January 2, 2017 Ban Ki-moon buoyed by climate accord but laments conflicts Ban Ki-moon ends 10 years at the helm of the United Nations lamenting the "fires still burning" from Syria to South Sudan but buoyed by a global agreement to combat climate change and new U.N.
January 2, 2017 New Year's attack on packed Istanbul club leaves 39 dead An assailant believed to have been dressed in a Santa Claus costume opened fire at a crowded nightclub in Istanbul during New Year's celebrations, killing at least 39 people and wounding close to 70 others in what the province's governor described as a terror attack.
January 2, 2017 The Latest: Turkey lowers number of foreign fatalities The Latest on a deadly attack on an Istanbul nightclub.
January 2, 2017 3 men decapitated, 2 more slain in Acapulco over New Year's At least five people were killed over the New Year's weekend in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco, including three men found decapitated in a central neighborhood.
January 2, 2017 Fed up with politics, Brazil cities swear in outsider mayors Brazil's two biggest cities on Sunday inaugurated mayors who are political outsiders and whose victories underscored deep frustration with the political class and public corruption.
January 1, 2017 Mexico Prison Riot Leaves 20 Dead, 12 Injured A bloody, hours-long fight in a prison in the Mexican border city of Matamoros on Saturday left 20 inmates dead and 12 injured, state officials said.
January 1, 2017 Venezuela military trafficking food as country goes hungry When hunger drew tens of thousands of Venezuelans to the streets in protest last summer, President Nicolas Maduro turned to the military to manage the country's diminished food supply, putting generals in charge of everything from butter to rice.
January 1, 2017 Brazil: man kills ex-wife, relatives in New Year's crime Brazilian military police say a man broke into a house where his ex-wife was ringing in the New Year and shot and killed at least a dozen people before committing suicide.
January 1, 2017 Brazilian man opens fire at New Year's party; kills ex-wife, son and relatives Brazilian military police say a man broke into a house where his ex-wife was ringing in the New Year and shot and killed at least a dozen people before committing suicide.
January 1, 2017 Suicide bombers kill 9 south of Iraq's capital Iraqi officials say a pair of suicide bombers detonated their explosives belts at a checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing nine people, including four members of the security forces.