February 29, 2016 Mexico police rescue 87 women forced to work as prostitutes Prosecutors in Mexico City say police have rescued 87 women, including three minors, who were being forced to work as prostitutes at illegal bars in a densely populated, poor district of the capital.
February 28, 2016 10 dead, 26 hurt when bus crashes on mountain road in Mexico Authorities in northwestern Mexico say eight adults and two children were killed when a bus carrying a group of evangelical Christians went off a mountain road and crashed down about 45 meters (about 150 feet) into a ravine.
February 28, 2016 The Latest: Russia reports Turkish shelling of Syrian Kurds The Latest on the conflict in Syria as a fragile cease-fire enters its second day (all times local): 4 p.m.
February 28, 2016 Egypt to extradite Frenchman to Dominican Republic France says Egypt plans to extradite a French citizen to the Dominican Republic, where he is wanted for his alleged role in helping two French pilots convicted of cocaine trafficking escape by flying across the Atlantic Christophe Naudin, a criminologist and aviation expert, was arrested while travelling in Cairo, Egypt, earlier this month.
February 28, 2016 Opposition activists report airstrikes in northern Syria Opposition monitoring groups say warplanes have carried out air raids on two villages in northern Syria.
February 28, 2016 2nd former Mexican president unloads on Donald Trump Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon on Saturday joined his predecessor in office in unloading on Donald Trump, calling the Republican front-runner's campaign racist and saying his discourse on immigration is fueling anti-American sentiment around the world.
February 27, 2016 Brazil: Activists denounce sewage in Rio de Janeiro waters Activists have staged a symbolic burial of the Guanabara Bay, the sewage-filled Rio de Janeiro waterway where Olympic sailing competitions are to be held.
February 27, 2016 Bolivian leader's ex-lover held in corruption probe The former lover of President Evo Morales who was working as a high-ranking executive at a Chinese firm has been arrested as part of a probe into alleged influence trafficking involving hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts.
February 27, 2016 Spain's approves extradition to US of 'Jihad Jane' recruiter Spain's government has approved the extradition to the United States of an Algerian-Irish man accused of recruiting an American woman who called herself "Jihad Jane" and plotted to kill a Swedish artist.
February 27, 2016 Pope Francis gives unity symbol to Argentine president Macri Pope Francis is stressing unity after meeting with the president of his native Argentina, with whom he has clashed over gay marriage.
