June 17, 2016 UN raps leaders who stir fear following Orlando shooting A United Nations official says he is appalled by the efforts of some political and religious leaders to use the attack at an Orlando, Florida nightclub to fuel intolerance, fear and hatred.
June 17, 2016 No food, no teachers, violence in failing Venezuela schools Maria Arias slipped her notebooks into her backpack, scrounged for a banana to share with her brother and sister, and set off for high school through narrow streets so violent taxis will not come here for any price.
June 17, 2016 Kerry tours Arctic Circle to see climate change impact U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting Norway's extreme north to view areas impacted by climate change with melting ice and the opening of new sea lanes.
June 17, 2016 Brazil's interim gov't loses 3rd Cabinet member in 1 month Brazil's tourism minister, a close ally of acting President Michel Temer, resigned on Thursday after a brief tenure dogged by allegations of corruption.
June 17, 2016 US official recognizes Haiti interim leader for now The U.S. State Department's special coordinator for Haiti says he currently recognizes Jocelerme Privert as the troubled country's interim president even though the divided Parliament keeps avoiding a vote on potentially extending his expired mandate.
June 17, 2016 The Latest: UK EU vote campaigns suspended after MP shot The Latest on the shooting of a British lawmaker in a village near the city of Leeds (all times local): 3:20 p.m.
June 17, 2016 Russian FM: US spares al-Qaida's branch to topple Assad Russia's foreign minister says he believes the U.S. may hope to use al-Qaida's branch in Syria to unseat Syrian President Bashar Assad's government.
June 16, 2016 Ex-Guatemalan president and VP charged in corruption scheme Guatemala's former president and vice-president have been formally charged in a sprawling corruption scheme that emptied government coffers and laundered money to be spent on Miami shopping sprees, real estate and luxury vehicles.
June 16, 2016 Police say 1 dead, several injured Calgary clinic stabbing Police say one person is dead and several others have been injured in a stabbing at a medical clinic in Calgary.
June 16, 2016 One dead, another injured in stabbing at Canadian medical clinic One person were killed and another injured after a man when on a stabbing spree Thursday at a medical clinic in Calgary, Canada, officials said.
