March 9, 2016 Prayers, cheers as total eclipse darkens swath of Asia People gazed at the sky in wonder and cheered while others knelt in prayer as a total eclipse of the sun unfolded over Indonesia on Wednesday, briefly plunging cities into darkness and startling wildlife.
March 9, 2016 Total eclipse of the sun unfolds over Indonesia People gazed at the sky in wonder and cheered while others knelt in prayer as a total eclipse of the sun unfolded over Indonesia.
March 9, 2016 Venezuela Congress takes up case of missing miners Venezuelan opposition politicians are demanding the government do more to determine what happened to a group of missing miners allegedly killed by gang members.
March 8, 2016 Home of slum resident fighting Olympic eviction demolished Brazilian authorities have demolished the home of a slum dweller whose fight to stay in her residence near Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Park came to symbolize the fight between the city and residents of the Vila Autodromo shantytown.
March 8, 2016 Errors in investigation into killing of Honduran activist Human rights defender Amnesty International says officials have made mistakes in the investigation into the killing of a Honduran indigenous leader and environmentalist.
March 8, 2016 Israel: Palestinian woman tries to stab officers, is killed Israeli police say a Palestinian woman who tried to stab Israeli security forces was shot and killed by officers in Jerusalem's Old City.
March 8, 2016 The Latest: Nod to India's female lawmakers shows rarity The Latest on International Women's Day (all times local): 5 p.m.
March 8, 2016 Brazil's Marcelo Odebrecht sentenced to more than 19 years A federal judge has sentenced the former president of Brazil's largest construction company to more than 19 years in prison for involvement in a corruption scheme at the state-run oil company Petrobras.
March 8, 2016 Testimony in Guatemalan fraud case implicates leaders The man who allegedly handled finances for a far-reaching corruption scheme in Guatemala has testified that the then-vice president's right-hand man told him that bribes were going to his boss and the president.
March 8, 2016 Socialist dream under threat in Venezuela's 'Chavez City' Drive down a road lined with trash fires, past an improvised slum where sewage runs between shacks and through an army checkpoint, and you'll reach a startling destination: a gleaming, self-contained community about as clean and orderly as a U.S. suburb.