BANGKOK – Thailand’s anti-corruption body has recommended impeaching 250 former parliament members in the latest moves aimed at supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. National Anti-Corruption Commission spokesman Vicha Mahakun said Thursday the agency found the lawmakers had misused their authority in violation of the now-defunct constitution by seeking …

NICOSIA, Cyprus – Cyprus’ president says he will seek to have the bailed-out country’s embattled Central Bank chief removed from her post over a perceived conflict of interest. President Nicos Anastasiades met late Sunday with Central Bank Governor Chrystalla Georghadji to contain the damage from a debacle that also threatens …

VILA NOVA DE GAIA, Portugal – A rusting yellow production line dangles from the ceiling of the cavernous Valadares factory, the long racks of ceramic sinks and toilets whose manufacture once provided jobs for 1,500 people gathering dust in the dim light from high windows. The Portuguese factory shut down …

HAVANA – More than a dozen people in Cuba have been sentenced to between five and 15 years in prison for conspiring to divert millions of eggs to the black market. Communist Party newspaper Granma said Friday that 18 suspects were convicted and one was acquitted. Prosecutors had sought terms …

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – The Maldives government has invited the United Nations and other international organizations to observe the former president’s appeal of his 13-year jail sentence. The United States, European Union and others have raised concerns about the court process that found Mohamed Nasheed guilty of ordering the arrest …

BEIJING – Chinese President Xi Jinping is arguing for strong China-led efforts to promote Asian economic and political cooperation while speaking a major regional economic conference. Xi delivered the keynote address at the Boao Forum held Saturday on Hainan island in the country’s south, at which he lauded the promise …

NEW YORK – ActorDanny Glover’s (search)outspoken political comments could be a”lethal weapon”for his career as ahigh-priced pitchman if he keeps calling President Bush a racistand supporting Cuban dictatorFidel Castro (search). A number of groups have threatened to boycottMCI (search)if it doesn’t disconnect Glover from its current ad campaign, according to …

SAO PAULO – A bus has plunged off a mountain road in southern Brazil and into a river bank, killing 9 people and injuring at least 25 others, including children. The bus company Reunidas says the driver was also killed in the Sunday accident after the vehicle veered off the …

TUNIS, Tunisia – Families of victims of Tunisia’s 2011 revolution have interrupted a ceremony marking the uprising’s fourth anniversary to demand justice. President Beji Caid Essebsi was forced to temporarily halt the awards presentation Wednesday at the presidential palace in Carthage, outside Tunis. The protesters said they had not been …

BANGUI, Central African Republic – A justice official says a leader of Central African Republic’s anti-Balaka Christian militia has been arrested in connection with murders, rapes and looting during the country’s unprecedented sectarian violence. Prosecutor Maurice Dibert-Dollet said in a statement Sunday that Rodrigue Ngaibona, alias Andilo, was arrested in …