Philippines President: Explosion that killed 14 was act of terrorism and other top stories.

• Philippines President: Explosion that killed 14 was act of terrorism

  

  At least 71 people were injured in the attack on the popular market. Duterte described the attack as an act of terrorism, and declared the nation in "a state of lawlessness," the official Philippines News Agency reported, authorizing the police and military to search cars and frisk people at checkpoints. He said he had not declared martial law, according to PNA."We have to confront the ugly head of terrorism," Duterte said Friday, standing near the explosion site in his hometown. "We will take t..

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• Onstage With Putin, Shinzo Abe of Japan Calls for Resolution of Island Dispute

  

  Photo Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, right, participated in a panel discussion with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, center, and President Park Geun-hye of South Korea in Vladivostok, Russia, on Saturday. Credit Yuri Kochetkov/European Pressphoto Agency TOKYO — Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan made an impassioned plea on Saturday to President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia for their two countries to resolve a dispute over a group of islands that has been a sor..

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• China Ratifies Paris Climate Deal Ahead of G-20 Summit

  

  HANGZHOU, China — China announced on Saturday that it has ratified the emissions-cutting agreement reached last year in Paris, giving a big boost to efforts to bring the accord into effect by the end of this year.The United States was also expected to announce that it was formally joining the Paris Agreement in advance of the Group of 20 summit that starts Sunday in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou. Obama landed in Hangzhou Saturday and was scheduled to speak about climate change shortly..

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• Islam Karimov: Uzbekistan to bury its strongman leader

  

  Image copyright AP Image caption Thousands lined the route of the funeral cortege on its way to Tashkent airport The body of Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov has arrived in his home city of Samarkand ahead of his funeral.Thousands lined the streets. His death at 78 was confirmed by the government on Friday, six days after he was taken to hospital suffering from a stroke.Karimov, one of Asia's most autocratic leaders, ruled for 27 years, and was ac..

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• Charlie Hebdo slammed for 'lasagna' cartoon on Italy earthquake victims

  

  The latest edition of the edgy French publication features a cartoon entitled "Earthquake, Italian-style," which depicts victims of the 6.2-magnitude quake with varying degrees of injury, each likened to an Italian recipe.A severely bleeding man is labelled "penne with tomato sauce." A woman with a badly bruised or burned face is "penne au gratin." And a pile of victims pancaked beneath a collapsed building, their legs sticking out from the bloodied rubble, is "lasagna."The cartoon prompted a sw..

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• Brazil's Ousted President Promises Strong Position Against New Government

  

  Dilma Rousseff, ousted this past week as Brazil's president, says she has not elaborated on future projects but confirmed she has political plans. Speaking to the international media Friday in Brasilia, Rousseff decried the process that led to her impeachment. “I’m going to oppose this government regardless of where I might be. … Our role, the role of those that did not support the coup is to keep an eye on the Brazilian institutions and respect them. I will appeal in all instances because this..

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• Gabon soldiers, police oversee tense calm after post-vote riots

  

  By Gerauds Wilfried Obangome | LIBREVILLE LIBREVILLE Gabonese opposition candidate Jean Ping declared himself president on Friday, after a disputed election that triggered two days of post-election riots against President Ali Bongo.Violence erupted across the Central African country on Wednesday following the announcement of a slim victory for Bongo, who was first elected in 2009 after the death of his father Omar, Gabon's president for 42 years. But Ping says the poll on Saturday was a sham..

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• Did North Korea abduct missing US student David Sneddon?

  

  Photos: Inside North KoreaOn May 5, 2016, CNN toured the Man Gyong Dae School Children's Palace, an after school activity complex, in Pyongyang. Photos: Inside North KoreaYoung singers practice their performance at the "children's palace" in Pyongyang. Photos: Inside North KoreaChildren play volleyball at an after school center in Pyongyang. Photos: Inside North KoreaAn Olympic-sized swimming pool at a "children's palace" after school center in Pyongyang. Photos: Inside North Korea Photos: In..

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• Mother Teresa and the media: What the camera saw

  

  As the great river of articles and commentary now gushing forth on Mother Teresa in advance of her canonization Sunday shows, perhaps no one in the modern age — with the exception of recent popes — has managed to communicate so much holiness through the window of the television and film screen. She fast became a legend in her own times — unusual in combining sanctity and celebrity while still alive – in large part because hers was a great media story. The Associated Press reporter who first made..

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