SANTA ANA, Calif. – A man who claimed to be Tarzan has been arrested after he allegedly climbed a tree and tried to get into the monkey exhibit at a Southern California zoo. A zookeeper called 911 Tuesday morning to report that a shirtless man plastered in mud had climbed …

JERUSALEM – Israel’s military says its aircraft hit a site used by the militant Islamic group Hamas in Gaza in retaliation to a rocket fired from the territory at Israel earlier in the day. No one was killed in Friday’s exchange. Military spokesman Lt. Col. Peter Lerner says that “multiple …

KATHMANDU, Nepal – An official says police in Nepal have fired at demonstrators protesting a proposed constitution, killing at least two and wounding 12 others. Police official Rajesh Lal Karna said officers were forced to open fire Monday because hundreds of protesters had defied a curfew order and were attacking …

ATLANTA – Authorities say two suspects were wounded by gunfire during a late-night shootout with Atlanta police. Police say they tried to stop a car after reports that passengers inside were waving guns, but the driver sped away from officers late Tuesday night. Police pursued the suspects, who jumped from …

PARIS – Food and drinks giant Nestle says sales and net profit declined slightly in the first half due to currency fluctuations and the recall of Maggi noodles in India. The Swiss company behind Nescafe, Stouffer’s, Haagen Dazs and Perrier says sales fell to 42.8 billion Swiss francs (39.3 billion …

CARACAS, Venezuela – A former Venezuelan defense minister turned staunch government critic was freed from prison early Thursday, making him the second prominent opposition leader to be freed in little more than 24 hours. A military tribunal granted retired Gen. Raul Baduel parole after he completed six years of a …

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast – A militant group that has claimed responsibility for recent violence in Mali has rebranded itself as al-Qaida’s West Africa branch while reaffirming that it is led by the notorious extremist Moktar Belmoktar. The SITE Intelligence Group, a U.S. monitoring outfit, said the latest statement from Belmoktar’s …

SRINAGAR, India – Suspected rebels opened fire at a police post in the Indian-controlled portion of Kashmir on Tuesday, killing a police constable and a civilian, authorities said. Two militants riding a motorcycle shot at a sentry post outside a shrine in the northwestern village of Tujjar Sharief and took …

DETROIT – A suburban Detroit official is trying to extinguish the use of personal flamethrowers, which are being sold online by two Midwest companies, in his city. The companies, located in the Detroit area and Cleveland, claim their devices can be used for recreation or to control weeds and insect …

JUBA, South Sudan – Officials of media unions and associations in South Sudan say they have started a 24-hour news blackout to demand a full investigation into the killing of a newspaper reporter and assurances of safety for journalists working in the war-torn nation. Peter Julius Moi was shot twice …