TOMOHON, Indonesia (AP) ― A volatile volcano in central Indonesia unleashed its most powerful eruption yet Sunday, spewing hot ash and smoke thousands of feet (meters) into the air and sending panicked villagers racing back to emergency shelters. There were no immediate reports of casualties.Mount Lokon, located on northern Sulawesi island, has been dormant for years but rumbled back to life late

ROME (AFP) ― Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi faces trial hearings for bribery and paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl on Monday, as the Italian leader fights off growing unpopularity and financial woes.Berlusconi, 74, is a defendant in three ongoing trials.He had been due to attend one of them, the corruption hearing in which he stands accused of paying a bribe to his former British lawyer, Da

ISTANBUL (AP) ― U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, chiding a NATO ally whose support is critical to American goals in the Mideast, said Saturday that Turkey must act on concerns about backsliding on human rights and its secular traditionsSpeaking politely but firmly about the moderate Muslim nation, Clinton said the recent arrests of dozens of journalists and curbs placed on religious

Indian militant group suspected for worst terrorist attacks in India since 2008MUMBAI, India (AP) ― Three coordinated bombings tore through the heart of India’s busy financial capital during rush hour Wednesday, killing 17 people and wounding 131 in the worst terrorist attack in the country since the 2008 Mumbai siege.Bloody bodies were strewn in the dirt of Mumbai’s crowded neighborhoods and mark

NICOSIA (AP) ― Hundreds of angry marchers forced their way into the grounds of the Cypriot presidential palace in Nicosia late Tuesday, during a protest over a fatal blast at a naval base that killed 12, wrecked a key power plant and forced the resignations of the defense minister and top military chief.Protesters chanting “the people demand that the murderers are thrown in jail” were stopped at a

P.M.’s apparent closeness with News Corp. staff leads to doubts on leadershipLONDON (AP) ― He’s looked defensive. He’s looked outraged. He’s looked scared. But recently, Prime Minister David Cameron has rarely looked like he’s in charge.The British leader has lost his confident aura as his friendships with figures central to the tabloid hacking scandal hand his government its biggest crisis since