April 25, 2016 Merkel hints at further military effort in Libya after talks German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday that she, U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of France, Britain and Italy discussed ways of supporting the fragile unity government in Libya and the possibility of expanding military efforts to stop the smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean.
April 25, 2016 'Miracle' surgeries restore toddler's hearing, eyesight When Diana Periera’s daughter Nicolly was born deaf and with glaucoma, a condition most common in older adults, she didn’t know if the little girl would ever see her or hear her voice.
April 25, 2016 Mom of missing Florida teen fisherman wants data from recovered iPhone The mother of a Florida teen who went missing at sea on a fishing trip with a friend wants the state attorney to force the other boy's family to turn their son's recovered cellphone over to experts in hopes that information regarding their disappearance could be recovered.
April 25, 2016 3 deaf women in Haiti ritualistically beaten, killed The three friends had spent the day stocking up on food in the Haitian capital when they left for their village, setting off on the 20-mile trip home by foot because the minibuses known as tap-taps weren't running after a bridge collapse.
April 25, 2016 Death toll rises to 32 in Mexico petrochemical plant blast Mexico's state oil company says that searchers have recovered four more bodies from a petrochemical plant wrecked by a huge explosion on the country's Gulf coast, raising the death toll to 32.
April 24, 2016 Report: Mexican police tortured suspects in students' case A report by an outside group of experts says there is evidence that Mexican police tortured some of the key suspects arrested in the disappearance of 43 students.
April 24, 2016 N. Korea claims successful test of submarine-fired missile North Korea said Sunday that it successfully test-fired a ballistic missile from a submarine and warned of its growing ability to cut down its enemies with a "dagger of destruction." South Korea couldn't immediately confirm the claim of success in what marks Pyongyang's latest effort to expand its military might in face of pressure by its neighbors and Washington.
April 24, 2016 Highlights of experts' report on Mexican missing students The final report by a group of experts of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has found serious abuses and inconsistencies in the Mexican government's investigation into the disappearance of 43 students who were kidnapped by corrupt local police in September 2014 and supposedly turned over to a drug gang that killed them and burned their bodies.
April 24, 2016 Report: Jailed Iranian Texas graduate student hospitalized Iran's judiciary spokesman has said that an Iranian graduate student studying at the University of Texas who is in jail in Tehran, has been hospitalized for surgery outside prison.
April 24, 2016 Philippine mayor widens lead ahead of May 9 vote A tough-talking Philippine mayor has widened his lead in a poll ahead of May 9 presidential elections, but analysts say his chances will likely be hurt by a storm of criticism over a rape joke and offensive remarks against foreign allies.