February 24, 2016 Ramon Castro, Cuban president's older brother, dies Cuban state media say that Ramon Castro, the older brother of Cuban revolutionary leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, has died at age 91.
February 24, 2016 Student arrested after at least 4 stabbed at Canada school Police say a female high school student is in custody after at least four students were stabbed at a high school east of Toronto.
February 23, 2016 Ramon Castro, Cuban leader's older brother, dies at age 91 Ramon Castro, a lifelong rancher and farmer who bore a strong physical resemblance to younger brother Fidel Castro, has died, Cuban state media announced Tuesday. He was 91.
February 23, 2016 Uncertainty on national election date in Macedonia Macedonia's Parliament is due to be formally dissolved at midnight Tuesday, paving the way for early elections in April under a western-brokered deal to end a protracted political crisis.
February 23, 2016 Charges expire against Mexican rebel leader A Mexican federal judge has ruled that charges filed against a leader of the Zapatista rebel uprising of 1994 are no longer valid.
February 23, 2016 Police charge 7 with homicide over dam burst that killed 17 Brazilian police have charged the president of mining company Samarco and six others with aggravated homicide over the deaths of at least 17 people after a dam burst in November.
February 23, 2016 The Latest: Syrian government says it accepts proposed truce The Latest on the conflict in Syria and the provisional cease-fire proposed by the U.S. and Russia (all times local): 12 p.m.
February 23, 2016 Analysis: Despite skepticism, Syrian truce may have a chance After five years of carnage, the Syrian civil war can seem poised to go on indefinitely.
February 23, 2016 Trudeau to be 1st Canadian PM to march in gay pride parade Justin Trudeau will become the first Canadian prime minister to participate in Toronto's annual gay pride march.
February 23, 2016 Brazil to fight Zika by sterilizing mosquitoes with gamma rays Brazil is planning to fight the Zika virus by zapping millions of male mosquitoes with gamma rays to sterilize them and stop the spread of the virus linked to thousands of birth defects.