January 18, 2017 AF447 searcher recalls pain of failure as MH370 hunt ends Searchers' frustration over Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is difficult to overstate, from the monstrous waves that battered search crews in one of the world's most desolate stretches of ocean to the dearth of information on the plane's flight path that stymied investigators.
January 18, 2017 Puerto Ricans cheer commutation for nationalist Oscar Lopez Many Puerto Ricans are celebrating after U.S. President Barack Obama announced he has commuted the sentence of 74-year-old nationalist Oscar Lopez Rivera.
January 18, 2017 Back-to-back shootings shake Mexico's tourism jewels Two consecutive days of shooting attacks that left a total of nine dead have put two of the jewels of Mexico's Caribbean coast on edge and spurred a warning to tourists by the U.S. government.
January 18, 2017 Italy convicts 8 South Americans in deaths from 1970s-80s A Rome court has convicted eight former South American political and military leaders in the disappearance and deaths of 23 people of Italian origin during the crackdown on leftists and intellectuals by the region's military dictatorships.
January 18, 2017 Rolls Royce agrees to pay $808 million on bribery claims Jet engine maker Rolls Royce has agreed to pay 671 million pounds ($808 million) to settle bribery and corruption charges brought by authorities in Britain, the U.S. and Brazil.
January 17, 2017 WikiLeaks hails Manning clemency, makes no mention of pledge WikiLeaks said President Barack Obama may have saved Chelsea Manning's life by granting clemency to the former Army intelligence analyst Tuesday.
January 17, 2017 Brazil struggles to curb prison violence that has killed 125 Brazilian authorities are scrambling to stop a wave of prison violence that has killed at least 125 inmates in two weeks, many with their heads cut off or their hearts and intestines ripped out.
January 17, 2017 Top NATO general echoes Trump's 'obsolete' criticism A top NATO general is conceding that parts of the military alliance need to be brought up to date following U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's claim that NATO is "obsolete." Reacting to Trump's criticism in an interview this week, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Transformation General Denis Mercier said Tuesday, "We see that there is a need for adaptation." Mercier acknowledged that NATO has "some structures that are obsolete." He says the military alliance probably has focused too much on deploying troops abroad, so-called expeditionary warfare, particularly its operation in Afghanistan.
January 17, 2017 Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' claims he's sexually harassed by prison guard Chapo's lawyer says he is “embarrassed” by the way he’s being treated at the maximum-security prison.