KARACHI, Pakistan – Pakistani intelligence officials say a shootout in the southern port city of Karachi has killed two suspected al-Qaida members and an intelligence officer. Three intel officials told The Associated Press that the firefight occurred on Monday. They say Pakistani officers were raiding a residential apartment following tips …

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Election authorities in Haiti have disqualified two more candidates for disruptions during legislative elections earlier this month, bringing the total of barred candidates to 16. Voters in the Aug. 9 elections were filling two-thirds of the 30-member Senate and the entire 119-member Chamber of Deputies. Results have …

LOS ANGELES – An electric equipment explosion shook a 19-story office building in downtown Los Angeles, sending two people to the hospital and leaving a dozen surrounding buildings without power Friday. The blast Thursday night in the downtown business district home to offices, bars and restaurants also caused a momentary …

MADRID – Spain’s airport authority says Seville airport was closed for just over two hours after the pilot of a micro-light aircraft lost consciousness and a passenger crashed the plane during an attempted emergency landing. AENA and the Spanish emergency services 112 said the pilot died, but it was unclear …

NEW YORK – The maker of eggless spread Just Mayo has gotten a warning from regulators: Mayonnaise needs eggs. The Food and Drug Administration sent a letter to the maker of the mayonnaise alternative earlier this month, noting that the product’s name and label could be misleading. The FDA notes …

SKHIRAT, Morocco – The United Nations says talks to form a unity government in Libya have restarted in Morocco but without the Tripoli delegation, which is reorganizing its negotating team. Thursday’s statement said talks had begun but this round would be without the Tripoli-based negotiators, whose chief resigned following differences …

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria’s intelligence agency says the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram infiltrated the capital’s main airport and was using a teenager to carrying out surveillance. Tony Opuiyo, spokesman for the Department of State Services, said late Friday a 14-year-old boy was arrested at the international airport in Abuja …

WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s warring president and prime minister have separately marked the 35th anniversary of a key deal between striking workers and communist authorities that opened the way to democracy. The ceremonies were held Monday in the Baltic port city of Gdansk, where in 1980 the communists agreed to …

A professor who was criticized for writing an article calling some legal scholars treasonous and “lawful targets” in the war on terror has resigned a month after he was hired to teach a law course at the U.S. Military Academy. An academy spokesman said William C. Bradford resigned on Sunday. …

UNITED NATIONS – Iran’s Parliament speaker says he expects a heated debate among Iranian lawmakers before they vote on the nuclear deal between his country and six world powers in about a month. Ali Larijani predicted Iran’s debate would be even more dramatic than the one now taking place in …