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February 13, 2019

The Latest: Pence arrives in Poland for Mideast conference

The Latest on the international conference on the Middle East (all times local): 2 p.m.

February 13, 2019

Germany charges 8 Albanians in 1.8-ton cocaine seizure

German authorities say eight Albanians have been charged with smuggling some 1.8 tons of cocaine into Germany in banana boxes in an elaborate scheme to run drugs from South America into Europe.

February 13, 2019

‘Alcatraz Of The Rockies’ awaits El Chapo's possible arrival; inmates include Boston bomber and Ted Kaczynski

An escape artist like drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has no chance of ever breaking out of the special hellhole that awaits him once he is transferred to the custody of the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

February 13, 2019

Report: Pope says not time yet for mediation in Venezuela

Pope Francis has reportedly written to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro indicating conditions aren't ripe for the Vatican to step in and help mediate in the country's political crisis.

February 13, 2019

US, Poland launch Mideast conference despite uncertain aims

The United States and Poland are kicking off an international conference on the Middle East amid uncertainty over its aims and questions about what it will deliver.

February 12, 2019

50 more bodies found in secret graves in western Mexico

Authorities in the western Mexico state of Colima say they have found 50 more bodies buried in secret graves just a week after announcing they had found 19 corpses in that area.

February 12, 2019

Sinaloa cartel marches on after El Chapo arrest, conviction

Despite the arrest, extradition and now conviction of narco-lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, his Sinaloa cartel marches on — and the proof is in huge, multi-drug shipments detected on the border in recent weeks.

February 12, 2019

Some in migrant caravan seek jobs on Mexican side of border

Coahuila state authorities say about 70 of the 1,676 Central American migrants confined to an improvised shelter in the Mexican border city of Piedras Negras have applied for jobs in Mexico.

February 12, 2019

Italy slams EU for lack of solidarity, but faulted for same

Italian Premier Giuseppe Conte is demanding "authentic" solidarity from Italy's European Union partners on the issue of migrants, but is drawing sharp barbs himself from EU lawmakers for refusing to join a united European stand on Venezuela.

February 12, 2019

Slow-going restoration at fire-gutted Brazilian museum

Five months after a devastating fire engulfed Brazil's National Museum, the facility is still in dire straits and efforts to rebuild slow-moving.