BERLIN – Two days of U.N.-brokered talks on Libya has ended in Geneva, with the U.N. envoy seeking agreement on a national unity government in the next three weeks. Libya is divided between an elected parliament and government based in Tobruk, with little power on the ground, and an Islamist …

President Obama was a no-show Sunday at the unity rally in Paris. There were leaders from around the world. Eric Holder, the lame duck Attorney General was sent in Obama’s absence. Holder was in Paris for an anti-terrorism summit. He did not appear with other world leaders at the rally. …

MEXICO CITY – Police in southern Mexico say they have found seven bodies dumped on a roadside in the state of Puebla, near the border with the Gulf coast state of Veracruz. Puebla state police said late Thursday the victims were not killed at the spot where they were dumped. …

CHICAGO – A U.S. Army parachutist died Sunday after suffering severe injuries from an accident during a stunt at the Chicago Air & Water Show, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. Corey Hood, 32, was pronounced dead just after 4 p.m. Sunday at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, said …

CAIRO – Yemeni rebels ambushed pro-government forces in the south on Tuesday, setting off a major battle that killed 65 anti-rebel forces and handed them their first serious setback following a series of recent advances, officials said. The officials said 15 Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, were killed in the …

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s military says airstrikes in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border have killed 43 militants. The military said in a statement that the militants were killed Thursday in two villages of the North Waziristan tribal region. It gave no details about the identities or nationalities of …

BEIJING – Authorities have raised the death toll to 121 in the chemical warehouse explosion in the northern Chinese port of Tianjin, while another 54 people remain unaccounted for. The city government said Saturday that the death toll from the Aug. 12 disaster includes 67 firefighters, with another 37 firefighters …

VIENNA – A confidential document from the U.N.’s atomic agency says the extra work related to monitoring Iran’s compliance with last month’s nuclear deal will cost about 9.2 million euros ($10.5 million) each year. The International Atomic Energy Agency document obtained by The Associated Press also estimates the final tab …

MADRID – Spanish officials say they have recovered 12 metal objects, including an 80-centimeter (31-inch) bronze cannon, from a 19th century shipwreck that has been the subject of a court case. The Culture Ministry said Wednesday that in an expedition this month it had also mapped the wreck of the …

BEIJING – An American business group has urged to China to allow more access to its insurance and other service industries, saying foreign skills could help develop its volatile stock markets and cope with disasters like the recent chemical explosion in Tianjin. The American Chamber of Commerce in China said …