March 17, 2017 Egypt's Mukhabarat hires Washington lobbyists to boost image Egyptian intelligence has hired two U.S. public relations firms in Washington to lobby on the country's behalf and boost its image, the first such engagements by the country's powerful security apparatus to be made public.
March 17, 2017 North Korea fires 4 banned ballistic missiles into sea North Korea on Monday fired four banned ballistic missiles that flew about 1,000 kilometers (620 miles), with three of them landing in waters that Japan claims as its exclusive economic zone, South Korean and Japanese officials said, in an apparent reaction to huge military drills by Washington and Seoul that Pyongyang insists are an invasion rehearsal.
March 17, 2017 EU takes big step toward organic food deal with Chile The European Union has taken a big step toward clinching a deal with Chile on the international trade in organic food products.
March 17, 2017 Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves: ___ EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a weekly look at the latest developments in the South China Sea, home to several territorial conflicts that have raised tensions in the region.
March 17, 2017 For Colombian drug mules, trip to China can be deadly In a tiny brick apartment above a lottery shop, Martha Antivar waits for a sign of life from her husband, who is languishing in a Chinese prison an ocean away.
March 17, 2017 Bus crash kills 18, injures 37 in Panama A bus carrying farm workers went off a highway and ended up in a stream Sunday southwest of Panama's capital, causing 18 deaths and injuring 37 others, authorities said.
March 17, 2017 Reports: Member of Iran's nuclear negotiation team indicted A spokesman for Iran's judiciary says it has issued an indictment for a member of the team that negotiated its nuclear deal with world powers.
March 17, 2017 South Korea says North Korea fired projectile into ocean South Korea's military says that rival North Korea has fired a projectile into the waters off the North's east coast.
March 17, 2017 El Salvador: Vatican mulls possible miracle by slain cleric Roman Catholic authorities in El Salvador say the Vatican is studying a possible miracle attributed to slain Archbishop Oscar Romero that could lead to the once-controversial cleric's canonization.