HUANTA, Peru (AP) – The front-runner in Peru’s presidential race danced through the streets of this Andean town that her father, former hardline President Alberto Fujimori, wrested from Shining Path rebels in a bloody conflict two decades ago. Sporting a black felt hat ringed with yellow flowers, Keiko Fujimori won …

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) – Trying to lure him into the Islamic State group, the would-be recruiter told Pakistani journalist Hasan Abdullah, “Brother, you could be such an asset to the Ummah”- the Islamic community. Abdullah replied that he was enjoying life and had no plans to join the jihadis. “The …

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – U.S. Army General John W. “Mick” Nicholson took command Wednesday of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, inheriting America’s longest war and a vicious Talban-led insurgency. Nicholson, 58, took over from U.S. Army General John F. Campbell, who oversaw the end of the international combat mission …

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) – At least two civilians have been killed in an attempted car bomb attack on the Indian consulate in the eastern city of Jalalabad, an Afghan official said on Wednesday. Another 19 civilians were wounded in the suicide bombing. He says all five attackers were killed, said …

BEIJING (AP) – China’s President Xi Jinping has collected titles ranging from National Security Council chief to good old “Uncle Xi.” Along the way, he’s used state media to make his views known on such seemingly apolitical topics as avant garde architecture and celebrity culture. That’s not unusual for a …