldier in the country.

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Pakistan Official: 19 Killed in Attack on Shiites

Posted: 3:05 PM A government official says a suicide bomber driving a vehicle packed with explosives rammed into a bus carrying Shiite Muslim pilgrims in southwest Pakistan, killing 19 people.

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Nobel Scientist Rita Levi-Montalcini Dies in Rome

Posted: 2:31 PM Rita Levi-Montalcini, a biologist who conducted underground research in defiance of Fascist persecution and went on to win a Nobel Prize for helping unlock the mysteries of the cell, died at her home in Rome on Sunday. She was 103 and had worked well into her final years.

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Obama: Troops Aiding African Diplomat Evacuation

Posted: 2:08 PM President Barack Obama says 50 U.S. troops have deployed to the African country of Chad to help evacuate U.S. citizens and embassy personnel from the neighboring Central African Republic's capital of Bangui.

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Attackers in India Rape Case to Face Murder Charge

Posted: 12:35 PM Officials say six men in India could face the death penalty if convicted of murder charges filed today in the gang-rape and beating of a woman on a bus in New Delhi two weeks ago.

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Jet Lands at LAX After Being Struck by Lightning

Updated: 10:31 AM A Delta Airlines passenger jet en route from Japan landed without incident after being struck by lightning as it approached Los Angeles International Airport.

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Spain Facing Tough Economic Year

Posted: 12:30 PM Spain's prime minister says the country's economy faces a tough year ahead as it grapples with recession, a deep financial crisis and 25 percent unemployment.

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Three Arrested in $11.5M Gold Bar Heist

Posted: 12:23 PM Police in the Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao have arrested three suspects in connection with the recent heist of 70 gold bars worth an estimated $11.5 million.

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Praying Hitler in Warsaw Ghetto Sparks Emotion

Posted: 12:21 PM A statue of Adolf Hitler praying on his knees on display in the former Warsaw Ghetto, the place where so many Jews were killed or sent to their deaths by Hitler's regime, is provoking mixed reactions.

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Russia President Signs Anti-US Adoptions Bill

Updated: 8:28 AM President Vladimir Putin on Friday signed a bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children, part of a harsh response to a U.S. law targeting Russians deemed to be human rights violators.

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