May 10, 2016 3 men in line for Brazilian presidency accused of corruption The impeachment proceedings against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff have put a spotlight on endemic corruption in the ranks of lawmakers.
May 10, 2016 New Philippine leader seen as emancipator, looming dictator Rodrigo Duterte, the bombastic mayor of a major southern Philippine city, was poised Tuesday to become the nation's president-elect after an incendiary and populist campaign that projected him alternatively as an emancipator and a looming dictator.
May 10, 2016 US says diplomats to resume talks on Syria next week The U.S. says world powers working to promote a resolution to Syria's civil war will resume talks next week in Vienna.
May 10, 2016 Kerry: Businesses using US sanctions as excuse to avoid Iran U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says businesses shouldn't use the U.S. and its sanctions against Iran as an excuse not to do business there.
May 10, 2016 Bachelet thanks Sweden for help during dictatorship Chile's President Michelle Bachelet has expressed thanks to Sweden for helping thousands of Chileans escape persecution during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
May 10, 2016 Emirates airline says profits are up amid lower oil prices The Middle East's biggest airline, Emirates, says its profits jumped by about 56 percent to $1.9 billion in the last fiscal year largely due to lower oil prices that drove down fuel operating costs.
May 10, 2016 Cuban minister: US blockade of island a Cold War 'iceberg' Cuba's foreign minister says the United States' embargo of his country is a lingering "iceberg of the Cold War" that needs to be lifted unconditionally.
May 10, 2016 London mayor slams Trump's 'ignorant' view of Islam London Mayor Sadiq Khan is unimpressed by Donald Trump's suggestion that he could be exempted from a proposed temporary ban on Muslims entering the United States.
May 10, 2016 US sticking with calling Myanmar minority 'Rohingya' Myanmar and the United States appear to have agreed to disagree on what to call the Southeast Asian nation's beleaguered Muslim minority that Washington and most of the world know as Rohingya.
May 10, 2016 Under reform mantle, Shiite cleric fractures Iraqi politics After more than a decade of dipping in and out of Iraqi politics, Muqtada al-Sadr, the young Shiite cleric who first made his name fighting U.S. forces in post-2003 Iraq, is leveraging his enduring popular appeal to again roil Iraq's political order.