January 12, 2017 El Salvador has rare murder-free day, 1st in nearly 2 years El Salvador, one of the world's deadliest countries, has recorded a rare day without a single homicide.
January 12, 2017 Netanyahu condemns Paris summit as 'rigged' against Israel Israel's prime minister is condemning an upcoming conference in Paris aimed at reviving the Israel-Palestinian peace process.
January 12, 2017 Crash Church preaches word of God in Sao Paulo to heavy metal rhythms Churches like Crash Church have contributed to the expansion of evangelical religion in Brazil.
January 12, 2017 Haitians pause to remember dead on 7th anniversary of quake Haitians are lighting candles and offering prayers to remember relatives and neighbors who died in a catastrophic earthquake that struck near the country's capital seven years ago.
January 12, 2017 New Venezuelan VP's alleged ties with Hezbollah, radicalism raise concerns The son of a Lebanese mother and a Syrian father, the 42-year-old El Aissami is also one of the most obscure figures in government circles.
January 12, 2017 Brazil gang at center of prison killings gets power in jails Brazil's most powerful criminal gang, First Command, is exploiting overcrowding and squalid conditions in the country's penitentiaries to expand its reach across the national prison system, an incursion at the center of massacres that have left nearly 100 inmates dead in the new year.
January 12, 2017 US rabbis ask Obama to step up efforts to free aid worker from Cuban prison In the latest effort to get an American contractor freed from a Cuban prison, hundreds of U.S.-based rabbis have penned a letter to President Obama urging him to “take action” and secure Alan Gross' release after five years of incarceration.
January 12, 2017 More than 100 dignitaries call on UN to investigate death of Cuban activist Oswaldo Payá On the first anniversary of the suspicious death of top Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá., more than 100 world leaders, organizers, and activists are calling for the U.N. to open an investigation into how he died.
January 12, 2017 Abe starts 4-nation trip with visit to Philippines Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has arrived for a two-day visit to Manila as the Philippines has boosted ties with China while taking a hostile stance toward Tokyo's main ally the United States.
January 12, 2017 US names Indonesian group as terrorist organization The United States has designated an Indonesian radical network behind an attack in Jakarta as a terrorist group and announced sanctions on four militants in an effort to disrupt Islamic State group operations and recruitment in Australia and Southeast Asia.