October 3, 2016 Arrest made in killing of Spanish woman in Mexico City Mexican authorities say they have arrested one suspect in the kidnapping of a Spanish woman whose body was found last month in neighboring Mexico state.
October 3, 2016 Mexican official: Canadian killed by driver during robbery The head prosecutor in the Mexican state of Yucatan says a Canadian photographer was slain by a hired driver who robbed her and tossed her body by a roadside.
October 3, 2016 Airstrike kills al-Qaida-linked commander in Syria A senior commander in Syria's rebranded al-Qaida affiliate, who was close to the global network's top leader Ayman al-Zawahri, has been killed in an airstrike, the group said Monday.
October 3, 2016 Taliban launch a major attack on northeastern Kunduz city Afghan officials say that Taliban insurgents have launched a coordinated attack on Kunduz in the northeast of the country.
October 3, 2016 Trudeau says Canada to implement carbon tax Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will implement a tax on carbon emissions by 2018 to combat climate change.
October 3, 2016 At least 4 killed as Hurricane Matthew starts lashing Haiti, Jamaica Heavy rains from the outer bands of Hurricane Matthew drenched Jamaica and Haiti on Monday, flooding streets and sending many people to emergency shelters as the Category 4 storm approached the two countries.
October 3, 2016 Colombians shockingly defeat peace deal with FARC rebels after 52 years of fighting Colombians rejected a peace deal with leftist rebels by a razor-thin margin in a national referendum Sunday, scuttling years of painstaking negotiations and delivering a major setback to President Juan Manuel Santos, who vowed to keep a cease-fire in place and forge ahead with his efforts to end a half-century of war.
October 3, 2016 North, South Korea trade threats over pre-emptive strike Since North Korea's latest nuclear test, Pyongyang and Seoul have been openly trading threats of decapitation strikes and annihilating capitals populated by millions of civilians.
October 3, 2016 Pope in 2017: Portugal, India, Bangladesh, Colombia, Africa Pope Francis will visit Portugal next year and is "almost sure" he'll go to India and Bangladesh.
October 3, 2016 Afghanistan seeks $3B in aid as corruption concerns persist Afghanistan's leaders will head to Brussels this week, seeking billions of dollars in aid as the country confronts an increasingly powerful Taliban insurgency and pervasive corruption.
