March 31, 2017 2 ex-legislators arrested for money laundering in Guatemala Two former congressmen and an ex-mayor have been arrested in Guatemala for allegedly using illicit funds to finance a political party.
March 31, 2017 Russia bucks trend and asks world to leave Venezuela alone after 'coup' The opposition is hoping the military may nudge President Maduro into bringing forward a presidential election.
March 31, 2017 Civilian casualties in Iraq, Syria undercut US victories Islamic State group and al-Qaida-linked militants are quickly moving to drum up outrage over a sharp spike in civilian casualties said to have been caused by U.S. airstrikes in Iraq and Syria, posting photos online of a destroyed medical center and homes reduced to rubble.
March 31, 2017 Germany accuses Maduro of holding Venezuelans 'hostage' Germany has accused Venezuela's president of holding the country's population as "hostages" in his battle with parliament.
March 31, 2017 US to press NATO allies on counter-terror, defense budgets U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is meeting his NATO counterparts to persuade them to do more to combat extremists and step up defense spending.
March 31, 2017 New York drug case opens window on dark period for Honduras A case unfolding in a lower Manhattan courtroom has caused political tremors in Honduras, seeming to confirm long-held suspicions that corruption at the highest levels of government helped turn the Central American country into a violent epicenter of the drug trade at the start of this decade.
March 31, 2017 Top US diplomat meets wife of jailed American in Turkey A U.S. official says Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has met the wife of an American pastor who has been jailed in Turkey over terror-related charges.
March 31, 2017 North Korea accuses US of using its nukes as excuse North Korea is accusing the United States of using the North's nuclear program as an excuse to mask its own opposition to banning nuclear weapons.
March 31, 2017 Video appears to show Rio police shooting subjects on ground Brazilian military police say they are investigating a video that appears to show two officers shoot injured suspects who are on the ground.