October 28, 2016 A year on, Brazil valley waits for recovery from mine flood Spreading below lush mountains, this valley is rich in mineral wealth, including veins of gold and one of the largest iron ore deposits in the planet, discoveries that turned the area into Brazil's mining country and the birthplace of one of the world's top producers of minerals.
October 27, 2016 Mexican chief state judge resigns; ran over woman in 1984 Apparently background checks didn't impede a man convicted of a form of manslaughter from becoming the chief justice of the western Mexico state of Jalisco.
October 27, 2016 Large anti-Maduro protests fill the streets in Venezuela Anti-government protesters filled the streets of Venezuela's capital and other major cities in a show of force against Presidential Nicolas Maduro, whose allies enraged the opposition by blocking a recall referendum against the socialist leader.
October 27, 2016 Opening of talks with Colombia's No. 2 rebel group delayed Colombia's president has ordered his negotiating team to delay its departure for Ecuador's capital to open peace talks with the country's No.
October 27, 2016 The Latest: EU adds 10 more Syrians to its sanctions list The Latest on the conflict in Syria (all times local): 3:45 p.m.
October 27, 2016 Putin rejects claims of Russian interference in US election President Vladimir Putin says the claims of Russia's interference in the U.S. presidential election are designed to distract public attention from real issues.
October 27, 2016 Egypt squeezed between need for reforms and fear of backlash Inside the glitzy Nile Ritz-Carlton hotel off Tahrir Square, Cairo's business elite were eager to put years of tumult and lost opportunities behind them.
October 27, 2016 Unpaid school bus drivers in Puerto Rico go on strike Puerto Rico's economic crisis may be keeping some public school students at home.
October 27, 2016 Romania: man asks court to recognize his same-sex marriage A Romanian man has asked his country's Constitutional Court to recognize his marriage to a U.S. man, in a case that has pitted the conservative majority against those who seek closer integration into the European mainstream.