North Korea says it cancels 1953 armistice
Written by FOSTER KLUG,Associated Press HYUNG-JIN KIM,Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A state-run newspaper in North Korea said Monday the communist country had carried out a threat to cancel the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War, following days of increased tensions over its latest nuclear test.
Ex-Detroit mayor jailed until corruption sentence
Written by ED WHITE,Associated Press
DETROIT (AP) — A judge has ordered former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail to await his sentence for corruption while in office.
AP IMPACT: Combat stress felt far from front lines
Written by LOLITA C. BALDOR,Associated Press
LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va. (AP) — The gritty combat in Afghanistan is thousands of miles away.
SKorea, US begin drills as NKorea threatens war
Written by FOSTER KLUG,Associated Press HYUNG-JIN KIM,Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North and South Korea staged dueling war games Monday as threatening rhetoric from the rivals rose to the highest level since North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island in 2010.
Police: Delhi rape suspect kills self in jail
Written by RAVI NESSMAN,Associated Press
NEW DELHI (AP) — A man on trial for the gang rape and fatal beating of a 23-year-old student aboard a New Delhi bus committed suicide in an Indian jail Monday, police said, but his lawyer and family allege he was killed.
Batman's mythology getting new boost from DC
Written by MATT MOORE,Associated Press
Batman's transformative years are getting a few new twists.
Recovery slow as Japan marks 2 years since tsunami
Written by ELAINE KURTENBACH,Associated Press
TOKYO (AP) — Amid growing dissatisfaction with the slow pace of recovery, Japan marked the second anniversary Monday of the devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing and has displaced more than 300,000.
Hagel meets Karzai after security threat, friction
Written by LOLITA C. BALDOR,Associated Press
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel encountered political tension with the Afghan president and a series of security problems during his first visit to Afghanistan as Pentagon chief, but he met privately with President Hamid Karzai and says they discussed the key issues.