September 10, 2016 AP Interview: UN chief: Reducing Korea tensions key issue Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tells The Associated Press that reducing tensions on the Korean peninsula is one of the most serious issues facing the world because the impact of North Korea's use of nuclear weapons would be far greater than the casualties in Syria and other conflicts.
September 10, 2016 Gun, explosive attacks on 2 media offices in Paraguay Paraguayan journalists and officials are reporting two attacks on media outlets in the South American nation.
September 9, 2016 Seoul: North Korea's 5th nuke test "fanatic recklessness" North Korea on Friday conducted its fifth nuclear test, producing its biggest-ever explosive yield, South Korean officials said, with the South's president calling the atomic detonation an act of "fanatic recklessness." The North's test, which comes eight months after its previous such detonation, defies both tough international sanctions and long-standing diplomatic pressure to curb its nuclear ambitions.
September 9, 2016 Hunger-striking Guantanamo detainee health deteriorating Activists and Uruguayan officials say the health of a former Guantanamo detainee resettled in the South American country is deteriorating as he continues a hunger strike at his home.
September 9, 2016 The Latest: N. Korea confirms 'successful' nuclear test The Latest on North Korea's nuclear test (all times local): 1:50 p.m.
September 9, 2016 Netanyahu says Palestinians want a state without Jews Israel's prime minister has rejected international criticism of West Bank settlement construction, equating it to "ethnic cleansing" of Jews and insisting the settlements are not an obstacle to peace.
September 9, 2016 Few poor Peruvians at Latin America's biggest food festival Luisa Mendoza and her husband share a plastic dish loaded with starchy mix of rice and chicken accompanied by a half-eaten plantain, among about 300 people at one of Peru's 16,000 soup kitchens.
September 9, 2016 Air raids on Syria's Aleppo kill 9 Volunteer first responders in Syria's Aleppo say they have pulled the bodies of nine people, including four children, from the rubble following air raids on a rebel-held area.
September 9, 2016 British-Iranian woman sentenced to 5 years in Iran prison The husband of a British-Iranian woman held in Iran on suspicion of being a spy while traveling with her young daughter says she has been sentenced to five years in prison.
September 9, 2016 After Brazil prez ousted, future of Workers' Party unclear When Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was president of Brazil, he often ordered dishes like goat stomach stew from a warehouse-turned-restaurant in the nation's capital.
