December 10, 2016 Mexico Culture Secretary Rafael Tovar y de Teresa dies The Mexican government says Secretary of Culture Rafael Tovar y de Teresa, a diplomat, historian and promoter of the arts, has died.
December 10, 2016 US is sending 200 more troops to Syria to battle IS U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter says as many as 200 more American troops are being sent to Syria to help Kurdish and Arab fighters capture the Islamic State group's key stronghold of Raqqa.
December 10, 2016 Radio journalist shot dead outside home in northern Mexico A radio station in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua says one of its reporters has been shot dead outside his home.
December 10, 2016 Venezuela seizes nearly 4M toys, will give them to poor kids Venezuela's socialist government has seized nearly 4 million toys from a private company and says it will hand them out as Christmas gifts to poor children this holiday season.
December 10, 2016 Russia says thousands fleeing Aleppo as Assad nears victory Russia says nearly 18,000 people have fled eastern Aleppo in the last 24 hours in a "constant stream" as Syrian government forces close in on the last pocket of opposition control in the northern city.
December 10, 2016 Colombia's Santos accepts Nobel Prize as 'gift from heaven' Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has accepted the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway.
December 10, 2016 Syria: Kerry, diplomats seek support for Aleppo's opposition U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and leading diplomats are trying to find solutions for Syria's desperate opposition, as Syrian government forces squeeze rebels out of Aleppo after a devastating blitz.
December 10, 2016 China says opposed to unilateral sanctions on North Korea China's chief negotiator on North Korea's nuclear program says Beijing remains opposed to unilateral sanctions against the Pyongyang regime taken without the approval of the U.N.
December 10, 2016 Bolivia defense minister calls Colombia plane crash 'murder' Bolivia's defense minister says a plane crash that killed 71 people in Colombia was "murder" because the pilot only had the exact amount of fuel needed for the flight in violation of civil aviation principles.
December 9, 2016 3 detectives killed, burned in southern Mexico The charred remains of three federal detectives have been found in the bed of a burning pickup truck in the southern Mexico resort of Zihuatanejo.