June 17, 2016 Russian FM: US spares al-Qaida's branch to topple Assad Russia's foreign minister says he believes the U.S. may hope to use al-Qaida's branch in Syria to unseat Syrian President Bashar Assad's government.
June 16, 2016 Ex-Guatemalan president and VP charged in corruption scheme Guatemala's former president and vice-president have been formally charged in a sprawling corruption scheme that emptied government coffers and laundered money to be spent on Miami shopping sprees, real estate and luxury vehicles.
June 16, 2016 Police say 1 dead, several injured Calgary clinic stabbing Police say one person is dead and several others have been injured in a stabbing at a medical clinic in Calgary.
June 16, 2016 One dead, another injured in stabbing at Canadian medical clinic One person were killed and another injured after a man when on a stabbing spree Thursday at a medical clinic in Calgary, Canada, officials said.
June 16, 2016 Drug lord Palma arrested in Mexico on return from US Drug lord Hector "El Guero" Palma, one of the founders of the Sinaloa Cartel, returned to his native Mexico after serving almost a decade in a U.S. prison and was immediately transported to another maximum-security lockup where he will await trial on two murders.
June 16, 2016 Nicaragua expels 3 US government officials The United States says Nicaragua has expelled three American government officials.
June 16, 2016 US top general to attend UN peacekeeping meeting Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, will attend a United Nations meeting on peacekeeping.
June 16, 2016 UN chief: Haiti political crisis could destabilize country Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is warning that Haiti's political crisis has the potential to destabilize the country and reduce international support.
June 16, 2016 EU leaders come to Russia in a sign sanctions could be eased After a two-year break which felt like a boycott European leaders and chief executives of top multinational companies are coming to Russia to speak at the country's top economic gathering.
June 16, 2016 Christian militias fighting IS in Iraq hope for US support Clutching his rifle intently, the Iraqi recruit maneuvered between piles of bricks and cement obstacles.