May 23, 2016 Phone tap adds to pressure on Brazil's interim president A leaked recording of a phone conversation is adding to pressure on Brazil's acting President Michel Temer.
May 23, 2016 Iraqi forces battle IS militants outside Fallujah Officials say government forces have pushed Islamic State militants from some agricultural areas outside the city of Fallujah at the start of a military offensive aimed at recapturing the city from the Islamic State group.
May 23, 2016 Spain: Colombia investigating whether reporter was kidnapped Spain's foreign minister says Colombian authorities are trying to confirm whether a journalist who went missing over the weekend in a lawless region of Colombia was kidnapped.
May 23, 2016 Talban leader killed in airstrike was an obstacle to peace, US general says The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Akhtar Mansour was an obstacle to peace and his death will have a disruptive effect on the insurgency.
May 23, 2016 VOICES: Daughter's early cancer death haunts A-bomb survivor A flash in the sky over Hiroshima, Japan, caused a lifetime of ordeal for an elementary school student.
May 23, 2016 Official: Iran to try to 'speed up' held Lebanese man's case A spokesman for Iran's Foreign Ministry says his government "will try to speed up" a case involving a detained U.S. permanent resident accused by state-run media of being a spy.
May 23, 2016 German chemical firm Bayer makes $62B offer for Monsanto German drug and chemicals company Bayer AG says it has made a $62 billion offer to buy U.S.-based crops and seeds specialist Monsanto Company.
May 23, 2016 Iraq increases Green Zone security after second breach Iraqi security forces have installed additional blast walls and layers of razor wire around the Green Zone after the compound that houses most Iraqi ministries and foreign embassies was breached.
May 22, 2016 Protests in Brazil's 2 biggest cities against acting leader Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of Brazil's two biggest cities Sunday to protest acting President Michel Temer, trying to keep up pressure on his interim administration only 10 days after he was sworn in.
May 22, 2016 6 dead in pair of nightclub shootings on Mexico's Gulf coast Mexican authorities say a total of six men were killed in shootings at two nightclubs in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.