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Vladimir Putin declares victory in Russia's presidential elections, returning for a third term after four years as prime minister.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez revealed Sunday that a new tumor recently removed from his pelvic region was of the same type of cancer as a baseball-sized growth extracted from that part of his body about seven months ago....

President Obama says the US "will not hesitate" to use force to stop Iran obtaining nuclear weapons, but that diplomacy can still succeed.

BEIRUT (AP) -- U.N. observers in Syria suspended their activities and patrols Saturday because of escalating violence in the country, the head of the mission said, the strongest sign yet that an international peace plan for Syria is disintegrating....

MOSCOW (AP) -- Prime Minister Vladimir Putin won Russia's presidential election on Sunday, according to exit polls cited by state television, but the vote was tainted by claims of violations, including "carousel voting" in which voters were bused around to cast several ballots....

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- The way Ernie Gross and Don Greenbaum laugh and tell jokes with the ease of old friends, it's easy to assume the dapper octogenarians have known each other forever....

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) -- Saudi Arabia has begun trials of 55 suspected al-Qaida members, some charged in a deadly attack on a U.S. Consulate in 2004, the kingdom's official news agency reported Sunday....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Super? Maybe not this time. But it is a Tuesday, one with the biggest payout of the Republican presidential primaries....

A fire set off a cache of tank shells, destroying homes in Brazzaville. With reports of more than 2,000 wounded, hospitals were overflowing with patients.

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Yemeni military officials said Saturday that two U.S. airstrikes killed at least 18 al-Qaida-linked militants in an evening attack on a central province that had been partly overrun by the group earlier this year....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- Two gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead early Sunday an American teacher working at a language institute in a central Yemeni city, the region's provincial governor said....

SANAA, Yemen (AP) -- More than 2,000 people have been killed in a year of political turmoil that led to the resignation of Yemen's longtime president, the government disclosed Sunday. The figure is much higher than human rights groups estimated....

Preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon is a national security interest of both Israel and the United States, President Barack Obama said Sunday in calling for continued diplomatic efforts but also pledging that all options -- including a military effort -- remain viable.

BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (AP) -- Blasts rocked the capital of the Republic of Congo Sunday morning after a weapons depot caught fire, officials said, killing at least 206 people and forcing thousands to flee....

SZCZECHOCINY, Poland (AP) -- Two trains running on the same track collided head-on in southern Poland in a shower of sparks, killing 16 people and injuring 58 in the country's worst train disaster in more than 20 years....

A Picasso painting Child with a Dove - which has been on public display in Britain since the 1970s - is up for sale and could go abroad.

Ireland end France's Grand Slam hopes by securing a draw in an entertaining and keenly fought Six Nations match in Paris.

Theresa May will visit Jordan "within days" to try to strike a deal over the deportation of Abu Qatada, the Home Office says.

Kimi Raikkonen in a Lotus beats Fernando Alonso's Ferrari to the fastest time on the final day of pre-season testing in Barcelona.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama wants Congress to act on bills he says will accelerate the economy. He says the country has responsibilities that are "bigger than an election."...