April 19, 2017 Report: Weakening Syria's government could help IS group The Islamic State group could inadvertently benefit from a situation in which Syrian government forces are considerably weakened on the ground, a London-based military analysis group said on Tuesday.
April 19, 2017 The Latest: US carrier heading toward Korean Peninsula The Latest on U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's trip to Asia (all times local): ___ 2:30 p.m.
April 19, 2017 Argentine lemon ban Trump protectionism or sanitary measure? President Donald Trump appears to have soured on Argentine lemons — at least on his predecessor's decision to end a 16-year ban on imports of the fruit.
April 19, 2017 Ecuador presidential recount confirms Lenin Moreno victory A recount of nearly 1.3 million votes cast in Ecuador's presidential election Tuesday showed no significant differences over previous results handing a narrow victory to Rafael Correa's handpicked successor.
April 19, 2017 US VP Pence assures Japan: America is with you '100 percent' From two continents, top Trump administration officials warned Tuesday that North Korea's latest failed missile launch was a reckless act of provocation and assured allies in Asia that the United States was ready to work to achieve a peaceful denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
April 18, 2017 New book says Hitler was an indicted war criminal at death A new book that examines previously restricted files from the United Nations War Crimes Commission cites documents showing that Adolf Hitler had been indicted as a war criminal for actions by the Nazis during World War II before his death — contrary to longstanding assumptions.
April 18, 2017 Turkey's premier calls on opposition to respect referendum Turkey's prime minister has called on the opposition to respect the result of a referendum that will expand the powers of the office of the president.
April 18, 2017 Pence warns NKorea 'era of strategic patience is over' Viewing his adversaries in the distance, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence traveled to the tense zone dividing North and South Korea and warned Pyongyang that after years of testing the U.S. and South Korea with its nuclear ambitions, "the era of strategic patience is over." Pence made an unannounced visit to the Demilitarized Zone at the start of his 10-day trip to Asia in a U.S. show of force that allowed the vice president to gaze at North Korean soldiers from afar and stare directly across a border marked by razor wire.
April 18, 2017 6.0 earthquake strikes northern Peru, felt throughout region A 6.0 magnitude earthquake has struck an Amazonian region of northern Peru.
April 18, 2017 Airstrike in eastern Syria kills at least 8 people Syrian opposition activists say an airstrike has killed at least eight people in an eastern town that borders Iraq.