June 23, 2016 Aeromexico latest airline to suspend flights to Venezuela Mexico's largest airline says it has indefinitely suspended flights to Venezuela's capital due to the complicated economic situation in the South American nation.
June 23, 2016 Iraqi forces focus on militants in north and west Fallujah Iraqi commanders are preparing to dislodge Islamic State group fighters from pockets of territory in Fallujah's northern and western neighborhoods where the militants have dug in after largely fleeing their positions in the city center last week.
June 23, 2016 South Pole rescue flight of 2 sick American workers arrives in Chile A plane carrying two ailing passengers from the South Pole arrives safely in Chile late Wednesday, according to a statement from the National Science Foundation.
June 23, 2016 Colombia, FARC rebels agree on cease-fire in 52-year war Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the head of the country's leftist FARC rebels agreed Thursday on a cease-fire and rebel disarmament deal that moves the country to the brink of ending a 52-year war that has left more than 220,000 people dead.
June 23, 2016 Colombia's half-century conflict at a glance A look at Colombia's half-century guerrilla conflict: HOW IT STARTED The 1948 assassination of populist firebrand Jorge Eliecer Gaitan led to a political bloodletting known as "La Violencia," or "The Violence." Tens of thousands died, and peasant groups joined with communists to arm themselves.
June 23, 2016 Pakistan province gives $3 million to Taliban-linked school A Pakistani provincial minister says his local government has allocated $3 million to a Taliban-linked seminary in the region, along the border with Afghanistan.
June 23, 2016 Mexican government meets with radical teachers' union Leaders of a radical teachers union have held an initial meeting with Mexican government representatives to try to defuse tensions after eight people died in clashes in the southern state of Oaxaca.
June 23, 2016 Abortion pill requests spike in Zika outbreak countries NEW YORK (AP) -- Online requests for abortion pills spiked dramatically this year in Brazil, Ecuador and some other Latin American countries that ban abortions, an indication that women may be choosing to end pregnancies rather than risk birth defects stemming from a Zika virus outbreak.
June 23, 2016 Brazil budget crisis slows supercomputer from studying Zika Scientists will have to do without an ally in the race to combat the Zika virus.
June 23, 2016 Pope travels to Armenia after genocide flap and new tensions Pope Francis is making his first foray into the former Soviet Union with a weekend visit to Armenia, a year after he riled Turkey by declaring the Ottoman-era slaughter of Armenians genocide and amid fresh tensions with rival Azerbaijan.