January 17, 2017 Zetas cartel claims to be behind the Playa del Carmen shooting The messages were handwritten, seemingly by the same person, on four white blankets.
January 17, 2017 Puerto Rico releases fresh data, says crisis is more dire The office of Puerto Rico's new governor says new economic data shows the island's economic crisis is even worse than previously believed.
January 17, 2017 Turkish leader faults delays in fight against Islamic State Turkey's president has criticized delays in the U.S.-led coalition's offensive against the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq.
January 17, 2017 Serbian pro-Russian president slams outgoing US government Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic has lashed out at the outgoing U.S. administration, expressing hope President-elect Donald Trump will be more favorable toward Serbia and its Russia-backed claim over Kosovo.
January 17, 2017 Puerto Rico island tackles over-population of horses Another long holiday weekend is starting, and tourists are flocking by ferry and small plane to Vieques, a tiny island off the coast of Puerto Rico that's famed for bright turquoise waters, lush mangrove forests and picturesque free-roaming horses.
January 17, 2017 Chile one vote away from legalizing abortion The legislative panel passed the measure with a 3-2 vote.
January 17, 2017 Venezuela's Maduro: Trump in the White House can't be worse than Obama The president insisted that people must wait to see how Trump behaves both in the domestic and foreign policy.
January 17, 2017 Lithuania signs agreement with US on troop deployment Lithuania has signed an agreement with the United States formalizing the presence of U.S. troops in the small Baltic country bordering Russia and Belarus.
January 17, 2017 European Court fines Russia for banning US adoptions A provisional ruling from Europe's human rights court has ordered Russia to pay damages and legal costs to Americans who were barred from adopting Russian children.
January 17, 2017 Iran says Trump's talk on nuclear deal is 'mainly slogans' Iran's president has compared talk of renegotiating its nuclear accord to "converting a shirt back to cotton," and says U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's talk of doing so is "mainly slogans." Trump has strongly criticized the deal struck with world powers, in which Iran agreed to curb its uranium enrichment in exchange for sanctions relief, but has not said what he plans to do about the agreement.