October 3, 2016 Pope in 2017: Portugal, India, Bangladesh, Colombia, Africa Pope Francis will visit Portugal next year and is "almost sure" he'll go to India and Bangladesh.
October 3, 2016 Afghanistan seeks $3B in aid as corruption concerns persist Afghanistan's leaders will head to Brussels this week, seeking billions of dollars in aid as the country confronts an increasingly powerful Taliban insurgency and pervasive corruption.
October 3, 2016 Colombians vote on peace deal after polarized campaign The guns have been silenced, the agreement signed and a historic handshake between former enemies made in front of the entire world.
October 3, 2016 The Latest: Polls open for vote on Colombia peace deal The Latest on Colombia's referendum on an agreement to end a half-century of armed conflict (all times local): 8:15 a.m.
October 3, 2016 City elections in Brazil point to post-impeachment future Brazilians are voting across the country for the first time since President Dilma Rousseff was removed from office, and they appear to be in a kick-the-bums-out mood.
October 3, 2016 Matthew, a Category 4 hurricane, threatens Haiti, Jamaica Hurricane Matthew, a potentially devastating Category 4 storm, swirled across the Caribbean toward Haiti and Jamaica, where residents frantically stocked up on emergency supplies and authorities urged people to evacuate threatened areas.
October 2, 2016 Mexican students march to mark anniversary of 1968 massacre Several thousand students marched through Mexico City to mark the anniversary of a 1968 massacre in which troops fired on protesters at the capital's Tlatelolco Plaza, killing an unknown number.
October 2, 2016 For Colombia, a flawed peace is better than war On Oct. 2, Colombians will vote on whether to approve or reject a flawed peace agreement reached by the government and the FARC narco-terror group.
October 2, 2016 Mega-Hurricane Matthew threatens Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba Hurricane Matthew is roaring across the Caribbean Sea as a monster Category 5 storm on a course that puts Jamaica, as well as parts of Haiti and Cuba, in the path of its potentially devastating winds and rain.
October 2, 2016 Uncertainty over Philippine president alarms investors Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody anti-drug war and his foul-mouthed outbursts in defense of the campaign have unnerved foreign investors in one of Asia's fastest-growing economies.