Posted: 7:15 PM Some are concerned they may attempt to seek asylum in Britain.

Posted: 7:14 PM Three men entered a central Nigerian church just before Bible study began, but instead of joining the worship service they opened fire.

Posted: 7:12 PM Experts say the Aztecs usually cremated the remains of high-ranking members of their society, and even among buried commoners they haven't found such a large aggregation of bones.

Posted: 12:30 PM Secretary of State says efforts to curb HIV infection have saved "hundreds of thousands of lives" there.

Posted: 10:10 PM The American official traveling with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Africa called on other senior members of the Syrian government and military to break with President Bashar Assad.

Posted: 10:09 PM Many of Monday's revelers wore the national colors of gold, black and green as they walked around a "golden jubilee village" showcasing Jamaica's history, food and culture.

Updated: 9:37 AM The most high-tech Mars rover ever built has landed on the red planet.

Posted: 9:46 AM The Afghan parliament has passed a vote of no confidence against the country's defense and interior ministers.

Posted: 4:43 AM U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is in Kenya to press the country's leaders on the importance of democratic elections.

Posted: 3:12 AM The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly denounced Syria's crackdown and demanded the lockdown of its chemical and biological weapons.

Posted: 3:10 AM Bulgarian officials say they have arrested two men wanted on terrorism charges by Interpol as they tried to enter the Balkan country through a border crossing with Romania.

Posted: 3:09 AM A media report says nine birds have been slaughtered and dozens of animals are missing after a break-in at an Australian zoo.

Posted: 8:28 AM Chinese state media are taking a swipe at U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, saying she is either ignorant of the facts in Africa or ignoring them.

Posted: 6:18 AM Officials say two drive-by attacks in a western Baghdad suburb have killed three Iraqi soldiers and a policeman as militants seek to undermine government efforts to maintain security.

Posted: 2:24 AM Egypt has asked the United States to release the last Egyptian incarcerated at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba, where he has been held since 2001.

Posted: 5:20 PM Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General who took on the role of UN special envoy to deal with the Syrian civil war, has quit due to a lack of cooperation from the Syrian Regime and the UN Security Council.

Posted: 8:15 AM The Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI has completed the third installment of his planned trilogy on the life of Christ.

Posted: 8:09 AM The U.S. military has increased funding and is paying more attention to Africa out of a growing concern about persistent terrorist threats from splintered al-Qaida groups across the continent.

Posted: 6:58 PM Police say the 30-year-old cyclist was pronounced dead Wednesday about 30 minutes after the accident.

Posted: 8:21 AM A spokesman for Dutch police investigating how needles got into six turkey sandwiches on Delta Air Lines flights from Amsterdam to U.S. cities last month says it's too early to say whether there is any connection with a new incident on Air Canada.

Posted: 8:13 AM The United Nations mission in Syria says its observers have witnessed government fighter jets opening fire on Aleppo, the country's largest city.

Updated: 1:44 AM Jordyn Wieber rebounds to lead Team USA to its first gymnastics gold since 1996.

Posted: 5:13 PM Presidential candidate Mitt Romney is heading back to the U.S. following a 3-leg tour overseas. He finished in Poland by visiting a memorial to the WWII Warsaw Uprising.

Posted: 5:06 PM President Obama orders officials to penalize a bank in China and one in Iraq that U.S. intelligence believes is aiding Iran get around international economic sanctions.

Posted: 8:30 AM HSBC PLC is to take a $700 million charge to cover the cost of U.S. fines arising from its failure to stamp out money-laundering at the bank.