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August 10, 2016

Venezuela issues timeline for presidential recall drive

Venezuelan elections officials have set a late October date for a recall drive against President Nicolas Maduro, a timeline that makes it unlikely there will be any presidential election that could bring the opposition to power.

August 9, 2016

Robbers wound US man playing Pokeman Go in Ecuador

Ecuadorean police said Tuesday that robbers shot and seriously wounded a U.S. man as he was playing Pokeman Go in a park in the coastal city of Guayaquil.

August 9, 2016

3 survey workers beaten, rescued from mob in Mexico

Three men working for a polling firm have been rescued from a mob in southern Mexico that beat them bloody.

August 9, 2016

Cubans head into perilous Panama jungle to avoid deportation

About 1,000 Cubans intent on reaching The United States have opted to cross into Panama in the perilous Darien Gap jungle region rather than submit to deportation and return to their homeland, a spokesman said Tuesday.

August 9, 2016

Beauty pageant head killed in Mexico, 5 killed outside bar

Authorities in northern Mexico said Tuesday the murder of the director of the Miss World Mexico beauty pageant was a targeted killing.

August 9, 2016

Turkey: US shouldn't 'sacrifice' alliance over Muslim cleric

Turkey's justice minister says the United States would be sacrificing its alliance with Turkey to "a terrorist" if it were to refuse to extradite a U.S.-based Muslim cleric whom Turkey says is behind the July 15 failed coup attempt.

August 9, 2016

Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos talks China ties

Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos says he wants to focus on points of common interest with China such as tourism and commercial fishing as part of efforts to smooth relations with Beijing roiled by the South China Sea dispute.

August 9, 2016

Tropical Storm Javier churns near tip of Mexico's Baja

Mexican authorities evacuated people from low-lying areas around the resort city Cabo San Lucas as a slightly weakened Tropical Storm Javier churned near the tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula.

August 9, 2016

2 years of anti-IS airstrikes have redrawn the Iraqi map

Two years ago, the U.S.-led coalition dropped the first airstrikes on the Islamic State group, ushering in a deeper phase of intervention that dramatically changed the fight against the militant group in Iraq.

August 9, 2016

The Latest: 30 killed in bombing in Pakistani city of Quetta

The Latest on the bombing outside a hospital in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta (all times local): 11 a.m.