February 18, 2016 Key Venezuela opposition leader calls for recall of Maduro A high-profile Venezuelan opposition leader is calling for a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro.
February 18, 2016 South Korea mulls next steps against nuclear-armed North Furious about North Korea's recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch, South Korea vows to hit back hard and says the shutdown of a jointly run factory park in the North will only be the start.
February 18, 2016 Pope concludes Mexico trip with visits to prison, US border Pope Francis wraps up his trip to Mexico on Wednesday with some of his most anticipated events: a visit in a Ciudad Juarez prison just days after a riot in another lockup killed 49 inmates and a stop at the Texas border when immigration is a hot issue for the U.S. presidential campaign.
February 18, 2016 Seoul's spy service says North Korea is preparing attacks South Korea's spy agency has told ruling party officials that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un recently ordered preparations for launching attacks on South Korea, in the latest sign of high tensions on the Korean peninsula after the North's recent nuclear test and missile launch.
February 18, 2016 The Latest: Texas stadium fills for pope's last Mexico Mass The latest on Pope Francis' visit to Mexico (all times local): 3:40 p.m.
February 17, 2016 Ex-soldiers demand release of 4 detained in El Salvador About 200 former soldiers and officers demonstrated in uniform outside El Salvador's Supreme Court to demand the release of four former soldiers wanted in Spain for the 1989 murder of six Jesuit priests.
February 17, 2016 The Latest: Russia rejects idea of no-fly zone in Syria The Latest on the civil war in Syria (all times local): 1 p.m.
February 17, 2016 6 dead of asphyxiation in Bolivia protest Six city workers died of asphyxiation and 28 people were injured Wednesday when protesters set fire to part of a municipal building in the opposition-governed highlands city of El Alto near Bolivia's capital.
February 17, 2016 Former priest in Puerto Rico faces new abuse charges Police in Puerto Rico say a former Roman Catholic priest faces new abuse charges.
February 17, 2016 The Latest: Pope concludes Mexico trip, to visit US border The Latest on Pope Francis' visit to Mexico (all times local): 7:20 a.m.
