April 8, 2016 Spain recalls Venezuela ambassador over Maduro insults Spain is recalling its ambassador to Venezuela for consultations over what it said were "intolerable insults" made by Venezuela's president against Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.
April 8, 2016 State Department: Syrian government releases US citizen The State Department says a U.S. citizen has been freed by Syrian authorities.
April 8, 2016 Thailand investigates 16 from leak of offshore accounts data Authorities in Thailand are investigating 16 citizens with reported ties to offshore companies set up by a Panama-based law firm.
April 8, 2016 Kerry's visit to Hiroshima grabbing spotlight at G-7 meeting Next week, Secretary of State John Kerry will become the highest-ranking American government official to visit Hiroshima, where 140,000 Japanese died from the first of two atomic bombs dropped by his country in the closing days of World War II more than 70 years ago.
April 8, 2016 EU to discuss requiring visas for Americans, Canadians The European Union's executive plans to discuss instituting mandatory visa requirements for American and Canadian visitors because the U.S. and Canada maintain similar restrictions on some EU nationals.
April 8, 2016 US Secretary of State John Kerry met with Bahrain opposition U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry met with opposition groups in the island nation of Bahrain during his visit.
April 8, 2016 Pastor of China's largest Protestant church released: Report A U.S.-based Christian group says Chinese authorities have released the pastor of the country's largest Protestant church after he was detained for more than two months following protests against the government's removal of crosses from churches.
April 8, 2016 Former Indonesian leader chides US for lack of transparency A former Indonesian president has accused the United States and Australia of lacking transparency over President Barack Obama's decision five years ago to rotate U.S. Marines through the Australian city of Darwin as part of the U.S. military pivot to Asia.
April 8, 2016 Afghan insurgency battle marred by political dysfunction When the spokesman for an Afghan government ministry was asked why he wasn't answering his phone, he said he was on strike as he hadn't been paid for nine months.
April 8, 2016 Recent attacks claimed by radical Islamists in Bangladesh The hacking and shooting to death of a student activist in Bangladesh has renewed international concern that advocates of secularism and free speech are unsafe in the mostly Muslim nation.