International Top Stories from Associated Press (AP)

SANTA ANA, Calif. , A Saudi princess charged with human trafficking was freed after her country's consulate posted her $5 million bail, but authorities imposed strict travel requirements and GPS tracking to keep her in Southern California.

At least eight passengers have been killed in a Friday train derailment during travel from Paris to Limoges. A spokesperson with France's national railway, SNCF, said about 350 passengers were aboard when the train derailed and crashed into a station located 12 miles south of Paris, Fox News reported. Four cars piled up, the spokesperson said.

Three men, including one American, were gored by bulls Friday during the annual run through Pamplona, in northern Spain. The extent of their injuries weren't immediately clear, Raw Story reported. The victims were an American, 20, and two Spaniards, 31 and 42. All were taken to the hospital for treatment. These are the first bull gorings of this year's festival.

The White House criticized Russia on Friday for allowing National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden to meet with human rights activists, calling it a "propaganda platform" for the man who seeks to avoid prosecution for leaking classified information about secret U.S. electronic surveillance programs.

The Catholic-dominated Dominican Republic is in an uproar over President Obama's selection of openly gay James "Wally" Brewster as ambassador, and religious leaders are calling for a national protest, "Black Monday."

The Obama administration issued a quiet warning to Egypt on Thursday using diplomatic and veiled language: Quit arresting members of the Muslim Brotherhood, or the United States will freeze up aid. Muslim-Brotherhood-backed Mohammed Morsi was toppled from his presidency by Egypt's military on July 3.

Weapons from the United States and other Western countries have been showing up in the hands of Shiite militants backed by Iran, who are fighting to keep Syrian President Bashar Assad in power. The United States is already sending aid , including weapons and funding , to rebel fighters in Syria who are trying to oust the leader.

Deploying 20,000 more U.S. Border Patrol agents along the southwestern border as proposed in an immigration reform bill passed by the Senate would be "a huge waste of resources," according to former border agents, who say that money should be used to track down dangerous criminal aliens nationwide.

It's official: The love affair between hackers and feds is over, thanks to revelations about National Security Agency snooping and what many see as overly harsh or misdirected prosecutions of "hacktivists." But it's not clear whether the two are splitsville forever or just taking a time-out.

The Chinese naval vessel the Harbin, a Type 052 heavy destroyer, arrived mid-June at the Republic of Seychelles with a special mission: Display friendliness and take part in the Seychelles National Day parade. The parade ended up being dominated by a specially trained Chinese naval marching troupe that aimed to impress officials and residents of the tiny Indian Ocean island state.

Syria and Iran are planning to run for a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council later this year, despite reports of ongoing and widespread abuse of citizens in both countries. The election, to be held in New York, will fill 14 spots for three-year terms beginning in January, Reuters reported.

China has accused British-based big pharm GlaxoSmithKline of offering bribes and kickbacks in order to boost sales across the country. The Ministry of Public Security said specifically that those who work for the company had bribed medical professionals and then funneled payoff money through travel agencies and other groups, The New York Times reported.

The U.S. ambassador to Egypt has become a lightning rod for criticism among Egyptians who accuse her of embracing the deposed Muslim Brotherhood-led government, even as a popular uprising was building against it in the streets of Cairo.

The U.S. should prepare for future terrorist attacks in North Africa that would be even more difficult to police than last year's assault that left four Americans dead in the Eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, counter-terrorism specialists said Wednesday.

A horrific video allegedly taken by Egyptian newspaper photographer Ahmed Samir Assem captures the seconds leading up to his own death before a soldier shot him in the head. The 26-year-old photographer...