March 5, 2016 Team for Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' launches PR blitz The once-secretive Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman has launched a public relations blitz, calling on his lawyers and even his common-law wife to keep his name in the news.
March 5, 2016 Syria Rebels take border crossing from IS Two Syrian opposition monitoring groups say rebel fighters have seized the Syrian side of a major Syria-Iraq border crossing from the Islamic State group.
March 5, 2016 Brazil's Silva denounces detention in corruption probe Brazilian police questioned former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for about four hours in an investigation into a sprawling corruption case involving state-run oil company Petrobras that has ensnared some of the country's top lawmakers and wealthiest businessmen.
March 5, 2016 Canadian leader Trudeau bringing star power to White House Justin Trudeau (troo-DOH'), Canada's youthful, new prime minister, is bringing his star power to the White House on his first official U.S. visit this week.
March 5, 2016 Putin's Syria campaign is win-win for most Russians For most Russians, there's little not to like about their country's military operation in Syria.
March 4, 2016 US presses UN council to confront sex abuse by peacekeepers The United States is pressing the U.N.
March 4, 2016 Reports: Brazil police making arrest at ex-president's home Brazilian news reports say the police are making arrests at the home of former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.
March 4, 2016 Death of Itailans in Libya amps up pressure for intervention The death of two Italian hostages in Libya this week and the liberation of another two have added urgency to calls for Italy to intervene militarily in its former colony.
March 4, 2016 Thousands of Puerto Rico inmates vote in Republican primary Thousands of inmates lined up in prisons across Puerto Rico on Friday to cast early ballots in the U.S. territory's Republican primary, some saying they hoped the elections can help lift the island out of an economic crisis.
March 4, 2016 Murder trial of Suriname president resumes, then halts again The long-stalled murder trial of Suriname President Desi Bouterse for the deaths of political opponents in 1982 briefly reconvened Friday — only to be put on hold again until at least May.
