ISTANBUL (AP) – A suicide attacker detonated a bomb on Istanbul’s main pedestrian shopping street on Saturday, killing five people, the city’s governor said. Turkey’s health minister said 36 people were wounded in the attack including 12 foreign nationals. Governor Vasip Sahin said the explosion occurred outside a local government …

MOSCOW (AP) – A Dubai airliner with 62 people on board nosedived and exploded in a giant fireball early Saturday while trying to land in strong winds in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, killing all aboard, officials said. Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said the Boeing 737-800 operated by FlyDubai was …

JERUSALEM (AP) – A quiet revolution is arising inside the insular world of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jewish community – chipping away at the ghetto walls its leaders have erected to protect against what they see as the dangers of secularism. More and more, young ultra-Orthodox insist they can continue to lead …

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – A Supreme Court judge suspended former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s nomination to a Cabinet post amid corruption investigations, a decision likely to stoke tensions in a country already rocked by dueling pro- and anti-government demonstrations. In his ruling late Friday, Justice Gilmar …

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) – A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order blocking Tribune Publishing Co.’s purchase of Southern California newspapers the Orange County Register and the Press-Enterprise of Riverside. The move late Friday from U.S. District Judge Andre Birotte Jr. comes a day after the U.S. Department …