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May 18, 2016

Puerto Rico transportation agency under emergency state

Puerto Rico's governor on Wednesday again used a state of emergency decree to protect one of the island's struggling public agencies from lawsuits and preserve dwindling liquidity as U.S. Congress stalls on a bill to restructure the island's $70 billion public debt.

May 18, 2016

Bolivia police, workers clash at protest over plant shutdown

Anti-riot police and workers clashed in Bolivia's capital during a protest against the government's decision to close the country's largest state-run textile company.

May 18, 2016

Girl kidnapped by Boko Haram found traumatized, with baby

One of the teenagers kidnapped by Boko Haram extremists over two years ago from a school in northeastern Nigeria has been found with a baby and was reunited Wednesday with her mother — the first of the Chibok girls to be freed since the mass abduction.

May 18, 2016

US, Russia push Armenia, Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh

The U.S., Russia and France are pressing the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to begin immediate negotiations over a territory dispute that recently sparked the worst violence there in 26 years.

May 18, 2016

US commander: Islamic State may be reverting to its 'roots'

A series of deadly attacks by Islamic State operatives in and around Baghdad may be a sign that the militants are "reverting to their roots" as a terrorist organization, the top U.S. commander for the Middle East said Wednesday.

May 18, 2016

Swiss send last of FIFA suspects to US in bribery case

Switzerland's justice ministry says former FIFA staffer Julio Rocha has been extradited to the United States to face racketeering charges in a sprawling bribery case.

May 18, 2016

Kerry, el-Sissi discuss stalled Arab-Israeli peace efforts

The United States and Egypt looked for ways Wednesday to inject life into Israel's moribund peace process with the Palestinians, after the Arab country's leader said an agreement would make warmer ties with the Jewish state possible.

May 18, 2016

NATO meeting to focus on security challenges outside Europe

NATO foreign ministers this week will discuss how the alliance can deal more effectively with security threats outside Europe, including by training the Iraqi military and cooperating with the European Union to choke off people-smuggling operations in the central Mediterranean.

May 18, 2016

Philippine communist rebels welcome offered Cabinet posts

Communist rebel leaders have welcomed the Philippine president-elect's offer of four Cabinet posts or an alliance government.

May 18, 2016

Pakistan says 4 nations discussing talks with the Taliban

Islamabad says four nations — Pakistan, Afghanistan, China and the United States — have resumed talks on bringing the Taliban to the negotiation table.