February 22, 2016 High supplies seen capping oil price until early 2017 Experts at the International Energy Agency have dramatically pushed back their view on when oil prices will rebound from current 13-year lows, saying the supply glut will hold prices down until early next year.
February 22, 2016 Assange lawyers request overturn of arrest warrant A Swedish court says Julian Assange's lawyers have requested an overturn of his arrest warrant, in light of a UN panel finding that the WikiLeaks founder should be freed.
February 22, 2016 CDC, Brazil start big study to test Zika link to birth defects U.S. and Brazilian researchers are heading to João Pessoa in the state of ParaÃba on Monday to recruit mothers and babies in one of the biggest government-led studies to understand whether the Zika virus is linked to microcephaly, a rare birth defect.
February 22, 2016 Spanish gold medalist believes she contracted Zika in Rio SAO PAULO (AP) -- Spanish Olympic gold medalist Marina Alabau says she got Zika while training in Brazil in December, suffering painful symptoms in an experience that the wind surfer said won't stop her from competing in the Games in August.
February 22, 2016 Scandal emerges as Bolivia president seeks fourth term President Evo Morales had seemed exempt from the scandal that has besmirched much of South America's left, but an alleged influence-peddling affair involving a woman who bore him a child comes at the most inopportune of moments.
February 21, 2016 EU, US suggest postponing Macedonia election European Union and U.S. diplomats have suggested that Macedonia postpone national elections scheduled for April 24.
February 21, 2016 Experts say obstacles blocking probe of missing students International experts for the Inter-American Human Rights Commission said Sunday that they have run into serious obstacles in their investigation into the case of 43 college students who went missing after being detained by police in southern Mexico in 2014.
February 21, 2016 Kerry: 'Provisional agreement' reached on Syria ceasefire Secretary of State John Kerry says a "provisional agreement" has been reached on a ceasefire in Syria's five-year civil war.