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March 13, 2019

Police say multiple shots fired at public school in Brazil

Police say multiple shots have been fired at a public school on the outskirts of Sao Paulo, Brazil's largest city.

March 13, 2019

Q&A: After marathon Afghan talks, is peace at hand?

The longest direct talks ever held between the United States and the Taliban concluded this week with both sides citing progress toward ending the 17-year war in Afghanistan, but many questions remain unanswered.

March 13, 2019

The Latest: Afghans report firefight involving US troops

The Latest on developments in Afghanistan (all times local): 2:20 p.m. Afghan officials are reporting that there has been a friendly fire incident in southern Uruzgan province involving U.S. and Afghan forces and leading to the death of five Afghan troops.

March 13, 2019

Countries and carriers around globe ground Boeing 737 Max

A growing number of airlines and countries around the world have grounded Boeing 737 Max jets or banned them from their airspace following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people on Sunday, five months after a similar Indonesian Lion Air jet plunged into the ocean, killing 189.

March 13, 2019

Canada grounds Boeing 737 Max 8s after Ethiopia crash

Much of the world, including the entire European Union, grounded the Boeing jetliner involved in the Ethiopian Airlines crash or banned it from their airspace, leaving the United States as one of the few remaining operators of the plane involved in two deadly accidents in five months.

March 12, 2019

Colombia: Even Maduro's relatives seeking relief from outage

The blackout engulfing Venezuela is forcing many to seek refuge — even, as it turns out, President Nicolas Maduro's own relatives.

March 12, 2019

Mexican top cop: security is deficient throughout country

Mexico's top security official says that "security is deficient in almost the whole country," after a large group of migrants went missing in northern Mexico.

March 12, 2019

Uruguay's president removes commander-in-chief of the army

Uruguay's president has removed the country's commander-in-chief of the army after he questioned how local courts have handled cases involving members of the military accused of dictatorship-era human rights abuses.

March 12, 2019

Researchers find hammerhead 'nursery' off Galapagos Island

Researchers in Ecuador say they have discovered a "nursery" of hammerhead sharks off the coast of the Galapagos Islands, a find that may help them track and protect the endangered predators.

March 12, 2019

Venezuelan government targets Guaido over national blackout

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido is under investigation for the alleged sabotage of the country's power grid, the chief prosecutor said Tuesday, as the government sought to pressure an adversary who blames corruption and mismanagement for nearly a week of national blackouts.