February 17, 2019 Marco Rubio: Venezuelan soldiers would be committing 'crime against humanity' by blocking aid During a visit to the Colombian border city of Cucuta, Sen. Marco Rubio warned Venezuelan soldiers that they would commit a "crime against humanity" if they blocked the entry of U.S. aid being channeled through rivals of disputed socialist President Nicolás Maduro.
February 17, 2019 El Salvador arrests ex-soldier in slaying of US advisers El Salvador police say they've arrested a man convicted of participating in the 1981 killing of two American labor advisers and the head of the country's land reform agency — a case that shook U.S. relations with a Central American nation then embroiled in civil war.
February 17, 2019 Cancun club shooting leaves 5 dead, 5 wounded, authorities say At least five people were killed and another five were wounded Saturday after four gunmen opened fire inside a club in Cancun, Mexico, authorities said.
February 17, 2019 Taliban say unable to attend Pakistan talks; blame blacklist The Taliban has postponed an unscheduled round of peace talks with the United States set for Monday in Pakistan saying "most" members of their negotiating team are unable to travel because they're on the U.S. and United Nations' blacklists.
February 17, 2019 Assad: Only Syrian army can protect groups in northern Syria Syrian President Bashar Assad says only the Syrian army can protect groups in northern Syria.
February 17, 2019 Iran blasts US efforts to turn Europe against nuclear deal Iran's foreign minister is blasting the United States' "unhealthy fixation" with his country and condemning the Trump administration's efforts to press European countries to pull out of the nuclear agreement with Tehran.
February 17, 2019 US-backed Syria force says IS holding 1,000 civilians The U.S.-backed Syrian militia fighting the Islamic State in its last toehold in Syria says there are over 1,000 civilians trapped in the tiny area and that the militant group is preventing them from leaving.
February 16, 2019 Improvised migrant shelter in northern Mexico to close Authorities in northern Mexico have decided to close an improvised shelter in the border city of Piedras Negras where hundreds of Central American migrants have been living for over a week.
February 16, 2019 Armed bar attack kills 5, wounds 5 more in Mexico's Cancun Mexican authorities say gunmen killed five people and wounded five more in a bar in the Caribbean resort city of Cancun.
February 16, 2019 US military planes land near Venezuela border with aid The U.S. Air Force began flying tons of aid to a Colombian town on the Venezuelan border on Saturday as part of an effort meant to undermine socialist President Nicolas Maduro and back his rival to leadership of the South American nation.