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SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Al-Qaida's Yemen branch said Thursday that it killed an American teacher because he was trying to spread Christianity in the mainly Muslim Arab nation....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drought, floods and a lack of fresh water may cause significant global instability and conflict in the coming decades, as developing countries scramble to meet demand from exploding populations while dealing with the effects of climate change, U.S. intelligence agencies said in a report released Thursday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The top commander in Afghanistan says the United States will still need "significant combat power" in the country in 2013 despite the call for reducing the force....

PARIS (AP) -- An Islamic extremist who boasted of killing seven people to strike back at France died after being shot in the head by police as he jumped out of his apartment after a fierce gunfight with police, authorities said....

ATLANTA (AP) -- Nearly half of first marriages break up within 20 years, a new government study finds. With those odds, you might wonder: Would we be better off living together first?...

MIAMI (AP) -- Florida is among 21 states with a "Stand Your Ground Law," which gives people wide latitude to use deadly force rather than retreat during a fight. The self-defense law helps explain why a neighborhood watch captain has not been arrested in the shooting death of an unarmed teenager....

PARIS (AP) -- French presidential front-runner Francois Hollande says that if he's elected, he would immediately ask other European leaders to renegotiate the fiscal treaty aimed at reducing debts to include measures to encourage growth....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Drought, floods and a lack of fresh water may cause significant global instability and conflict in the coming decades, as developing countries scramble to meet demand from exploding populations while dealing with the effects of climate change, U.S. intelligence agencies said in a report released Thursday....

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Murray Lender, who helped turn his father's small Connecticut bakery into a national company that introduced bagels to many Americans for the first time, has died in Florida. He was 81....

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraqi lawmakers from the Sunni-dominated bloc are accusing the country's Shiite government of torturing to death a jailed bodyguard who worked for the fugitive Sunni vice president....

PARIS (AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy says an investigation is under way to see if the suspect in a series of radical Islam-inspired killings had any accomplices....

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) -- Five teenagers in school uniforms hold accordions. On the wall is a giant painting of the secret mountain hideout of their nation's founder, Kim Il Sung. Small red stickers on their instruments mark them as gifts from Kim Jong Il....

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- The Vatican's No. 2 has dismissed suggestions that Cuba's Communist government could exploit Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming trip as a propaganda tool, saying the visit should help promote democracy on the island....

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Families canceling vacations. Fishermen watching their profits burn up along with their boats' gasoline. Drivers buying only a few gallons of gas at a time because they can't afford to fill the tank....

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) -- The day after an embargo was placed on Mali, the soldier who led a recent coup said Tuesday that he agrees with restoring constitutional order, but first Mali's ills need to be addressed by holding a national convention which will decide on the best way forward....

SYDNEY (AP) -- Australia's most wanted man, who eluded capture for seven years by hiding in dense forests, was captured and charged with murder Thursday, ending a frustrating and at times violent hunt, police said....

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Neighborhood watch groups were designed to be the eyes and ears of police - passively observing what they see and reporting back to law enforcement - not to enforce the law themselves....

DUBLIN (AP) -- A fact-finding tribunal has ruled that former Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received (EURO)209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office but stopped short of finding him guilty of corruption....

DUBLIN (AP) -- A fact-finding tribunal has ruled that former Prime Minister Bertie Ahern received (EURO)209,779 ($276,000) in secret payments while in office but stopped short of finding him guilty of corruption....

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Glittering sapphire necklaces, designer suits against perfumed skin, the taste of freshly popped Champagne and the roar of a speeding Porsche: the five senses in Nigeria, brought to you by luxury brands now trying to tap directly into the country's market....