April 5, 2016 Top Brazil court orders opening of impeachment against VP The man who would take over if Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is impeached, Vice President Michel Temer, could now be running that same risk of impeachment.
April 5, 2016 Azerbaijan says 16 killed in Nagorno-Karabakh fighting Azerbaijan says 16 troops have been killed and more injured in the past two days of fighting against separatists in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh.
April 5, 2016 Former Uruguayan president: Ex-Gitmo detainees behaving badly Uruguay's former president says the conduct of six former Guantanamo Bay detainees resettled in the South American nation has been "abysmal" and has hurt efforts to resettle others.
April 5, 2016 Despite global outcry, tackling tax havens is a tough task There's one part of the British Empire on which the sun still does not set: its tax havens.
April 5, 2016 US Marine Corps dog named Lucca who saved lives wins prize A U.S. Marine Corps dog that sniffed out explosives and protected thousands of troops has been honored with a prize for animals serving bravely in military conflict.
April 5, 2016 US puts Paris attacks suspect on terrorist sanctions list The U.S. government has put Paris attacks suspect Salah Abdeslam on its formal terrorist list, imposing sanctions and barring Americans from transactions with him.
April 5, 2016 Iceland prime minister faces no-confidence vote in scandal The political future of Iceland's prime minister is in danger because of his reported links to an offshore account in the British Virgin Islands.
April 5, 2016 Vietnam reports first Zika infections, raises alarm Mosquitoes have infected two women with the Zika virus in Vietnam, health authorities said on Tuesday, in the country's first cases of a disease linked in Brazil to thousands of suspected cases of microcephaly, a rare birth defect.
April 5, 2016 Hawaii researchers focus on data to combat Zika virus HONOLULU (AP) -- As the Zika outbreak takes hold in Latin America, researchers thousands of miles away in Hawaii are using data to figure out where it might spread next.
April 5, 2016 China squelches Panama reports on hidden wealth Reports based on documents leaked from a Panama-based law firm that name relatives of current and retired Chinese politicians, including President Xi Jinping, as owning offshore companies are "groundless," China's Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.