February 15, 2019 Graham: US should be stronger on Canadians detained in China U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham says the response by the United States to China detaining two Canadians in apparent retaliation for the arrest of a Chinese Huawei executive has not been strong enough.
February 15, 2019 Locals find monarch colony in Mexico after yearslong search For years, park rangers and conservationists working around Mexico's Nevado de Toluca volcano chased rumors of a monarch butterfly colony that wintered high in a forest of oyamel firs in some corner of the 132,000-acre (53,419-hectare) national reserve.
February 15, 2019 The Latest: NATO chief warns about China's 5G mobile deals The Latest on Munich Security Conference (all times local): 6 p.m.
February 15, 2019 The Latest: US announces sanctions against Maduro officials The latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local): 12:10 p.m.
February 15, 2019 Pompeo: Venezuelans reject Maduro's 'model of governance' U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he sees obvious signs that President Nicolas Maduro is starting to understand Venezuelans reject him as their leader.
February 15, 2019 US: Time to expand the international coalition against IS The top Pentagon official says he foresees growing the international coalition that has been combatting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.
February 15, 2019 Spanish, Portuguese police make major cocaine seizure Spanish police say a 15-month investigation has led to the seizure at sea of 3.3 metric tons of South American cocaine with a street value of around 100 million euros ($113 million).
February 15, 2019 Pompeo meets with EU's top diplomat amid Pence attack U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met with the European Union's top diplomat in Brussels Friday following a scathing attack from the Trump administration on the bloc and several of its main members over their approach to Iran.
February 15, 2019 AP Interview: Maduro reveals secret meetings with US envoy A month into Venezuela's high-stakes political crisis, President Nicolas Maduro revealed in an AP interview that his government was in secret talks with the Trump administration and predicted he would survive an unprecedented global campaign to force his resignation.
February 14, 2019 AP Interview: Maduro reveals secret meetings with US envoy President Nicolas Maduro has invited a U.S. special envoy to Venezuela after revealing in an AP interview that his foreign minister recently held secret meetings with the U.S. official in New York.