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KARACHI, Pakistan – Police say gunmen have shot and wounded a U.S. citizen in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. Police officer Pir Muhammad Shah says four men shot at Debra Lobo, a physician, as she drove to work at a medical college on Thursday. He says Lobo is married …

DEVELOPING: U.S. Navy officials say the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt is steaming toward the waters off Yemen and will join other American ships prepared to intercept any Iranian vessels carrying weapons to the Houthi rebels fighting in Yemen. The U.S. Navy has been beefing up its presence in the …

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – A St. Petersburg court has ruled against a homosexual music teacher who lost her job after being outed by an anti-gay activist. Ksenia Kirichenko, the lawyer for a gay rights organization which is representing the teacher, said Thursday that the court this week refused the teacher’s …

UNITED NATIONS – The U.N.’s outgoing special envoy to Yemen says the parties there had been “very close” to reaching a political agreement before the current violence and that the main sticking point had been who would lead the country. Jamal Benomar also told reporters that a new targeted arms …

BEIJING – Beijing police are canceling music concerts, fundraisers and other events around the city, stoking worries that authorities are cracking down on any large gatherings deemed politically risky. Among the shuttered events, the authorities have called off an Earth Day festival, a pub crawl raising money for a gay …

STOCKHOLM – An international report says Sweden needs to urgently address the declining performance of its schools, a growing embarrassment for the Scandinavian welfare state. Swedes are used to seeing their nation rank near the top in international surveys on everything from quality of life to economic competitiveness. But the …

UNITED NATIONS – The new U.N. envoy for Yemen is on his way to the region for “intensive consultations,” while the U.N. tries to organize a conference on the crisis as soon as possible on neutral ground. The U.N. says Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed started Wednesday in Paris, meeting the …

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico – Police in northern Mexico have seized nearly $2.9 million in cash that was apparently in transit to a criminal gang. A statement from the security coordination agency in the Gulf coast state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas, says 86 bundles of U.S. dollars and two more …

JUBA, South Sudan – South Sudan’s parliament has passed a bill that relief organizations say could restrict their work as the country faces a worsening humanitarian crisis. The Non-Governmental Organization bill, passed unanimously on Tuesday, requires international aid agencies, civic organizations and volunteer groups to have 80 percent of their …

PRISTINA, Kosovo – Kosovo police say they have launched raids in several households across the country, including the families of ethnic Albanians involved in last week’s deadly clashes with police in neighbouring Macedonia. Police spokesman Baki Kelani confirmed several raids were underway Friday. The raids follow accusations from Macedonian leaders …