BAMAKO (AP) ―Drunk soldiers looted Mali’s presidential palace hours after they declared a coup on Thursday, suspending the constitution and dissolving the institutions of one of the few established democracies in this troubled corner of Africa.The whereabouts of the country’s 63-year-old president Amadou Toumani Toure, who was just one month away from stepping down after a decade in office, could not be confirmed.The soldier heading the group of putschists said on state television late Thursday

The U.N. Human Rights Council on Thursday passed a resolution ordering a first probe into how Israeli settlements may be infringing on the rights of the Palestinians.The resolution was adopted by the 47-member council with 36 votes in favor and 10 abstentions. Only the United States voted against it.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu branded the resolution “hypocritical” and charged that the council “has an automatic majority hostile to Israel”, saying the body “should be ashamed of itsel

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will be charged with 17 counts of murder, assault and a string of other offenses in the massacre of Afghan villagers as they slept, a U.S. official said.The charges against Bales include 17 counts of murder, six counts of attempted murder and six counts of aggravated ass

The U.S. has helped five nations completely clear out their stocks of highly enriched uranium since President Barack Obama outlined his plans for securing all weapons-usable materials worldwide, officials say, citing it as progress in the administration's efforts to prevent nuclear weapons from gett

A bridegroom who set fire to the historic English castle where his wedding reception was being held was sentenced Wednesday to six years in prison.Max Henry Kay, 37, of Liverpool, pleaded guilty to arson in Chester Crown Court. He showed little emotion when the sentence was handed down, the Chester

Australia's most wanted fugitive -- a survival expert and suspected murderer who outwitted police for seven years by living in rugged forest -- was finally captured in a remote cabin on Thursday.Malcolm Naden, whose ability to evade police evoked comparisons to famous 19th century Australian outlaw

Soldiers stormed state television and announced early Thursday that they had seized control of the country, dissolving all of its institutions due to the nation's mishandling of an insurgency in the north.On national television, a group of about 20 soldiers were shown in fatigues crowding around a d

MEXICO CITY (AP) ― A strong 7.4-magnitude earthquake hit southern Mexico on Tuesday, damaging some 800 homes near the epicenter and swaying tall buildings and spreading fear and panic hundreds of miles away in the capital of Mexico City.One of the strongest to shake Mexico since the deadly 1985 temblor that killed thousands in Mexico City, Tuesday’s earthquake hit hardest in border area of southern Oaxaca and Guerrero states. In Guerrero, officials confirmed that some 800 homes had been damaged,

A 101-year-old U.S. woman who ushered in her birthday with a tandem paraglide ride last year is soaring into the record books Tuesday.Great-great grandmother Mary Hardison has been officially recognized as the ``Oldest Female to Paraglide Tandem'' by Guinness World Records. She supplanted a 100-year