The Minnesota softball team's trip to Florida may be a good indication of how this season could end up. The Gophers split the six-game weekend, losing two to an undefeated Southern Illinois squad, splitting...

>HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - A former loyalist now trying to unseat President Robert Mugabe on Thursday rejected the ruling party's accusations that he is a pawn of the West. The challenge by former finance...

After starting the spring season with a pair of losses last weekend, the Minnesota men's tennis team will certainly have their share of opportunities to rebound over the next few days. Coach Geoff Young's...

>TORONTO (AP) - Canada's lower house Wednesday passed a revised anti-terrorism law that remains one of the country's most contentious, allowing the government to detain foreign terror suspects indefinitely...

>ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Lawmakers voted early Thursday to approve a constitutional amendment allowing female students to enter universities wearing Islamic head scarves - a move some Turks see as a threat...

.QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - Ecuador's Tungurahua volcano shot columns of ash miles into the air Wednesday, as officials ordered the evacuation of 3,000 villagers living near its slopes. Some 1,000 villagers...

.WASHINGTON (AP) - John McCain's string of cross-country victories put him on the brink of being unstoppable - and showed his appeal across all segments of the Republican Party. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton...

;UNITED NATIONS (AP) - South Africa on Tuesday protested a "rush" by the five veto-wielding Security Council members to adopt new United Nations sanctions against Iran, saying it wants to wait for a report...

>NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The U.S. Peace Corps said Tuesday it had temporarily suspended its operations in Kenya following weeks of violence over a disputed election. While no Peace Corps volunteers have...