March 8, 2016 Talk of beheading strike option fans Koreas tension Massive joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises are a spring ritual on the Korean Peninsula guaranteed to draw a lot of threat-laced venom from Pyongyang.
March 8, 2016 After decades in Damascus, American says he'll never leave Thomas Webber stoops to check his car for bombs every morning before heading out, but the 71-year-old American has no plans to leave Damascus, a city he has called home for more than four decades.
March 8, 2016 Ukrainian protesters demand that Russia release Savchenko A few hundred people have marched from Ukraine's Defense Ministry to the Russian Embassy in Kiev to demand that Russia release Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko.
March 8, 2016 Netanyahu's office refutes US surprise at cancelled trip The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is refuting a White House claim that Netanyahu "surprised" the Obama administration by cancelling his planned visit to Washington.
March 8, 2016 Mexican archdiocese claims Pope was misinformed Mexico's main archdiocese has taken the unusual step of publicly saying Pope Francis had been badly advised when directed harsh words to local bishops during his visit in mid-February.
March 8, 2016 Indonesia wants Guantanamo detainee to stay in a US prison Indonesian security officials say the government would find a way to ensure an alleged Southeast Asian terror chief doesn't return to Indonesia under President Barack Obama's contentious plan to close the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
March 8, 2016 North Korea again threatens nuke strikes on US, South Korea North Korea is yet again threatening nuclear strikes on the United States and South Korea, this time in reaction to the start of huge U.S.-South Korean military drills.
March 7, 2016 Mexico sees attempt to loosen security on "El Chapo" The Mexican government is warning of a strategy by drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman to try to loosen the security measures at the maximum-security prison where he has already escaped once.
March 7, 2016 El Salvador considers new measures to combat violence El Salvador's president says he has brought together the three branches of government and the attorney general to analyze what measures can be taken in the face of spiraling gang violence.
March 7, 2016 Mexico sees rise in attacks on civil rights activists Mexico's National Human Rights Commission is denouncing a rise in attacks on activists who defend people's rights in the country.