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March 16, 2017

Brazil's sexy Carnival puts Pentecostal mayor in tight spot

While campaigning last year to become Rio de Janeiro's mayor, Marcelo Crivella, a retired Pentecostal bishop, insisted his faith would not get in the way of governing the nation's most famous city.

March 16, 2017

Vatican abuse probe of Guam archbishop heads to mainland US

Vatican officials prosecuting Guam's archbishop for alleged sex abuse have shifted their investigation from the Pacific island of Guam to Hawaii and now to the U.S. mainland to interview potential witnesses.

March 16, 2017

US-born panda Bao Bao lands in China after leaving DC zoo

Bao Bao, an American-born panda cub, arrived in China on Wednesday evening after leaving the National Zoo in Washington.

March 16, 2017

The Latest: Iraqi police enter Mosul airport, take runway

The Latest on the Iraqi government forces' battle to take the western half of Mosul from the Islamic State group (all times local): 11:30 a.m.

March 16, 2017

UN hosts 'Geneva IV' talks: Sequel or new script for Syria?

Yet another sequel to chronically-fruitless Syria peace talks, or an entirely new script? After months of Syria bloodshed, stalled humanitarian aid deliveries and stop-and-start diplomacy, U.N.

March 16, 2017

North Korean state media say China dancing to US tune

North Korea's state-run news agency has issued a tough critique of China, suggesting that Beijing's criticism of the North's recent missile test and suspension of imports of North Korean coal are tantamount to the actions of an enemy state "dancing to the tune of the U.S." The article Thursday took a tone normally reserved for North Korea's overt enemies — Washington, Tokyo and Seoul.

March 16, 2017

Lawyer for US resident held in Iran calls him a 'hostage'

A Washington-based lawyer for a U.S. permanent resident imprisoned in Iran has described him as a "hostage." Jason Poblete said in a statement on Thursday that Iranian allegations that Nizar Zakka confessed to authorities are "completely false." A semi-official Iranian news agency on Wednesday published remarks from a Revolutionary Guard commander saying Zakka confessed to trying to "encourage decadence" in Iranian society.

March 16, 2017

Ecuador electoral body formally orders presidential runoff

Ecuador's electoral commission has formally ruled that a runoff election will be needed to choose a successor for socialist President Rafael Correa.

March 16, 2017

Brazil's foreign minister resigns due to medical reasons

Brazil's foreign minister has resigned from his post, citing undisclosed medical reasons.

March 16, 2017

Trump sends top aides to Mexico amid deep strains with US

President Donald Trump is sending his top diplomat and homeland security chief to Mexico on a fence-mending mission made all the more challenging by the actual fence he wants to build on the southern border.