September 3, 2016 Jamaica to prosecute 16 people on lottery scam charges Sixteen people arrested for allegedly defrauding U.S. citizens will appear in court this month as Jamaican authorities take aim at lottery scam gangs that they blame for much of the island nation's violent crime.
September 3, 2016 Turkish tanks cross into Syria in 'new phase' against IS Turkish tanks have crossed into Syria to the west of a frontier town seized from the Islamic State group last week, in a "new phase" of an operation aimed at sealing off the last stretch of border controlled by the extremists.
September 3, 2016 Duterte declares 'state of lawlessness' after bomb kills 14 Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared a nationwide "state of lawlessness" Saturday after suspected Abu Sayyaf extremists detonated a bomb that killed 14 people and wounded about 70 in his southern hometown.
September 3, 2016 China ratifies Paris climate deal ahead of G-20 summit China announced on Saturday that it has ratified the emissions-cutting agreement reached last year in Paris, giving a big boost to efforts to bring the accord into effect by the end of this year.
September 3, 2016 Researchers: Latin American women got women into UN Charter Eleanor Roosevelt gets the credit for championing women's rights at the United Nations but two researchers have found the real heroines responsible for getting women into the U.N.
September 3, 2016 A look at Islam Karimov, Uzbek president since independence Islam Karimov crushed all opposition in the Central Asian country of Uzbekistan as its only president in a quarter-century of independence from the Soviet Union.
September 3, 2016 Spanish missionary who devoted life to poor killed in Haiti A missionary from Spain who devoted her life to helping the poor in Haiti was fatally shot at a crowded intersection in the Caribbean country's capital Friday.
September 3, 2016 Philippine blast leaves 10 dead, several wounded in market Philippine officials say an explosion at a night market in the hometown of the country's president has left up to 10 people dead and several others wounded.
September 2, 2016 Argentines protest president's job cuts, subsidy reductions Argentina's unions brought thousands of people into the capital's streets Friday to protest government job cuts, the elimination of subsidies and other policies of President Mauricio Macri.
September 2, 2016 Santos: Colombian sides to sign peace deal in late September Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos has announced that he will sign a peace accord with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia later this month in Cartagena.