October 23, 2018 Weary migrants still far from reaching US border Thousands of Central American migrants awoke Tuesday in a makeshift encampment in a rain-soaked town square in far-southern Mexico, some weary, foot-sore and coughing, still distant from their goal of reaching the U.S. border.
October 23, 2018 South Korea warns citizens they will be punished if they smoke marijuana in Canada Jubilant customers were spotted standing in long lines for hours in Canada last week after the country legalized recreational marijuana use, but South Korean citizens were warned they will be penalized if they take part.
October 23, 2018 Mexico City alcohol factory tanker explodes, injuring 1 and causing mass evacuations A Mexico City alcohol factory exploded Monday sending a fireball into the sky.
October 23, 2018 Issue of married Catholic priests gains traction under pope As the Vatican copes with the growing clergy sex abuse scandal and declining number of priests worldwide, it is laying the groundwork to open formal debate on an issue that has long been taboo: opening up the priesthood to married men in parts of the world where clergy are scarce.
October 23, 2018 Vietnam parliament elects Communist Party chief as president Vietnam's rubber stamp National Assembly elected Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong as the country's president on Tuesday, consolidating his influence as the most powerful man in the Southeast Asian nation.
October 23, 2018 AP Explains: The growing migrant caravan on way to US border The caravan of Central American migrants moving through Mexico toward the U.S. border has bloomed to more than 7,000 people.
October 23, 2018 Dangerous Cat 4 Hurricane Willa closes in on Mexico coast Authorities rushed to evacuate low-lying areas and set up shelters as an "extremely dangerous" Hurricane Willa with winds of 145 mph (230 kph) headed toward a Tuesday afternoon landfall along a stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast dotted with high-rise resorts, surfing beaches and fishing villages.
October 22, 2018 US general visits troops fighting Islamic State in Syria The top U.S. commander for the Middle East made an unannounced visit Monday to a key military outpost in southern Syria, pressing the need for a continued U.S. presence there to root out remaining Islamic State fighters and serve as leverage against growing Iranian activity in the region.
October 22, 2018 Furor over comments about shutting supreme court in Brazil Three supreme court justices on Monday criticized the son of presidential front-runner Jair Bolsonaro for saying that Brazil's top court could be closed if it tried to remove his father from the presidency.
October 22, 2018 The Latest: Migrants hit the road again in southern Mexico The Latest on the caravan of Central Americans trying to reach the United States (all times local): 10:20 a.m.