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May 23, 2017

Abbas says talks with Trump positive, if short on specifics

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says his first meeting with President Donald Trump left him hopeful and he thinks the U.S. can play an important role as mediator between Palestinians and Israelis.

May 23, 2017

UN Security Council heads to Colombia to back peace accord

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May 23, 2017

Jailed Venezuela activist dispels rumors of health emergency

The wife of jailed opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez rushed to Caracas' military hospital late Wednesday seeking information on her husband after a report on social media said he had been taken there with a medical emergency — a scare that proved to be wrong.

May 23, 2017

Argentina's top court cuts sentence of human rights abuser

Argentina's Supreme Court is reducing the jail sentence of a man serving time for crimes against humanity committed during the country's 1976-1983 dictatorship.

May 23, 2017

Cuban president's daughter: His successor may be surprise

One of the highest-profile members of Cuba's ruling family says the country could be surprised by the person who succeeds her father as president.

May 23, 2017

Pastor, 4 congregants convicted in Nicaragua exorcism death

An evangelical pastor and four of his congregants have been found guilty in the death of a 25-year-old woman who was thrown into a fire to drive "demons" from her body.

May 23, 2017

Fears of Trump spur near-record cash transfers from US to Mexico

Mexico's central bank, Banxico, reported that around $2.5 billion in cash transfers were sent to the country from the U.S. in last month, compared to $2.2 billion a year earlier.

May 23, 2017

Mexico shocked by rape, murder, assault against family

Mexicans long accustomed to violent crime have been shocked by the assault of a family in the central state of Puebla in which attackers raped the woman and girl in the group and killed a 3-year-old child before leaving them on the darkened side of a main highway in the central state of Puebla.

May 23, 2017

Rights group urges US to pressure Sudan on rights violations

Human Rights Watch is urging the United States to pressure Sudan to take tangible actions to improve its human rights record before the American administration permanently revokes trade sanctions imposed on the North African country.

May 23, 2017

Brazil's top court frees politico appealing corruption case

Brazil's Supreme Court has ordered the release of a former presidential chief-of-staff convicted in a major corruption investigation.