MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has 11 time zones across its vast territory — and its leaders believe that's just too many hours in the day. » Full Story

TOKYO (AP) — Japanese prosecutors confirmed Friday that they have dropped the case against an American man arrested in Japan when he snatched his children from his ex-wif. » Full Story

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya accused the U.S. » Full Story

ISLAMABAD (AP) — In Washington, the ultimate Pakistani nightmare is that the country's nuclear arsenal could fall into the hands of Taliban militants or rogue soldiers. » Full Story

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia has detained a Thai man for allegedly spying on fugitive former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the latest sign of worsening relations between the two... » Full Story

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea threatened South Korea on Thursday with possible punishment over a skirmish that left one of its warships badly damaged and a crew member dead. » Full Story

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Forbes Magazine named drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman — a fugitive reputed to be hiding in the mountains of northern Mexico — to its list of the 67 "World's Most Powerful... » Full Story

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Heavy rain, lightning and strong winds caused blackouts that left nearly a third of Brazilians — 60 million people — in the dark, officials said Wednesday as they scrambled to... » Full Story

SYDNEY (AP) — A large iceberg was spotted off an island about halfway between Antarctica and Australia, a rare sight in waters so far north, Australian scientists said Thursday. » Full Story

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A massive power failure blacked out Brazil’s two largest cities and other parts of Latin America’s biggest nation for more than two hours late Tuesday, leaving millions of... » Full Story