April 27, 2017 The Latest: France links sarin gas used in Syria to regime The Latest on Syria (all times local): 9:35 a.m.
April 27, 2017 'Enormous progress' in US-Mexico ties, Mexican foreign minister says Remarks followed a Wednesday night call between Trump and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.
April 27, 2017 Venezuela increasingly isolated as it announces withdrawal from OAS Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez announced the decision after a meeting at the group's Washington headquarters.
April 27, 2017 Venezuelan authorities rely on arbitrary arrests, jailing, to silence critics, says Amnesty International Venezuelan authorities are increasingly rounding up and even torturing innocent people in a brutal crackdown on complaints about the government and deteriorating living conditions in the beleaguered nation, according to a new report by Amnesty International released Wednesday.
April 27, 2017 UN says slight drop in war deaths, but more women among them The United Nation reports a slight drop in the number of civilians dying in Afghanistan's protracted 16-year war during the first three months of this year, but in a surprising twist more women and children are among the dead and wounded than in previous casualty reports.
April 27, 2017 The Latest: US drone strike kills 7 in northwest Pakistan The Latest on Pakistan (all times local): 5:05 p.m.
April 27, 2017 A look at North Korea's evolving brinkmanship North Korea observers have long marveled at the ability of a small, impoverished, autocratic nation to go toe-to-toe with the world's superpowers.
April 27, 2017 Paraguay congress axes measure for presidential re-election Paraguay's Chamber of Deputies has rejected a proposed constitutional amendment allowing for presidential re-election, voting nearly four weeks after a secret Senate ballot to approve the measure set off riots in which protesters burned furniture in Congress.
April 27, 2017 Venezuela threatens to exit OAS as pressure on Maduro mounts Venezuela is threatening to pull out of the Organization of American States as the socialist government's response to political unrest that has been blamed for 26 deaths in recent weeks draws rebuke from the hemisphere's major powers.
