International Top Stories from Associated Press (AP)

MEXICO CITY (AP) , Mexico City prosecutors say they have arrested two men in connection with the death of Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of political activist Malcolm X. An official of the city's prosecutor's office who was not authorized to be quoted by name says the two suspects are employees of the bar where Shabazz reportedly got in a violent dispute last week.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) , A truck bombing Monday killed three coalition service members in southern Afghanistan, NATO said in a statement. A local official said the attack targeted a base operated by troops...

REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) , Anti-government protests flared for a third day on Monday in Turkish town devastated by two powerful car bombs near the Syrian border, and some Turks accused their leader of putting the nation's security at risk by backing the rebels fighting Syria's government.

Proclaiming the first saints of his pontificate, Pope Francis on Sunday canonized 813 Italians who were slain by Turkish soldiers in a 15th-century siege. When residents of a small port town called Otranto refused to surrender to the Ottoman army in 1480, the soldiers were ordered to massacre all men over the age of 15.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) , Turkey's prime minister vowed Sunday his country won't be drawn into Syria's civil war, despite twin car bombings the government believes were carried out by a group of Turks with close ties to pro-government groups in Syria.

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) , Former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif looked set Sunday to return to power for a third term, with an overwhelming election tally that just weeks ago seemed out of reach for a man who had been ousted in a coup and was exiled abroad before clawing his way back as an opposition leader.

Troops serving in Afghanistan go for months without the comforts of home and seeing loved ones regularly , something that can be felt more deeply on Mother's Day. This will be Army Staff Sgt. Alisa Ballard's first Mother's Day away from her 11-month-old son, Christian.

Seventeen pregnant teenage girls and 11 babies were rescued Friday from a Nigerian home that's a suspected baby factory, police in the southeastern Imo province said. "The girls claimed they were fed once a day and were not allowed to leave the home," said police spokeswoman Joy Elomoko, in BBC.

NBA legend Dennis Rodman said he's headed back to North Korea for another up-front-and-close meeting with dictator Kim Jong-un to talk about freeing a jailed American. "I'll be back over there," Mr. Rodman said, in a Friday interview with TMZ. "I'm going to try to get the guy out."

Russia's paratrooper unit should have full drone capability within five years, the nation's air force commander said Friday. Unmanned aerial vehicles "already exist within the reconnaissance and special oeprations sections, in the artillery and the air-defense sections of the airborne forces," said Col. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov, according to United Press International.

The architect of Pakistan's nuclear weapons program , who illegally passed the technology along to Iran, Syria and North Korea , said Pyongyang could "no doubt" have perfected a nuclear weapon and long-range missile warheads.

JERUSALEM , Israel's recent airstrikes on Syria not only stopped the delivery of arms to its sworn enemy Hezbollah in Lebanon but also gave notice to the Obama administration and Iran that the Jewish state has the will and the means to act unilaterally to protect its interests in the volatile Middle East.

Pakistan's historic national elections on Saturday will likely produce a hung parliament and a government intent on distancing itself from the U.S. The contest has been dominated by former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and former cricket star Imran Khan, whose recent tumble during a campaign event has left him bedridden.

WASHINGTON (AP) , Israel's willingness to hit Syrian targets it sees as threats to its own existence has complicated the Obama administration's internal debate over arming President Bashar Assad's foes and may change the way U.S. approaches allies as it tries to boost the rebels, including with possible military aid.

MUMBAI, India (AP) , Global clothing brands involved in Bangladesh's troubled garment industry responded in starkly different ways to the building collapse that killed more than 600 people. Some quickly acknowledged their links to the tragedy and promised compensation. Others denied they authorized work at factories in the building even when their labels were found in the rubble.