November 29, 2016 Key quotes of AP's interview with Iraq's prime minister Iraq's prime minister Haider al-Abadi says Islamic State militants lack the courage to put up long-term resistance to his government's campaign to retake Mosul, despite unleashing hundreds of car bombs that have killed and maimed Iraqi soldiers and civilians.
November 29, 2016 A list of sports teams involved in fatal plane crashes Members of Brazilian soccer team Chapecoense were among 81 people on board a chartered aircraft that crashed late Monday in Medellin, Colombia. It was not immediately clear how many players were among the casualties.
November 29, 2016 AP Interview: Iraqi leader predicts IS collapse in Mosul Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi says Islamic State group fighters lack the courage to put up long-term resistance in Mosul, despite unleashing hundreds of car bombs that have killed and maimed Iraqi soldiers and civilians as the fight for Iraq's second-largest city appears set to extend well into next year.
November 29, 2016 From milk to lightbulbs, Fidel Castro reshaped life in Cuba Fidel Castro changed the flavor of the milk Cuban children drink at breakfast.
November 29, 2016 Haiti: Jovenel Moise apparently wins presidential vote Electoral officials in Haiti say Jovenel Moise apparently has won the presidency, based on preliminary results that give him 55 percent of the votes cast in the Nov. 20 election against 26 other candidates.
November 29, 2016 North Korea calls 3-day mourning period for Castro North Korea is observing a three-day period of mourning for Fidel Castro, seen by the North as a rare comrade-in-arms against the common enemy of the United States.
November 28, 2016 Pilot dead after Canadian fighter jet crashes A military spokesman says a pilot is dead after a Canadian CF-18 fighter jet crashed in western Canada.
November 28, 2016 The 10 most appalling statements by Western leaders praising Fidel Castro Fidel Castro was a murderous tyrant who summarily executed dissidents and turned the entire island of Cuba into a tropical gulag.