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Militants have killed 16 Iraqi security officials and burned some of their bodies in an afternoon attack in a Baghdad neighborhood.

Google Inc. said Thursday that its search engine and other services were abruptly cut off from mainland China, raising more questions about the Internet company's ability to operate in the country while trying to work around the government's online censorship policies.

Gunmen who abducted four journalists in northern Mexico are demanding their media outlets broadcast videos apparently taped by a drug cartel that accuse officials of favoring a rival gang.

Nicaragua deported a U.S. couple to Panama, where they face charges of killing two Americans in a scheme to steal their property on a Caribbean archipelago popular with expatriates.

Syria on Thursday warned the United States to stop trying to interfere as Arab leaders try to defuse heightened tensions in the Middle East.

In just a few days, new Prime Minister David Cameron has openly declared Britain is no more than the "junior partner" of the U.S., irritated Israelis by calling Gaza a prison camp and enraged Pakistanis by suggesting their country exports terrorism.

Thousands of Israelis marched in Jerusalem's longest gay pride parade despite opposition from anti-gay demonstrators.

It's unclear exactly how he was killed, but NATO forces have recovered the body of a second U.S. sailor who had been missing in eastern Afghanistan.

This is an official day of mourning in Pakistan for those killed in Wednesday's jetliner crash in the hills surrounding the capital, Islamabad.

A government spokesman says at least 80 people are dead in Congo after a boat capsized in the country's west.