June 6, 2016 In tiny Lebanon, a Little Brazil At the eastern edge of the rural Bekaa Valley, where the rocky hillsides are stippled with cherry trees, a generations-old kinship with Brazil has imbued two Lebanese villages with a Latino spirit.
June 6, 2016 Reports of violence as 12 Mexican states vote for governors There are reports of violence in Mexico as 12 states vote for new governors.
June 5, 2016 The Latest: Presidential runoff vote starts in Peru The Latest on Peru's presidential election (all times local): 8:00 a.m.
June 5, 2016 Islamic State kills dozens of its own in hunt for spies In March, a senior commander with the Islamic State group was driving through northern Syria on orders to lead militants in the fighting there when a drone blasted his vehicle to oblivion.
June 5, 2016 EU foreign policy chief presses Albania on reform package European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has called on Albania to pass a key judicial reform, considering it a decisive step for the country as it strives for EU membership.
June 5, 2016 Strikes on rebel-held parts of Syria's Aleppo kill 13 Syrian activists say government and Russian airstrikes have killed more than a dozen people in opposition-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo.
June 5, 2016 Nicaragua's Ortega to seek 3rd straight term as president Daniel Ortega is officially running for what would be his third consecutive term as Nicaragua's president.
June 5, 2016 Ali remembered in Muslim world as champ, voice of change Of all Muhammad Ali's travels in the Muslim world, his 1964 trip to Egypt was perhaps the most symbolic, a visit remembered mostly by an iconic photo of the boxing great happily shaking hands with a smiling Gamal Abdel-Nasser, Egypt's nationalist and popular president.
June 5, 2016 In Mongolia, Kerry hails 'oasis of democracy' U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is hailing Mongolia as an "oasis of democracy" as he makes a rare, high-profile visit to the Asian country.
June 5, 2016 Spain's ex-PM meets with jailed Venezuelan opposition leader Spain's former prime minister met in jail with Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez on Saturday, the first meeting of its kind in the more than two years since his imprisonment for inciting violence during anti-government protests.