June 6, 2016 Ruling party sees stinging defeats in Mexican elections Mexico's ruling party appeared to have suffered a series of stinging defeats in the 12 governorships up for grabs in state elections, according to preliminary vote counts Monday.
June 6, 2016 Debate surrounds how to save Mexico's vaquita porpoise A new report on Mexico's endangered vaquita marina porpoise says authorities may have to consider trapping some of the few remaining specimens to try to breed them in captivity or semi-captivity.
June 6, 2016 Haiti to redo both rounds of disputed presidential election Haitian electoral officials announced Monday that a new presidential election will be held in October with additional safeguards in place to avoid the widespread fraud that marred last year's voting and led to the imposition of an interim government.
June 6, 2016 UN: Small arms imports to Middle Eastern countries doubled The most recent United Nations figures available show that small arms and light weapons sales to Middle Eastern countries have nearly doubled in dollar terms over the course of a year.
June 6, 2016 Albanian political leaders fail to agree on judiciary draft Albania's political leaders on Monday failed to agree on a judicial reform, the next step the country should take to convince the European Union to launch membership talks.
June 6, 2016 Vets, families remember Normandy D-Day landings, 72 years on Proud veterans in their 90s and families of fallen soldiers are commemorating the epochal D-Day invasion of Normandy 72 years ago that helped the Allies defeat Hitler.
June 6, 2016 UN asking expert panel to assess Zika risk at Rio Olympics LONDON (AP) -- The World Health Organization's chief says she will convene an expert committee to consider whether the Rio de Janeiro Summer Olympics should proceed as planned, following concerns raised about the threat of the Zika virus.
June 6, 2016 Watchdog: Afghanistan's lapis lazuli is a 'conflict mineral' An international anti-corruption watchdog says Afghanistan's war is being fueled by the country's mining sector, with armed groups — including the Taliban — earning $20 million from illegal mining of lapis lazuli.
June 6, 2016 In tiny Lebanon, a Little Brazil At the eastern edge of the rural Bekaa Valley, where the rocky hillsides are stippled with cherry trees, a generations-old kinship with Brazil has imbued two Lebanese villages with a Latino spirit.
June 6, 2016 Reports of violence as 12 Mexican states vote for governors There are reports of violence in Mexico as 12 states vote for new governors.
