India to ratify Paris Agreement on climate change

NEW DELHI (AP) — India's prime minister said Sunday that his country will ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change early next month….

Syrian rebels reverse government gains in Aleppo stalemate

BEIRUT (AP) — A broad coalition of Syrian rebels denounced international negotiations for peace as "meaningless" on Sunday, as the U.N. Security Council prepared to convene an emergency meeting about the spiraling violence in Syria….

Hollande honors Algerians who fought for French colonizers

PARIS (AP) — French President Francois Hollande has acknowledged the state's culpability in abandoning Algerians who fought alongside French colonial forces in Algeria's war for independence….

In battle for Iraq’s Mosul, many forces with many motives

BAGHDAD (AP) — An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up for a battle on the historic plains of northern Iraq that is likely to be decisive in the war against the Islamic State group….

Bosnian Serbs vote in referendum banned by top court

BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Bosnian Serbs are voting in a referendum banned by the country's constitutional court, risking Western sanctions against their autonomous region and criminal charges against their leaders….

UK police arrest man in hacking of Pippa Middleton’s phone

China begins operating world’s largest radio telescope

BEIJING (AP) — The world's largest radio telescope began searching for signals from stars and galaxies and, perhaps, extraterrestrial life Sunday in a project demonstrating China's rising ambitions in space and its pursuit of international scientific prestige….

Jordanian writer gunned down outside courthouse

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — A prominent Jordanian writer has been shot dead in front of the courthouse where he was on trial for sharing a cartoon deemed offensive to Islam….

Attendees at North Korean air show wowed by model F-16

WONSAN, North Korea (AP) — Now here's something you don't see every day: an F-16 fighter jet buzzing through the skies of North Korea and launching – fireworks….

Tens of thousands march against same-sex marriage in Mexico

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tens of thousands of people marched through Mexico City on Saturday in opposition to President Enrique Pena Nieto's push to legalize same-sex marriage….