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April 18, 2017

China says US wants diplomatic solution to N. Korea standoff

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has made a new appeal for calm on the Korean Peninsula and says he believes the United States would prefer a diplomatic resolution to the standoff.

April 18, 2017

The Latest: US VP Pence arrives in Japan to focus on trade

The Latest on U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's trip to Asia (all times local): 12:15 p.m.

April 18, 2017

Pence, headed to Japan, turns focus to trade with key ally

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is traveling to Japan for talks expected to focus largely on trade with America's anchor ally in the region.

April 18, 2017

Opposition to challenge votes on expanding Erdogan's powers

Turkey's main opposition party is preparing to contest the results of a referendum that gave a narrow victory to President Tayyip Erdogan's wishes to greatly expand the powers of his office.

April 18, 2017

Trump effect on French election: Anything is possible

The impossible is now possible, French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen said in celebration after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency.

April 17, 2017

At 117, Jamaican woman likely just became world's oldest

Violet Brown spent much of her life cutting sugarcane in the fields around her home in western Jamaica.

April 17, 2017

Mexico's latest captured ex-governor once party's future

Mexico has a long history of corrupt fugitive governors, including one who was arrested in Italy just last week, but former Veracruz Gov. Javier Duarte stands out.

April 17, 2017

Venezuela's Maduro seeks to expand armed civilian militias

President Nicolas Maduro is looking to expand the number of civilians involved in armed militias as tensions in the crisis-wracked nation continue to rise.

April 17, 2017

North Korea accuses US of creating situation for nuclear war

North Korea's deputy U.N.

April 17, 2017

Paraguay president says he won't run in 2018 election

Paraguay's President Horacio Cartes says he will not be a candidate in the 2018 election even if Congress approves a constitutional amendment to allow a second term.