NICOSIA, Cyprus - State radio in Cyprus is reporting a missing U.S. diplomat has been found dead in a remote area of the Mediterranean island. Cyprus Broadcasting Corp. says the body of Tom Mooney, a defense attache at the U.S. Embassy, was discovered four days after he disappeared, the BBC reported Monday. The 45-year-old diplomat, serving his second tour of duty on the island, was last seen leaving the U.S. embassy in his Chevrolet Saloon. ... [full story]

Bend Police are seeking a lone gunman who fled with an undisclosed amount of money after holding up a local convenience store in northeast Bend Sunday afternoon, Few details were released, and the case is currently under investigation.  Shortly after 2 p.m., officers responded to the U.S. Market at 2625 Butler Market Road in response to the report of an armed robbery, Sgt. Dan Ritchie said.  No injuries were reported. Anyone with information is asked ... [full story]

GLASGOW, Scotland - The investigation into attempted car bombings in Glasgow and London centered on two doctors after the arrest of two more suspects in Scotland Monday. A total of seven suspects had been arrested in connection with the attempted car bombings last week at the Glasgow airport and a London nightclub, The Telegraph reported. Two of the suspects are medical doctors, The Telegraph said. One, whom the Telegraph reported was believed to be from ... [full story]

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military on Monday announced that five military personnel had been killed in Iraq. One of the soldiers was shot following a bombing attack in western Baghdad that injured two Iraqi soldiers Sunday, the Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, reported. The military said another soldier was killed Sunday in southern Baghdad in an attack on a patrol, KUNA reported. Two Army soldiers and a Marine died in combat operation in the Al-Anbar province, ... [full story]

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military on Monday accused Iran of helping to plan a January raid in Karbala, Iraq, that killed five U.S. soldiers. The charge made by military spokesman U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner at a news conference was the first time U.S. officials have accused Iranian officials of helping to plan an attack on U.S. troops, The New York Times reported. U.S. officials have previously charged that the Iran Revolutionary Guard ... [full story]

JERUSALEM - An Israeli defense official is warning his country lacks the necessary resources to combat the threat posed by Iran. Outgoing Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh told a Knesset panel Monday it will take a lot of money to shore up the nation's defensive and offensive capabilities, The Jerusalem Post reported. "I think that in light of how great the threat is and how badly a serious response is needed, the defense establishment isn't ... [full story]

An Alfalfa man was cited for two counts of reckless burning when an unattended fire in a burn barrel escaped on Sunday, spread to his neighbor’s property, damaged 10-15 automobiles and burned down an 800 square foot shop, deputies reported. Timothy Simon, 57, of 24885 Alpine Lane had burned household trash in a burn barrel a couple days prior, and then Sunday morning he dumped the ashes and began burning more trash, Deschutes County Sheriff’s ... [full story]

MALMO, Sweden - A man imprisoned in Bosnia has reportedly admitted to friends that he killed at least 10 people while he was living in Sweden a number of years ago. Swedish authorities from Malmo and Gothenburg plan to travel to Bosnia to question Goran Kotaran, 24, about unsolved killings in their cities, The Local reported Monday. Gotaran was a member of a gang called Original Gangsters when he was convicted of two slayings in ... [full story]

LONDON - Thirty-two percent of Europeans said they consider the United States to be the biggest threat to world stability, a poll released Monday said. North Korea and Iran were seen as the biggest threat in the United States, the poll done by Harris Research for the Financial Times showed. The younger U.S. respondents -- between the ages of 16 and 24 -- agreed with the respondents from five European countries polled that the United ... [full story]

BAGHDAD - A special operations officer from the Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon has been linked to a January attack that killed five Americans in Iraq, CNN said. Ali Mussa Daqduq -- an explosives expert who U.S. officials say played a key role in the Jan. 20 attack in Karbala -- was captured in March in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, CNN reported. U.S. intelligence officials told CNN Daqduq was helping train and lead Shiite ... [full story]