April 28, 2017 Taliban announce spring offensive, vow to build institutions Afghanistan's Taliban announced the start of their spring offensive Friday, promising to build their political base in the country while focusing military assaults on coalition and Afghan security forces.
April 28, 2017 Shocking Guatemala video shows car plowing through protesters An apparently angry and callous driver plowed through a group of college students protesting on the streets of Guatemala City on Wednesday – sending at least 13 people to the hospital.
April 28, 2017 US urges Venezuela to release jailed Utah man on humanitarian grounds Holt, in his mid-20s, has been held in a Venezuelan prison since June 30 on weapons charges.
April 28, 2017 Pope decorates Bolivian for translating church texts into Aymara Aymara is spoken among Indians in Bolivia and Peru, as well as in the communities around Lake Titicaca.
April 28, 2017 China publishes addresses of corruption suspects abroad Chinese state media have published the names and addresses of 22 people overseas sought by Chinese anti-corruption investigators in an unusual name-and-shame campaign.
April 28, 2017 Alarm over N. Korea, sea feud under Manila summit spotlight Alarm over North Korea's nuclear ambitions and intensifying standoff with the United States, and tensions over China's assertive territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea are under the spotlight at an annual summit of Southeast Asian nations in Manila.
April 28, 2017 The Latest: Israeli minister says strike in line with policy The Latest on Syria (all times local): 10:25 a.m.
April 28, 2017 ASEAN expresses alarm over NKorea nuclear tests, missiles Southeast Asian nations have expressed "grave concern" over North Korea's nuclear tests last year and subsequent ballistic missile launches that have racheted tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
April 28, 2017 South Korea: No plan to fix US trade deal or pay for THAAD South Korea says it has no plan to renegotiate a bilateral trade deal with the U.S. or pay for the U.S. missile defense system.
April 27, 2017 Explosive armed robbery is Paraguay's biggest heist Paraguayan prosecutors say the gang that blasted into an armored company vault this week got away with $11.72 million in cash — the biggest heist in the country's history.