March 10, 2016 Iraq's military falls short on logistics in fight against IS Iraq's military is once again trying to dislodge Islamic State group fighters from the vast Samarra desert, which stretches between newly recaptured territory in Anbar province and the IS-held northern city of Mosul.
March 10, 2016 Brazil's ex-president charged in money laundering probe Prosecutors in Sao Paulo state have filed money laundering charges against former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is accused of hiding his alleged ownership of a seafront penthouse in the city of Guaruja.
March 10, 2016 AP Explains: Another Korean Peninsula crisis; maybe not North Korea threatens nuclear annihilation, fires ballistic missiles into the sea in a show of defiance, tests a nuclear bomb and launches a long-range rocket into space as South Korea and the United States stage huge military drills.
March 10, 2016 Kim Jong Un poses beside possible nuclear warhead mock-up North Korea caused a new stir Wednesday by publicizing a purported mock-up of a key part of a nuclear warhead, with leader Kim Jong Un saying his country has developed miniaturized atomic bombs that can be placed on missiles.
March 10, 2016 Electoral council strikes No. 2 candidate from Peru race Peru's electoral council has blocked the candidacy of the main challenger to front-runner Keiko Fujimori in April 10 presidential elections.
March 9, 2016 Jean Arnault of France to head new UN mission in Colombia Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed veteran U.N.
March 9, 2016 Car bomb kills 4 outside police academy in Somali capital A Somali police official says three police officers and one civilian have been killed in a car bombing outside a police academy in the Somali capital.
March 9, 2016 President Santos: Colombia may miss peace deal deadline Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is acknowledging that his government may miss a fast-approaching deadline to sign a peace deal with rebels and end the main part of the country's decades-long conflict.
March 9, 2016 Iran fires 2 missiles marked with 'Israel must be wiped out' A semiofficial news agency is reporting that Iran has test-fired two ballistic missiles at a target some 1,400 kilometers (870 miles) away, with the phrase "Israel must be wiped out" written on them.