June 13, 2016 State TV: PM cancels visits to EU and US in protest Serbia's state TV says Serbian Prime Minister-designate Aleksandar Vucic has canceled his visits to Brussels and separate talks with American officials after reports in a pro-government newspaper that the EU and U.S. ambassadors are fueling protests against his rule.
June 13, 2016 Venezuela investigating death of protester as unrest rises Venezuelan authorities are investigating the shooting death of a 21-year-old man during a protest over food as the South American nation's economic disarray fuels more unrest.
June 13, 2016 Gunmen kill 2, wound 6 in Mexico baseball field attack Mexican authorities say armed men opened fire at a baseball field in a central town, killing two people and wounding six.
June 13, 2016 High-level meeting urges nuke test ban treaty ratification Senior international officials are marking the 20th anniversary of the treaty banning nuclear testing and the U.N.
June 13, 2016 World in chaos, Israel gets singular focus at UN rights body Wars in Iraq, Syria and Yemen have killed hundreds of thousands of people.
June 13, 2016 Angela Merkel meets with Chinese premier amid trade concerns German Chancellor Angela Merkel is meeting China's Premier Li Keqiang and other leaders in Beijing amid concerns over trade and the ability of German firms and foreign non-governmental organizations to function in China.
June 13, 2016 Watchdog: Nuclear powers shrinking, modernizing arsenals A Swedish arms watchdog says the global number of nuclear warheads dropped last year, though none of the nine nuclear powers showed any signs of giving up their atomic weapons.
June 12, 2016 Radical Mexican teachers union had financial network Prosecutors in Mexico say a radical teachers union that has led a decade of protests had set up an illegal financial network to fund demonstrations — and line their leaders' pockets.
June 12, 2016 20 years on, UN waits for working nuclear-test-ban treaty The world was a more peaceful place when a newly sworn-in President Barack Obama pledged to "aggressively pursue" a global ban on nuclear arms tests.
June 12, 2016 Police free 15 Paraguayan women in anti-sex trafficking raid Police in Spain, France and Paraguay have arrested around 14 people and liberated up to 15 women as part of a joint operation against sex trafficking.
