June 2, 2019 Acting defense chief: Major drills with SKorea still on hold Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Sunday that so far he sees no need to restore large-scale military exercises with South Korea that have been curtailed over the past year as a diplomatic olive branch to North Korea.
June 2, 2019 Pompeo, Swiss FM in talks likely dominated by Iran tensions U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is holding talks with his Swiss counterpart that are expected to focus on Iran.
June 2, 2019 AP Was There: US troops in high spirits on eve of D-Day This story was first published on June 5, 1944, hours before AP journalist Don Whitehead, who became known by his colleagues as "Beachhead Don" landed on Omaha Beach in Normandy on D-Day with the 1st Infantry Division.
June 2, 2019 Mexican president expecting ‘good results’ on immigration from US-Mexico talks Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Saturday that he expects “good results” from upcoming talks in Washington and suggested he is open to reinforcing efforts to stem illegal immigration, according to reports.
June 1, 2019 El Salvador's president sworn in, ending 2-party dominance Youthful businessman Nayib Bukele has assumed the presidency of El Salvador, ending more than a quarter century of two-party dominance in the crime-plagued Central America nation.
June 1, 2019 'El Chapo' mother, sisters get US visas to visit drug lord The U.S. Embassy in Mexico City has granted the mother of convicted drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman a visa so she can visit her son in prison.
June 1, 2019 UK volunteers still honor US airmen, 75 years after D-Day David Woodrow, 95, raises the American flag beside a memorial on his farm in eastern England every morning, weather permitting.
May 31, 2019 Lebanon's Nasrallah says his group has no missile factories Lebanon's Hezbollah leader has rejected what he calls U.S. conditions for mediating a border and maritime dispute with Israel.
May 31, 2019 A look at what Mexico has done to limit the tide of migrants President Donald Trump says he's imposing tariffs on all goods from Mexico until the country stops the flow of undocumented migrants from Central America who cross its territory and enter the United States.
May 31, 2019 Peru inmates exchange life of crime for sewing designs The agile hands of men who once worked as pickpockets, hit men and drug traffickers are these days dedicated to a much more docile task: Cutting and sewing fabrics to create fashionable clothes at a workshop in the prison where they are serving time.