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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and engaged in ongoing battles with security forces in an attempt to breach the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu, officials said Wednesday.Somali police officer Ab ...more

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The opening of a new airport to accommodate budget carriers has been delayed until next year because of design changes and other construction setbacks, Malaysia's airport operator says.Malaysia Airport Holdings Berh ...more

BEIJING (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday the world body's peacekeeping efforts face growing dangers from non-traditional threats such as suicide bombers and improvised explosive devices.Ban told reporters on a visit to a ...more

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United Nations and Washington have separately asked the Philippines not to withdraw its more than 300 Filipino peacekeepers from the Golan Heights, warning of "maximum volatility" in the region after a number of countries ...more

LONDON (AP) — Britain's highest court says the families of several soldiers killed or injured in Iraq can sue the government for failing to protect them.The cases are brought by relatives of soldiers including Cpl. Stephen Allbutt, who died in a ...more

BERLIN (AP) — President Barack Obama will renew his call Wednesday to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles, including a proposed one-third reduction in U.S. and Russian arsenals, the White House said.Obama will make his case during a speech at ...more

BANGKOK (AP) — The price of oil rose Wednesday, before the conclusion of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting.Benchmark oil for July delivery rose 48 cents to $98.92 per barrel at late afternoon Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York Merca ...more

BEIJING (AP) — Negotiators from North Korea and China held strategic talks in Beijing on Wednesday as they work to repair strained relations, but offered little indication they will lead to a resumption of nuclear disarmament talks any time soon.<p ...more

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state television says an accidental explosion at a military depot outside the northwestern coastal city of Latakia has left six people lightly injured.It says a "technical error" caused the Wednesday explosion at a military ...more

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Afghan president on Wednesday suspended talks with the United States on a new security deal to protest the way his government was being left out of initial peace negotiations with the Taliban meant to find ways to end the ...more