Egypt’s curfew to end Thursday: official

Egypt’s interior minister has indicated that a curfew and state of emergency will expire on Thursday as scheduled.

Deal struck on wider UN inspections of Iran sites

Iran agreed Monday to offer more information and expanded access to U.N. nuclear inspectors — including more openings at a planned reactor and uranium site — even as America’s top diplomat said Iranian envoys had backed away from a wider deal seeking to ease Western concerns that Tehran could one day develop atomic weapons.

Westgate Mall attacker lived in Kenya refugee camp

One of the four Westgate Mall attackers once lived in a refugee camp of 50,000 Somali refugees in northwestern Kenya, two security officials said, highlighting Kenya’s interest in speeding up the return of nearly 500,000 Somali refugees to their home country.

Cambodia has sovereignty on temple land: UN court

The United Nations’ highest court ruled Monday that Cambodia has sovereignty over a disputed promontory around a 1,000-year-old temple, in the latest attempt to settle a long-simmering border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand.

Satellite hits Atlantic — but what about next one?

BERLIN — This time it splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean — but what about next time?

The European Space Agency says one of its research satellites re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere early Monday on an orbit that passed over Siberia, the western Pacific Ocean, the …

Japan starts up offshore wind farm near Fukushima

ONAHAMA PORT, Japan — Japan switched on the first turbine at a wind farm 12 miles off the coast of Fukushima on Monday, feeding electricity to the grid tethered to the tsunami-crippled nuclear plant onshore. The wind farm near the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant is to eventually have a generation capacity of 1 gigawatt from 143 turbines, though its significance is not limited to the energy it will produce. Symbolically, the turbines will help restore the role of energy supplier to a region decimated by the multiple meltdowns that followed the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

Philippine typhoon victims plead for aid

TACLOBAN, Philippines —Stunned survivors of one of the most powerful typhoons to make landfall picked through the remains of their homes Monday, pleading for food and medicine. Authorities said at least 23,000 houses had been damaged or destroyed. The official death toll stood at just over 250 people, but two provincial officials said Sunday it could reach 10,000 or more.

Birth amid typhoon debris brings cheers in Philippines

TACLOBAN, Philippines — Cheers broke out Monday in the typhoon-devastated airport of the city of Tacloban in the Philippines when 21-year-old Emily Ortega gave birth to a baby girl. Bea Joy Sagales appeared in good health. Her birth drew applause from others in the airport and military medics who assisted in her delivery.

New Zealand police criticized in Facebook sex case

New Zealand police are facing mounting criticism for the way they’ve handled an investigation into a group of teenage boys who bragged on Facebook about having sex with girls who were drunk and underage.

Spanish police break up sex slave ring, arrest 25

MADRID — Spanish police say they have busted a gang of 25 Nigerians who were engaged in human trafficking for sexual exploitation, Internet fraud and money laundering.

Five women victims of sex slavery also were released during the crackdown on the underground operation in Spain, …

Bombings around Iraqi capital Baghdad kill 5

Officials in Iraq say a series of attacks on soldiers and government employees have killed five people around the capital, Baghdad.

Syrian rebels launch counteroffensive in Aleppo

Syrian rebels launched a counteroffensive in the northern city of Aleppo, recapturing a base near its international airport hours after the army advanced into the area, activists said Saturday.

Olympic torch taken on first spacewalk

An Olympic torch took a spacewalk for the first time Saturday, carefully held by two Russian cosmonauts outside the International Space Station as it orbited some 260 miles above Earth.

Talks over Iran’s disputed nuke program hit a snag

France raised questions Saturday about whether a proposed deal to temporarily curb Iran’s nuclear program went far enough, complicating negotiations with the Iranians and casting doubt on whether an agreement could be reached during the current round of negotiations.

Crisis brewing in Israeli-US relations

A pair of testy public exchanges this week appear to have undone whatever good will was created between the Israeli and U.S. governments during a high-profile visit by President Barack Obama early this year.