BENGHAZI, Libya – The spokesman for Libya’s internationally-recognized parliament has rebuffed pressure by the West and United Nations on lawmakers to accept a peace deal that stipulates power-sharing with rival Islamists. Faraj Abu-Hashim, spokesman for the parliament based in Libya’s eastern city of Tobruk, told reporters on Thursday that lawmakers …

STOCKHOLM – Swedish police and rescue officials say a car has exploded in the city of Goteborg, leaving several people severely injured. Police said there were four or five people in the car when it exploded Friday afternoon in the district of Torslanda. The local rescue service could only say …

MADRID – Officials say a bus carrying soccer fans of the Gibraltar national team has crashed into a van in southwest Spain, killing a man and injuring at least nine others. The bus had picked up 43 fans from Faro airport in southern Portugal and was driving to the tiny …

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – An Afghan official says roadside bombs have struck two vehicles filled with passengers, killing three people and wounding 15 in a volatile southern province. Mohammad Mayan, spokesman for the governor of Uruzgan province, said Tuesday that three of those wounded in Tuesday’s attack are children and six …

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – A Russian government official says Moscow will lift its embargo on European and U.S. foods only when the West scraps its sanctions against Russia. The Russian economy has been weighed down by the sanctions the West imposed on Russia over its role in the Ukrainian conflict. …

As Iranian students call for demonstrations on Sunday as a sign of solidarity with jailed student leader Majid Tavakoli, the blogosphere is buzzing over another imprisoned figure who has written an incendiary letter exposing the sordid details of sexual assaults against political prisoners and others. Journalist Mehdi Mahmoudian, serving a …

On Monday, Jim Hardin was casting his 6 foot spinning rod in the Roanoke River off of the town of Plymouth in the northeast corner of North Carolina. “Woe, look at that,” he said as he reeled in a 24-inch Striped Bass. “Fishing is everything to me,” he said later, …

With over 400 active volcanoes, Jupiter’s moon Io is considered to be one of the most unique planets in the solar system. Newly analyzed research may hold the key to that moon’s mysterious nature. A group of scientists from UCLA, UC Santa Cruz and the University of Michigan have finished …

Look past the details of a wonky discoverybya group of California scientists –that a quantum state is now observable with the human eye– and consider its implications: Time travel may be feasible.Doc Brown would be proud. The strange discovery by quantum physicists at the University of California Santa Barbara means …

Astronomers say a newlydiscovered Earth-size planet 20 light years away may sustain life — even intelligent life — giving Earthlings a chance to dumb them down with some two-decades-old TV. If they’re watching us, then “Cheers” and the Cosby Show spin-off “A Different World” should just now be hitting them. …