YAOUNDE, Cameroon – A local Cameroon leader says suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 9 people and kidnapped dozens, including children and teenagers, from a village on the border with Nigeria. Tchakarmari village chief Kadzamare Amin said heavily armed attackers came from Nigeria into the villages of Tchakarmari …

VIENNA – A think tank says satellite imagery of a site that Iran may have used to work on nuclear arms shows new construction work — possibly a renewed attempt to clean up before an inspection by the U.N.’s nuclear monitor, the International Atomic Energy Agency. The IAEA has repeatedly …

FRANKFURT, Germany – Austrian police who stopped a small truck that appeared overloaded have found 86 refugees crammed inside during sweltering heat. The Austria Press Agency reported that the truck was halted Saturday at a rest area near the St. Poelten on the A1 highway. Among the refugees from Afghanistan, …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Fistfights and sporadic reports of voter fraud marked weekend elections that saw Haitians choose lawmakers for the next Parliament in a contest that was delayed for years. The legislative elections had been postponed for nearly four years because of a political showdown between Haiti’s executive and opposition. …

SAN DIEGO – A U.S. Navy commander pleaded guilty Tuesday in a massive bribery scheme involving a longtime military contractor in Asia who allegedly offered luxury travel, prostitutes and other bribes to officers in exchange for confidential information. Jose Luis Sanchez, 42, is the highest-ranking official to plead guilty in …

VIENNA – Hungarian neo-Nazis hoping to visit the Austrian art academy that rejected Hitler have received the same response — no admittance. Advised of the group’s plans, the Academy of Visual Arts shuttered its doors Thursday. Deputy rector Andrea B. Braidt says the institute will stay closed until late in …

BEIJING – Authorities in Tianjin say massive explosions and fires this week at a warehouse for hazardous materials have so far not caused any detectable air or water contamination, citing samples taken at 17 locations. However, they say they have no clear picture of what materials were at the transit …

GALESBURG, Ill. – An Illinois man scheduled to be executed next month in Oklahoma for his role in a 1997 killing is raising questions about his case, telling a newspaper in his hometown that Oklahoma is going to “kill an innocent man.” Richard Eugene Glossip, born and raised in Galesburg, …

LOS ANGELES – A man suspected of killing a retired dentist, taking three men hostage and wounding two deputies was likely using the famed Pacific Crest Trail to elude searchers for 18 days. Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said Monday that investigators believe 34-year-old Benjamin Peter Ashley was headed back …

MOSCOW – Kazakhstan’s currency, the tenge, has plunged in value by over 20 percent against the dollar after the government decided to move to a free float. The Kazakhstan Stock Exchange said the tenge was trading at over 250 to the dollar Thursday afternoon after closing at 197.05 the day …