February 24, 2019 The Latest: New clash at Brazil-Venezuela border The Latest on Venezuela's political crisis (all times local): 1:35 p.m. Renewed clashes have broken out between protesters and Venezuelan national guardsmen at the border with Brazil.
February 24, 2019 Cuba votes on updated constitution, accepts private property Cuban leaders are rallying citizens to the polls for a referendum on a new constitution meant to update a charter adopted decades ago when the country was a close ally of the Soviet Union.
February 24, 2019 Jewish leader: Netanyahu election move concerns US Jews A prominent Jewish-American leader says that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's alliance with an ultranationalist political party has raised significant concerns among U.S. Jews.
February 24, 2019 US officials honor UK man who tends memorial of US Airmen U.S. officials have honored a British man who has for decades tended a memorial for 10 U.S. World War II airmen who sacrificed their lives to save children in Sheffield, England.
February 24, 2019 Argentine bishop's case overshadows pope's sex abuse summit Pope Francis may have wrapped up his clergy sex abuse prevention summit at the Vatican, but a scandal over an Argentine bishop close to him is only gaining steam.
February 24, 2019 Funeral for 7 children killed in house fire draws more than 1,000 mourners More than 1,000 mourners in Canada gathered to say goodbye to seven children who arrived with their parents as refugees from the war in Syria and died in a fast-moving house fire last week.
February 24, 2019 UN: Last year saw highest number of Afghan civilian deaths More civilians were killed in Afghanistan last year than in any of the previous nine years of the increasingly bloody conflict, according to a U.N. report released Sunday, which blamed the spike in deaths on increased suicide bombings by the Islamic State group and stepped up aerial attacks by U.S.-led coalition forces.
February 24, 2019 Venezuela standoff turns deadly as troops block aid delivery A U.S.-backed drive to deliver foreign aid to Venezuela met strong resistance as troops loyal to President Nicolas Maduro blocked the convoys at the border and fired tear gas on protesters in clashes that left two people dead and some 300 injured.
February 23, 2019 Okinawa votes in referendum on US military base relocation The people of Okinawa are voting on a plan for a U.S. military base relocation in a referendum that will send a message on how they feel about housing American troops in Japan.
February 23, 2019 US-backed Syrian forces hand over 150 IS militants to Iraq Iraqi security officials say they have received custody of a second batch of 150 Iraqi Islamic State fighters from U.S.-backed forces in Syria.