May 30, 2016 Libyan American father and son acquitted in UAE trial Two Libyan Americans detained in the United Arab Emirates since August 2014 have been acquitted of charges they illegally raised funds for a foreign entity.
May 30, 2016 US coach promotes wheelchair basketball in Gaza A top U.S. coach is in the Gaza Strip to help set up the territory's first female wheelchair basketball team.
May 30, 2016 Haiti bracing for trouble as election panel delivers report Haitians are preparing for trouble as an electoral verification commission is due to deliver the results of its monthlong review of last year's contested presidential and legislative elections.
May 30, 2016 Mexican soccer star Alan Pulido kidnapped in border states A state official says that Mexican soccer star Alan Pulido has been kidnapped in the northern border state of Tamaulipas.
May 29, 2016 Brazil's Rousseff says impeachment aimed at corruption probe Suspended President Dilma Rousseff said in an interview published Sunday that leaked audio recordings of men backing her impeachment show the effort to oust her is meant to stop a wide-ranging corruption probe that has implicated numerous leading Brazilian politicians and businessmen.
May 29, 2016 Iraqi forces complete buildup around ISIS-held Fallujah Iraq's special forces completed a troop buildup around Fallujah on Sunday ahead of an operation to retake the Islamic State-held city west of Baghdad, a military officer said, as the militants attacked a newly-liberated town to the west.
May 29, 2016 Driver's family press charges over US drone hit on Pakistan A Pakistani officer says police have registered a case against unknown U.S. officials, seeking to press murder charges over a May 21 drone strike that killed Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour and a driver.
May 29, 2016 Syria's cease-fire strengthens al-Qaida branch Al-Qaida's branch in Syria has recruited thousands of fighters, including teenagers, and taken territory from government forces in a successful offensive in the north, illustrating how the cease-fire put in place by Russia and the United States to weaken the militants has in many ways backfired.
May 29, 2016 Breakaway Taliban faction expresses support for peace talks A senior leader of a breakaway Taliban faction says it is willing to hold peace talks with the Afghan government but will demand the imposition of Islamic law and the departure of all foreign forces.
May 29, 2016 Lufthansa suspends travel to Caracas over unstable Venezuelan economy German airline Lufthansa says it is suspending its flights to Caracas, citing the difficult economic situation in Venezuela.
