May 23, 2017 Uruguay opens registry to buy marijuana Uruguay is beginning to register people who want to legally buy marijuana at pharmacies as part of the world's first government-regulated national marketplace for pot.
May 23, 2017 German defense minister nixes US trip over soldier's arrest Germany's defense minister has canceled a Wednesday trip to the United States amid a government probe of a possible far-right cell with ties to the German army.
May 23, 2017 Mexico captures Sinaloa cartel leader Damaso Lopez Mexican prosecutors say they have captured one of the Sinaloa cartel leaders who launched a struggle for control of the gang following the re-arrest of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
May 23, 2017 Marine vet, girlfriend found dead in Belize, a week after they vanished A marine veteran from Atlanta and his Canadian girlfriend were found dead in Belize, a week after they went missing, reports said.
May 23, 2017 The Latest: Putin to discuss Ukraine, Syria with Merkel The Latest on German Chancellor Angela Merkel's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin (all times local): 2:40 p.m.
May 23, 2017 Germany's Merkel arrives in Russia for talks with Putin German Chancellor Angela Merkel has arrived in Russia for talks with President Vladimir Putin expected to focus on the unresolved conflict in Ukraine and the civil war in Syria.
May 23, 2017 Puerto Rico hit with 1st lawsuit from bondholders Bondholders are taking action against Puerto Rico after a freeze on litigation that protected the U.S. territory from lawsuits expired amid an economic crisis.
May 23, 2017 Monitors: IS attack in northeastern Syria kills at least 22 A Syrian war monitoring group and Kurdish activists say a surprise attack in northeastern Syria carried out by the Islamic State group has killed at least 22 people, including displaced civilians.
May 23, 2017 US airstrike turned a home in Iraq's Mosul into a death trap Accounts from witnesses and survivors cast doubt on American suggestions that the Islamic State group was to blame for the deaths of more than 100 people taking refuge in a house hit by a U.S. airstrike earlier this year in Mosul, the deadliest single incident of the months-long campaign to retake the Iraqi city.
May 23, 2017 House packed with families became death trap in Iraq's Mosul Accounts from witnesses cast doubt on American suggestions that the Islamic State group was to blame for the deaths of more than 100 people taking refuge in a house hit by a U.S. airstrike in Mosul, the deadliest single incident of the campaign to retake the Iraqi city.