International Top Stories from Associated Press (AP)

Strong winds caused the infamous Carnival Triumph to break loose from its moorings Wednesday afternoon while it was being repaired in Alabama. "We have reports that the Carnival Triumph has broken away from BAE Shipyard and there may be people in the water," according to the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department, the New York Post reports.

China has found two more cases of a deadly strain of bird flu not previously found in humans, bringing the number of known cases to nine. Another person with the bird flu strain has died as scientists scramble to identify the source of the H7N9 infection. Officials still do not know if those infected people had contracted the strain from birds or any other animal.

PARIS (AP) , For a French president who came to power on a promise of "irreproachability," naming a lying tax-dodger to be his chief tax collector was probably not the best move. Now Francois...

WASHINGTON (AP) , President Barack Obama on Tuesday thanked Singapore for its military cooperation as the U.S. prepares to rotate ships through the prosperous city state to boost its presence in the Asia-Pacific.

NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) , Barbed wire-topped walls stretch across the narrow, twisted streets of Nicosia's walled medieval city, where abandoned buildings extend across a no-man's land. On the other side, Turkish Cypriots have been watching with fascination , and consternation , as the economy of their long prosperous southern neighbors implodes.

PARIS (AP) , French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday decried an "unforgiveable moral error" by his former budget minister, who has jolted France's body politic by admitting on his blog to having lied about a once-secret foreign bank account.

PARIS (AP) , A well-known TV doctor overseeing the French "Survivor" reality show has committed suicide following the sudden death of a young contestant he had treated, France's biggest TV station says. Dr. Thierry Costa killed himself on location Monday on an island in Cambodia, the TF1 station said.

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott wrote a letter to President Obama on Tuesday saying that the state will head to court over the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty should Mr. Obama sign it and the U.S. Senate ratify it. "The UN has concluded its negotiations on the Arms Trade Treaty," Mr. Abbot writes. "It is now up to you to sign it , or reject it. Do not sign this treaty."

MOSCOW (AP) , The U.S. and Russia should overcome their cold spell by focusing on their common economic and security challenges, former diplomats to Moscow and Washington said Tuesday. The ex-ambassadors...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) , Starting with the new school year in September, Gaza boys and girls in middle and high school will be breaking the law if they study side by side. Gaza's Islamic militant Hamas rulers argue that the new legislation, mandating gender separation in schools from age nine, enshrines common practice.

WASHINGTON (AP) , The White House says that despite bellicose rhetoric from North Korea the Obama administration has not seen changes in the regime's military posture. White House press secretary Jay Carney said Monday the U.S. has not detected any military mobilization or repositioning of forces from Pyongyang to back up the threats from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

BEIJING (AP) , Apple issued an apology to Chinese consumers Monday after government media attacked its repair policies for two weeks in a campaign that reeked of economic nationalism. A statement...

LE BOURGET, France (AP) , Because of her choice to wear a headscarf, Samia Kaddour, a Muslim, has all but abandoned trying to land a government job in France. Soon, some private sector jobs could be off limits, too. French President Francois Hollande says he wants a new law that could extend restrictions on the wearing of prominent religious symbols in state jobs into the private sector.

Chinese authorities are puzzled after two Shanghai men died from a strain of bird flu that was originally believed to not be transmittable among humans. A third person, a 35-year-old woman...

Secretary of State John F. Kerry will focus heavily on the threat posed by a nuclear armed North Korea during his upcoming diplomatic visit to Asia, particularly in meetings with Chinese leaders, the State Department said Monday.