April 24, 2016 Yemen troops, Saudi-led coalition attack Al Qaeda in south Yemeni security officials say hundreds of troops loyal to the internationally recognized president have launched an operation to drive al-Qaida and Islamic State fighters out of southern coastal areas the extremists have seized amid the country's complex civil war.
April 24, 2016 Sunwolves rebound with 1st win in Super Rugby A week after suffering one of the worst defeats in the history of Super Rugby, Japan's Sunwolves rebounded with its first-ever win in the tournament, beating Argentina's Jaguares 36-28.
April 24, 2016 Death toll from Ecuador earthquake tops 650 The death toll from last week's magnitude-7.8 earthquake that flattened towns along Ecuador's coast has risen to 654 with another 58 people missing, officials said Saturday.
April 23, 2016 China stops Western diplomats from visiting dissident A lawyer says that five Western diplomats trying to visit her after she was prevented from travelling to the United States to accept an award for her rights work have been stopped by police.
April 23, 2016 Belize says Guatemala "amassing" troops in border areas The tiny Central American country of Belize is accusing its larger neighbor Guatemala of "amassing" troops along the two countries' border after a 13-year-old boy died in a shooting incident apparently involving Belizean soldiers.
April 23, 2016 Death toll at 28 in Mexico petrochemical plant explosion Searchers recovered four more bodies from a petrochemical plant wrecked by a huge explosion this week on Mexico's southeastern Gulf coast, raising the death toll to 28, the state oil company said Friday night.
April 23, 2016 Bad week for German automakers: Huge costs, new probe It's been a bad week for German automakers.
April 23, 2016 Panama raids warehouse of company at heart of documents leak Panamanian officials have raided a warehouse of the law firm Mossack Fonseca, which has been at the center of the huge document leak related to offshore accounts.
April 23, 2016 Federal judge seizes Puerto Rico govt funds amid crisis Puerto Rico's financially strapped government has been hit with a federal court order that demands the island's health department immediately pay long-overdue bills owed to companies that serve mentally disabled people in the U.S. territory.
April 22, 2016 Thousands march to protest proposed Nicaragua canal Thousands of Nicaraguans have marched to oppose a planned interoceanic canal that critics say threatens to displace rural communities and damage the environment.