February 25, 2016 Many ISIS bombs made from commercially available parts, report finds The Islamic State group relies on commercially available components for most of its bombs, with some parts coming from as far away as the United States and Japan, according to a report released Wednesday by a London-based arms research group.
February 25, 2016 Syrian president receives phone call from Russia's Putin Syria's state-run news agency says Syrian President Bashar Assad has received a phone call from Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
February 25, 2016 The Latest: Syrian opposition seeks guarantees for truce The Latest on the conflict in Syria and the provisional cease-fire proposed by the U.S. and Russia (all times local): 12:30 p.m.
February 25, 2016 French president suggests Argentina help with Syrian crisis French President Francois Hollande is suggesting Argentina could help with the humanitarian crisis of Syrians fleeing civil war and risking their lives to migrate to Europe.
February 25, 2016 3 police officers killed outside Mexico's Guadalajara Three police officers for a wealthy suburb of the Mexican city of Guadalajara have been killed in a daytime attack.
February 24, 2016 Experts to probe death of Chilean poet Pablo Neruda An international team of genomics experts and forensic specialists said Wednesday it will study the remains of Nobel Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda to try to solve the cause of his death.
February 24, 2016 Cuba gives well-known dissidents permission to travel abroad The Cuban government has loosened travel restrictions on some of the island's best-known dissidents, granting them one-time permission to travel abroad ahead of President Barack Obama's trip to the island, activists said Wednesday.
February 24, 2016 Mexican president makes first visit to city of disappearance Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto is making his first visit to Iguala, the southern Mexico city where 43 students from a rural teachers college disappeared in September 2014 after being taken by police.
February 24, 2016 Moody's strips Brazil of investment grade status The credit ratings agency Moody's has stripped Brazil of its investment grade status.
February 24, 2016 Mayor wears same suit for 15 months – and no one notices The mayor of a Canadian town revealed that he has worn the same “boring, dark blue suit” to meetings for 15 months in a bid to highlight “double standards” in the way men and women are judged on their clothing choices.