May 24, 2016 Hard-line cleric becomes speaker of Assembly of Expert A hard-line Iranian cleric has become the speaker of the Assembly of Experts, a clerical body that is mainly tasked with selecting the country's supreme leader.
May 24, 2016 Police, soldiers swarm Mexico's Acapulco, killings continue Along with beach towels or sandals, there's a new popular beach accessory that says a lot about the violence gripping this once-glamorous resort: a small black leather tote hanging from the neck or shoulders of some men.
May 24, 2016 IS attacks undermine Iraqi state in war weary capital Even as Iraq slowly claws back territory from the Islamic State group, faith in the government is crumbling among many, particularly the country's Shiites, angered by political disarray and the continual pounding of the capital, Baghdad, by militants' bombings.
May 24, 2016 Puerto Rico unveils budget that includes $200M debt payment Puerto Rico's governor has unveiled a stark budget that sets aside more than $200 million for a critical bond payment as the U.S. territory sinks into a deep economic crisis.
May 24, 2016 Mexican journalist Lopez-Doriga to step down from newscast One of Mexico's best-known journalists says he will step down from his nightly newscast on the Televisa network in August.
May 23, 2016 Mexican authorities exhume bodies from unmarked common grave Mexican officials have begun exhuming the remains of more than 100 unidentified people buried by authorities in a common grave in the central state of Morelos.
May 23, 2016 Argentina and Brazil agree to mediate in Venezuela crisis Brazil's acting foreign minister says his country will work with Argentina to help find a solution to Venezuela's political crisis.
May 23, 2016 FIFA fires finance director Kattner over bonus payments FIFA has fired its finance director of the past 13 years, removing another fixture of the Sepp Blatter presidential era in another round of revelations about irregular million-dollar payments.
May 23, 2016 Chile breaks world record for most soccer players in a match Chile has broken the world record for the most participants in a soccer match.
May 23, 2016 Longtime US diplomat Thomas Pickering's role with Russian firm surfaces in Panama Papers A Russian software company hired a heavy hitter when it prepared to go public on the New York Stock Exchange, naming former U.S. ambassador to Russia Thomas Pickering to its board of directors.