April 20, 2016 Panama's finance minister to France next week French Finance Minister Michel Sapin will meet with his Panamanian counterpart Dulcidio de la Guardia on Monday in Paris to discuss tax information exchange.
April 20, 2016 Japan Catholic school sex-abuse victims demand to be heard The Roman Catholic Church's sex abuse scandal has stretched into one of the least Catholic countries: Japan, where former students at a prestigious all-boys parochial school allege they were molested or raped by religious brothers who taught there decades ago.
April 20, 2016 Magnitude-6.1 tremor jolts Ecuador days after deadly earthquake A fresh tremor rattled Ecuador overnight, a 6.1 magnitude jolt that was the strongest aftershock since a lethal earthquake killed hundreds of people on Saturday. There was no immediate report of further damage.
April 20, 2016 The Latest: Russia says it still supports Syria peace talks The Latest on the conflict in Syria as escalating violence in the north has prompted opposition representatives to suspend participation in U.N.-sponsored peace talks (all times local): 1:15 p.m.
April 20, 2016 2,000 tusks aflame in large burn of poached wildlife goods Some 2,000 illegally trafficked elephant tusks and hundreds of finished ivory products erupted in a ball of fire Tuesday as Cameroonian authorities conducted what was believed to be one of the largest burnings of poached wildlife goods in African history.
April 20, 2016 Hope of finding Ecuador quake survivors fades as death toll tops 500 Ecuadoreans began burying loved ones felled by the country's deadliest earthquake in decades, while hopes faded that more survivors will be found.
April 20, 2016 Mexico: Arrest warrants for 5 agents in torture video case Mexican authorities have issued arrest warrants for five security agents in connection with the torture of a young woman that was caught on video.
April 20, 2016 The Latest: More rescuers arrive in earthquake-hit Ecuador The Latest on the deadly earthquake in Ecuador (all times local): 3:30 a.m.
April 19, 2016 The Latest: Taliban launches attack on Afghan gov't agency The Latest on the militant assault on an Afghan government security compound in Kabul (all times local): 12:30 p.m.
April 19, 2016 State media: Fidel Castro attends Cuban Communist congress State media say Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro is attending the closing ceremonies of the country's twice-a-decade Communist Party congress.