March 21, 2019 Chinese visit to Italy seeks closer ties, stirs suspicions At the heart of Chinese Premier Xi Jingping's visit to Rome beginning Thursday is a key prize: A deal to make Italy the first major democracy to join China's ambitious Belt and Road infrastructure project that has raised concerns about Beijing's growing economic clout.
March 21, 2019 Ex-President Michel Temer arrested in Brazil for corruption Former Brazilian President Michel Temer was arrested on Thursday on corruption charges, a dramatic development in a sprawling corruption probe that has roiled Brazil has showed no sign of slowing.
March 21, 2019 The Latest: Ethiopian airline defends pilots' training The Latest on the Ethiopian plane crash (all times local): 7:15 p.m. Ethiopian Airlines says its pilots went through all the extra training required by Boeing and the U.S. aviation regulator to fly the 737 Max 8 jet that crashed this month, killing all 157 passengers.
March 21, 2019 The Latest: Guaido: 'Maduro doesn't dare to jail me' The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local): 11:45 a.m.
March 21, 2019 US military vet recounts arrests in Haiti to AP An American security contractor at the center of a mysterious case roiling Haitian politics says that he and a group of fellow veterans were sent to Haiti on a mission to protect a businessman signing a more than $50 million contract at the country's central bank.
March 21, 2019 A closer look at New Zealand's new weapons ban Only a week after attacks on two mosques in New Zealand killed 50 worshippers, the country has banned sales of "military-style" semi-automatic weapons and high-capacity magazines.
March 21, 2019 Venezuelan forces search homes of 2 opposition figures Venezuelan security forces have searched the homes of two key supporters of opposition leader Juan Guaido, who is escalating a campaign to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
March 21, 2019 Citigroup to sell more than $1B in Venezuelan gold in blow to Maduro regime, reports say Citigroup Inc. plans to sell several tons of Venezuelan gold it received as collateral from the Maduro regime to settle the country’s $1.6 billion loan after the deadline to repurchase the precious metal expired earlier this month, reports said Wednesday.
March 21, 2019 Taiwan leader tours Pacific allies, with Hawaii stopover Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen is visiting her island's diplomatic allies in the Pacific on a tour that will end with a stopover in Hawaii.
March 21, 2019 Pompeo heads to Lebanon, where Hezbollah is at peak strength U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo hopes to use his first visit to Lebanon this week to step up pressure on Iran and its local ally, Hezbollah.