March 11, 2016 Volkswagen global sales down 1.2 percent in February Volkswagen says global sales were 1.2 percent lower in February than a year earlier, with higher deliveries in Europe offset by drops in the U.S., South America and China as it grapples with its emissions-rigging scandal.
March 11, 2016 Mexico: Fake security firm was used to recruit for cartel A state prosecutor in western Mexico says authorities broke up a fake private security company that was used to recruit for a drug cartel.
March 11, 2016 5 marines in custody in Mexico disappearance case Amnesty International says five Mexican marines have been arrested in relation to the 2013 disappearance of a man in northern Mexico.
March 11, 2016 Brazil prosecutors file charges against former president Sao Paulo state prosecutors say they filed money laundering and misrepresentation charges against former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva because of evidence he and his family unduly benefited from a real estate scheme that adversely affected thousands of families.
March 10, 2016 Former Putin aide died of blunt force trauma in DC, autopsy says An autopsy has found that blunt force trauma to the head was the cause of death for one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's former aides whose body was found in a Washington hotel room.
March 10, 2016 OAS concerned by barring of presidential candidates in Peru The Organization of American States is expressing its concern over the timing of the disqualification of candidates from Peru's presidential election.
March 10, 2016 NKorea to liquidate SKorean assets, fires missiles into sea North Korea responded Thursday to new sanctions from South Korea by firing short-range ballistic missiles into the sea in a show of defiance and vowing to "liquidate" all remaining South Korean assets at former cooperative projects in the North.
March 10, 2016 The Latest: Austria wants Balkan route to stay closed The Latest on the continuing issues of mass migration to Europe (all times local): 9:20 a.m.
March 10, 2016 Venezuela's congress debates bill to recall President Maduro Venezuela's opposition-controlled Congress has given preliminary approval to a bill that would put the country on the road to a presidential recall referendum.
March 10, 2016 Tourists in Argentina watch massive glacier break apart Tourists in southern Argentina had the opportunity to witness a breathtaking natural phenomenon when huge chunks of the Perito Moreno Glacier broke off in front of them.