May 19, 2016 Brazil's Temer promises to bring women to his cabinet Acting President Michel Temer of Brazil is promising that he will have women in his currently all white-male Cabinet.
May 19, 2016 Brazil ethics panel questions ex-speaker on bank accounts The ethics committee of Brazil's lower house has begun hearings that could lead to the expulsion of one of the country's most powerful lawmakers.
May 19, 2016 US again tells European banks trade with Iran is OK The United States and its partners in the Iran nuclear talks are trying anew to convince European banks and businesses that now-legal trade with the Islamic Republic won't be punished.
May 19, 2016 1st Chibok girl to escape Boko Haram to be feted in Nigeria Nigerian officials say the first Chibok girl to escape from Boko Haram's Sambisa Forest stronghold is expected to be feted by Nigeria's president this week, as her freedom adds pressure for the government to do more to rescue 218 other missing girls.
May 19, 2016 Former Brazil energy minister new CEO at troubled Petrobras Former Brazilian energy minister Pedro Parente has been named by acting President Michel Temer as the new CEO of state-run oil giant Petrobras.
May 19, 2016 EgyptAir says plane carrying 69 has disappeared from radar EgyptAir says an Airbus A320 carrying 59 passengers and 10 crew has disappeared from radar early Thursday morning.
May 19, 2016 NATO ministers meet on wide array of security challenges NATO foreign ministers are meeting on how to handle a daunting and simultaneous array of security challenges facing the alliance, from Afghanistan and the Middle East and North Africa to a rearmed and resurgent Russia.
May 19, 2016 Argentine prosecutor: Nisman maybe 'induced' to kill himself Alberto Nisman, who investigated Argentina's worst terrorist attack before he was found dead in his home last year, may have been forced to kill himself, another prosecutor who was formerly in charge of his case said Thursday.
May 19, 2016 Argentine lawmakers OK bill to stop layoffs; Macri to veto Argentina's House of Deputies has given final congressional approval to a bill that would ban layoffs in the public and private sectors.
May 19, 2016 Wildfire raging in Alberta has spread into Saskatchewan A massive wildfire raging in Canada's oil sands capital has moved into Alberta's neighboring province of Saskatchewan, but officials hope cooler temperatures and rain forecast for the coming days will help mitigate its spread.