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January 9, 2017

Castle attack exposes Jordan's vulnerability to IS threat

Bullet marks on the thick walls of a Crusader fortress and shattered windows of nearby tourist restaurants — damage from a recent shooting rampage — bear witness to Jordan's vulnerability to attacks by Islamic extremists.

January 9, 2017

Influential former Iranian president hospitalized

Iranian media says an influential former president has been hospitalized because of a heart condition.

January 9, 2017

Mexico youth gang kills 3 teens in drug dispute

Mexican authorities say a hit squad of two teenage girls, a boy and a woman has been detained for allegedly killing three boys aged 13, 14 and 15 in a poor neighborhood of northern Mexico.

January 9, 2017

Israeli police says truck rams into soldiers in Jerusalem

Israeli police say a truck has rammed into a group of soldiers in Jerusalem.

January 9, 2017

UK's May denies her government 'muddled' about EU exit

Prime Minister Theresa May says she will announce more details of Britain's European Union exit plans in the next few weeks, and denies a former diplomat's claim that the government is "muddled" about Brexit.

January 8, 2017

US citizen arrested in shooting of consular official in Mexico

Mexican prosecutors said Sunday that they have detained a U.S. citizen as the main suspect in the shooting of an official at the U.S. consulate in the western city of Guadalajara.

January 8, 2017

US official says 300 US Marines will deploy in Afghanistan

Approximately 300 United States Marines will be deployed to train, advise and assist Afghan security forces in the southern province of Helmand.

January 8, 2017

Mexicans march against gas price hike, little looting

Looting has largely subsided in Mexico following a 20 percent hike in gasoline prices, but protests are continuing.

January 8, 2017

Brazilian official resigns after celebrating inmate deaths

The Brazilian government's national secretary of youth has resigned after celebrating the deaths of inmates killed in prison uprisings.

January 8, 2017

Taiwan leader heads to Americas; US stops set to irk China

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen has set off to visit Central American allies, saying she wants to bolster Taiwan's presence on the international stage on a trip that includes transits in the U.S. that look set to raise China's ire.