April 15, 2019 Iraq seeks to reclaim leadership role, status in Arab world After decades of conflict, Iraq is seeking to reclaim a leadership role and status in the Arab world with a centrist policy and a determination among the country's top leaders to maintain good relations with both Iran and the United States.
April 14, 2019 Red Cross resumes service after kidnapping in central Mexico The Mexican Red Cross briefly shuttered operations in the central city of Salamanca after a man wounded by gunfire was pulled from one of its ambulances by gunmen over the weekend.
April 14, 2019 US Secretary of State visits Venezuelan migrants in Colombia U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is visiting with Venezuelan migrants in Colombia as he wraps up a four-nation tour of South America aimed at pressuring Venezuela's socialist leader, Nicolas Maduro.
April 14, 2019 Bishop asks Nicaraguans to 'fight for freedom' in speech The auxiliary bishop of Nicaragua's capital has given an impassioned speech before being transferred to Rome at the request of Pope Francis.
April 14, 2019 Mexico deports 204 migrants back to Honduras Mexican immigration officials have sent 204 migrants back to Honduras.
April 14, 2019 Assange lawyer: Ecuador spread lies about WikiLeaks founder A lawyer representing jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says the Ecuadorian government has been spreading lies about his behavior inside its embassy in London.
April 14, 2019 American extradited to Australia charged with murder of Thai Australian police on Sunday charged a man extradited from the United States with murder in the death of a Thai national, whose body was found bound and gagged on the side of a Sydney road.
April 14, 2019 Ivanka Trump in Africa to promote women at work program Leaving behind the White House battles over border walls and tax returns, Ivanka Trump is visiting Ethiopia and Ivory Coast in pursuit of a very different goal — advancing a global women's program she hopes will outlast an administration better known for "America First" isolationism.
April 13, 2019 Haitian orphanage founder arrested in Dominican Republic Police in the Dominican Republic have arrested a Haiti orphanage founder who's accused of molesting boys in his care.
April 13, 2019 Death toll from collapse of buildings in Brazil rises to 7 Brazilian firefighters say the death toll from the collapse of a pair of buildings in Rio de Janeiro has risen to seven, with 10 others injured.