March 17, 2017 Libya's deepening split finds battleground at oil terminals Hundreds if not thousands of armed men are converging on Libya's main oil shipping terminals, which the rival powers in the country's east and west are fighting to control in a battle being watched by global oil markets.
March 17, 2017 Death toll in Guatemala fire rises to 38 girls Hospital officials say the death toll has risen to 38 girls in a fire that began when mattresses were set ablaze during a protest by residents at a youth shelter.
March 17, 2017 The Latest: Twin blasts hit near religious sites in Damascus The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): 1 p.m.
March 17, 2017 Turkey's determination against Kurds alienates US, Russia Turkey achieved a milestone in its goals in Syria: It established a foothold in the heart of the country's north after driving Islamic State militants away from its borders and seizing al-Bab, one of the extremist group's major strongholds and a major supply route.
March 17, 2017 Guatemala fire death toll rises to 36 amid calls for change Families buried some of the 36 girls killed in a fire at an overcrowded government-run youth shelter as Guatemalan authorities worked Friday to determine exactly what happened.
March 17, 2017 Court unanimously ousts South Korea's leader for corruption South Korea's Constitutional Court removed impeached President Park Geun-hye from office in a unanimous ruling Friday over a corruption scandal that has plunged the country into political turmoil and worsened an already-serious national divide.
March 17, 2017 Palestinian leader, President Trump to hold first phone call Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will speak by telephone with U.S President Donald Trump in the first contact between the two leaders since Trump took office.
March 17, 2017 With flair but scant success, Turkey aims to repair image On a mission to rehabilitate its image, Turkey is instead inching closer to being an outcast among Western nations that seem to understand their NATO ally less and less each day.
March 17, 2017 6 killed around Mexico resort of Los Cabos Prosecutors in the Mexican resort of Los Cabos say a total of six bodies have been found between Thursday and Friday in the area around the twin resorts of Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo.
March 17, 2017 Guatemalan president vows change after fire kills 35 girls Guatemala's president called for a restructuring of his country's youth shelter system following a fire that killed at least 35 girls at an overcrowded government facility for children, while grieving families began receiving the bodies of their loved ones.