Associated Press
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 00:00
In the past two weeks, government corruption probes have increasingly targeted the inner circle of Miranda state Gov. Henrique Capriles, the man who lost a narrow, disputed election in April to Maduro.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 00:00
Thousands of migrants ride its roof on their way north each year, braving brutal conditions for a chance at crossing into the United States.
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 00:00
Colombia's government announced that peace talks with Latin America's last major rebel army were resuming just hours after guerrillas killed 13 soldiers Saturday in an ambush.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 13:45
A suicide bomber attacked a park in northern Baghdad crowded by cafe- and restaurant-goers Friday night, the bloodiest attack in a day of violence that killed at least 32 people across the country, authorities said.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 13:43
Syrian troops and opposition fighters clashed Friday during fierce battles in suburbs of the Syrian capital where the opposition claims a chemical weapons attack this week killed more than 130 people, activists said.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 09:25
Israeli warplanes struck a target south of Beirut early Friday, a day after militants fired four rockets into northern Israel, the Israeli military and a Palestinian official said.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 08:44
The Obama administration searched for answers Wednesday about a reported chemical weapons attack in Syria that would mark the most flagrant violation yet of the U.S. "red line" for potential military action.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 07:46
At least five civilians were wounded by mortar fire in the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday during a second day of heavy fighting between government forces and rebels to the north of the town, residents said.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 06:56
The rebels invaded on stolen motorcycles at 5 a.m., shooting into the air to announce their arrival in the secluded village in Central African Republic. They went house to house, breaking down doors and separating the men from the women and children.
Friday, August 23, 2013 - 00:00
The bizarre disappearance resonated across the city of 9 million people because many had come to believe it was an oasis from Mexico's cartels and drug violence.