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March 17, 2017

Syria's Bar Association chief: 16 lawyers killed in blast

The head of Syria's Bar Association says 16 lawyers are among the dozens killed in the suicide attack that struck the main judicial building in the capital Damascus.

March 17, 2017

UN: Deaths of human rights leaders in Colombia show pattern

A new United Nations report is casting a shadow on peace efforts in Colombia, drawing attention to the killings of dozens of rights activists and warning that armed groups are occupying drug territories as the nation's largest rebel group starts demobilizing.

March 17, 2017

Mexico has so many graves, lacks space for bodies exhumed

A Mexican prosecutor said Thursday that Veracruz state's clandestine graves were of such an industrial scale that backhoes or bulldozers were probably used in creating them, and so many bodies were dumped that officials aren't digging in some places because they don't have enough space to hold the remains.

March 17, 2017

Cuba offers Colombia 1,000 medical school scholarships

Cuba is offering Colombia 1,000 medical school scholarships to support a peace accord in which the South American country's largest rebel army will relinquish its weapons.

March 17, 2017

El Salvador: At least 30 slain in bloody 24-hour span

Authorities in El Salvador say at least 30 people, most of them gang members, have been killed in one of the Central American nation's bloodiest 24-hour spans this year.

March 17, 2017

Netanyahu vows new settlement ahead of meeting with US envoy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vowing to keep his promise to build Israel's first new West Bank settlement in two decades — even as Netanyahu and President Trump's envoy continue discussions on future settlement building.

March 17, 2017

Wounded basketball player: Belgium must help attack victims

A former basketball player who was badly wounded in the suicide bomb attack on Brussels airport a year ago is urging the Belgian government to live up to its pledge to help the victims.

March 17, 2017

US to confront trade partners at global finance meeting

U.S. President Donald Trump has vowed to get tough on trade partners like China, Mexico and Germany.

March 17, 2017

Lebanese businessman wanted by US detained in Morocco

A lawyer for a Lebanese businessman that the U.S. says has provided millions of dollars to the Hezbollah group says his client has been arrested by Moroccan authorities.

March 17, 2017

Did Erdogan, Trump hurt Geert Wilders' bid for Dutch power?

If far-right Geert Wilders is looking for somebody to blame for his disappointing showing in the Dutch election, he could point to a couple of possible candidates: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and U.S. President Donald Trump.