Brazil struggling to pay Rio Olympics bills

Officials still owe $3.7 million to the International Paralympic Committee and have also been late paying 100s of creditors and contract employees

• Dec 13, 2016

Mexican townsfolk kidnap mom of reputed drug gang leader

The government of the southern state of Guerrero said it dispatched 220 soldiers and police to diffuse the standoff

• Dec 13, 2016

Aleppo has fallen to Syrian regime control, Russia says

Apparent cease-fire deal between Syrian rebel holdouts and Moscow allows for the evacuation of civilians and fighters from war-ravaged areas

• Dec 13, 2016

Syrian rebels say Aleppo cease-fire reached

Rebels say Russia has agreed to allow an evacuation of civilians and fighters from the last holdout in the war-ravaged city

• Dec 13, 2016

Blasting U.S. nuke-deal "violations," Iran vows new nuclear project

President Rouhani orders plans for nuclear powered ships, accusing U.S. Congress of violating deal by extending sanctions

• Dec 13, 2016

Ship captain convicted of manslaughter in sinking that killed 700

April 2015 disaster in Mediterranean was one of migrant crisis' worst tragedies, and now 2 men will serve time for causing it

• Dec 13, 2016

Putin "ready at any moment" to meet Trump

But Russian leader adds it won't likely happen until Trump is actually sworn in

• Dec 13, 2016

Mob breaks into police station to kill man accused of stabbing kids

Indonesian police say 7 kids stable after attack at school, but suspect couldn't escape mob justice, even in jail

• Dec 13, 2016

U.N. says Syrian forces murdering civilians by scores in Aleppo

Human rights officials say execution-style murders of women, children documented as thousands crowd "hellish corner" still held by rebels

• Dec 13, 2016

Obama nixes bid to release report on detainees' "torture" by CIA

President opts instead to keep the Senate report under wraps for at a least dozen years

• Dec 13, 2016

Nursing home staffer jailed for killing elderly with insulin

3rd victim -- all of whom were at least 80 -- survived unnecessary injection, and one major question remains unanswered

• Dec 13, 2016

Syrian forces nearly complete retaking Aleppo

But the campaign spread Syrian forces thin, allowing ISIS to capture Palmyra

• Dec 12, 2016

For unlikely tech hub in Russia, recession pays off

Russia's economy may be struggling, but it's a boom time for these tech workers

• Dec 12, 2016

Antonio Guterres sworn in as U.N. secretary-general

Former Portugal prime minister vows greater transparency, accountability and flexibility from sprawling international bureaucracy

• Dec 12, 2016

Cause of London's 1952 "killer fog" revealed

Scientists have figured what caused the notorious "killer fog" in London that led to the deaths of at least 4,000 people in 1952

• Dec 12, 2016

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