International Top Stories from Associated Press (AP)

Sectarian violence led to the deaths of more than 70 in Iraq on Monday, as waves of bombs tore across mostly Shiite neighborhoods. Nobody has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks, Reuters reported. But Sunni Muslim radicals tied to al Qaeda have been increasing attacks on Shiite regions in recent months.

Rupert Murdoch left some people outraged and others scratching their heads on Sunday when he took to Twitter to quote verses from the Koran. "Get real. Koran says(1) 'whoever killed a human being...it shall be regarded as having killed all mankind...'" the Fox News mogul tweeted.

BAGHDAD (AP) , A wave of car bombings tore through mostly Shiite Muslim neighborhoods of the Baghdad area starting Monday afternoon, leaving at least 66 dead in the latest outburst of an unusually intense wave of bloodshed roiling Iraq.

Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag said on Sunday that Hezbollah, or "Party of God" in Arabic, should change its name to "Party of Satan," blaming the terrorist organization for killing thousands of civilians in Syria.

The big holdup to peace between Palestinians and Israelis is Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said a leading negotiator for the Palestinian Authority on Monday. Saeb Erekat, the chief PA negotiator...

JERUSALEM (AP) , It was an audacious idea that came to symbolize Israel's self-described status as "Start-Up Nation," a company that believed it could replace most gasoline-powered cars with electric vehicles and reduce the world's reliance on oil , and all within a few years. But it all came crashing down.

Islamists attacked a group of kissing couples in a Turkish metro station to protest a morality campaign by the authorities in Ankara, the nation's capital, local media reported on Sunday. At least one person was stabbed as about 20 Islamists, chanting, "Allah Akhbar," and carrying knives, attacked the demonstrators on Saturday, the Egypt Independent reports.

SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) , Israel's president on Sunday urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to overcome differences and resume peace negotiations, saying the sides could not afford "to lose this opportunity." President Shimon Peres issued his call ahead of a gathering of Mideast leaders on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum meeting on the shores of the Dead Sea in Jordan.

SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) , U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry believes a plan is emerging that could expand the Palestinian economy by up to 50 percent in the next three years. He says it also could cut unemployment by almost two-thirds and average wages could jump 40 percent, but Mr. Kerry said it all depends on parallel progress on peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

PARIS (AP) , French anti-terrorism investigators were combing video surveillance tapes Sunday as they continued their manhunt for a suspect who stabbed a soldier in the throat in the commercial district of La Defense outside Paris.

BEIRUT (AP) , A pair of rockets slammed into a car dealership and a residential building in strongholds of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group in Beirut on Sunday, wounding four people in a new sign that Syria's civil war is increasingly rattling its fragile neighbor.

A 22-year-old man was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of making malicious comments on Facebook following the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby. A Lincolnshire police spokesman said Friday that Benjamin Flatters had been charged for his social media comments, which were allegedly of a racist or anti-religious nature, The Daily Mail reports.

At least 16 people, including two politicians, were killed in India on Saturday after suspected Maoist rebels detonated a land mine and fired on a convoy of cars, the Associated Press reports. The cars were carrying local leaders and supporters of India's ruling Congress party in eastern India about 215 miles south of Raipur, police said. At least 25 others were wounded in the attack.

Iran's June 14 elections are expected to produce a president loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei and not improve prospects for an end to the country's nuclear standoff with the West or its support for President Bashar Assad's embattled regime in Syria.

SOCHI, Russia (AP) , The mountains of Sochi are now home to Potanin's slope, Gazprom's gondola lift and Sberbank's ski jump. The nicknames used by locals and an army of construction workers leave no doubt about who is paying for the 2014 Winter Games: Russia's business powerhouses.