March 17, 2016 Canada to resume funding agency for Palestinian refugees The United Nations says Canada will resume contributing funds to the U.N.
March 16, 2016 Reports: Brazil pres. and ex-pres. meet over Cabinet post Brazil's current and former presidents were meeting Wednesday amid reports that former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva could be given a Cabinet post that might protect him from imprisonment in an expanding corruption investigation that has now touched the top of Brazil's political leadership.
March 16, 2016 AP Interview: Argentine leader says outraged by corruption Argentina's president says he is outraged by corruption that seeped into all facets of society during his predecessor's administration and believes that the upcoming visit of U.S. President Barack Obama will lead to billions of dollars in investment.
March 16, 2016 North Korea sentences US tourist to 15 years in prison North Korea's highest court has sentenced an American tourist who allegedly attempted to steal a propaganda banner from a restricted area of his hotel to 15 years of hard labor in prison.
March 16, 2016 Ex-dictator Rios Montt's genocide trial opens in Guatemala A Guatemalan court has convened for a fourth attempt to try former dictator Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity.
March 16, 2016 A look at federations around the world As Kurds plan to declare a federal region in northern Syria, they hope to both cement their control of the area and be a major player in whatever central government emerges from the five-year civil war.
March 16, 2016 Argentine Congress approves deal with holdout creditors The lower house of Argentina's Congress has approved the government's deal with holdout-creditors — a measure meant to give the country access to global credit markets.
March 16, 2016 NATO chief predicts another tough year ahead for Afghanistan The head of NATO is predicting a difficult fight ahead for Afghanistan as the government continues to battle the Taliban and other militant factions trying to assert their presence in the war-ravaged country.
March 16, 2016 Quotes from the FIFA claim seeking money from US authorities Some key quotes from the FIFA claim, filed to the U.S Attorney's office for the Eastern District of New York and the United States Probation Service, seeking tens of millions of dollars in seized money: ___ "They (the defendants) did violence to FIFA's principles, goals, and objectives as they promoted their own self-interests and sought to enrich themselves at FIFA's and football's expense." ___ "FIFA is entitled to recover sums paid to or for the benefit of the defendants including compensation, per diems, travel, and other costs.
March 16, 2016 Taiwan, Korea challenges could push China's nationalism The economy dominated the Chinese legislature's annual session, but other challenges cropped up too, including the potential for new instability on the Korean Peninsula, unrest in Hong Kong, the election of an independence-leaning government on the self-ruling island of Taiwan and tensions in the South China Sea.
