March 30, 2017 Chilean president begins state visit to Portugal Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is on a state visit to Portugal, where she is due to hold talks with local officials and preside at a bilateral trade conference.
March 30, 2017 Drug cartels in Mexico being taken over by ruthless, but charming, women Known as “Las Flakas” (Skinny Girls), young Mexican women are taking up lives of crime alongside their male counterparts.
March 30, 2017 Mosul lays bare the challenge of asymmetric warfare As the fight for the Iraqi city of Mosul drags on, many might ask: Why has it taken the combined militaries of the United States and Iraq backed by an international coalition more than two years to dislodge a relatively small force of militants lacking heavy weaponry? Donald Trump raised the question during his campaign, promising to turn up the heat against the Islamic State group if he became president.
March 30, 2017 'Affluenza' ruling inflames Mexico as alleged rapist walks free The judge said there is no evidence to support that act was carried out "for the purpose of copulation."
March 30, 2017 About 2,000 corpses in cemetery swept away by landslides in Peru's Trujillo The area affected by the incident will be cleaned to protect people from bacterial illness.
March 30, 2017 Famed lawyer says Trump 'clearly' endorsed Palestinian state Prominent U.S. lawyer Alan Dershowitz says President Trump spoke to him "clearly" about a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that would lead to an independent Palestinian state.
March 30, 2017 Police investigate explosion outside courthouse in Saskatoon Police in the Canadian city of Saskatoon are investigating the detonation of an improvised explosive device at the provincial courthouse.
March 30, 2017 Haier boss looks far beyond appliances After Haier Group bought the General Electric Co. appliance unit last year, the Chinese company's chairman says he gave its American managers unusual orders: Ignore me.
March 30, 2017 Pope demands 'urgent' action to protect civilians in Iraq Pope Francis has demanded "urgent" action to protect civilians in Iraq, saying forces involved in the battle for Mosul have an obligation to protect innocents following a recent spike in civilian casualties.
March 30, 2017 Mexico: Teacher wounded in January school shooting dies Mexican authorities say a teacher who was wounded by a teenage student in a school shooting two months ago has died.