Mexican government says official at head of federal police force resigns; no reason given

MEXICO CITY – The Mexican official in charge of the nation’s federal police force has resigned. Interior Secretary Miguel Angel Osorio Chong says Manuel Mondragon is...

Canada Mexico flight makes emergency landing in Montana after turbulence injures crew members

A flight heading from Edmonton to Mexico with 181 passengers and six crew members aboard made an emergency medical landing Sunday in western Montana after encountering...

Another group of 60 Mexican migrants detained trying to enter US at San Diego in protest

  TIJUANA, Mexico – Sixty Mexican migrants were detained Sunday by U.S. authorities after they crossed into the United States from the border city of Tijuana...

Michoacan vigilante groups say they’re being persecuted by drug traffickers and government

  MEXICO CITY – Leaders of Mexican vigilante groups that rose up against the Knights Templar drug cartel in western Michoacan state say they are being...

Missing Malaysian plane reveals limits of China’s influence as its public press for answers

  BEIJING – The search for a missing jetliner with Chinese travellers aboard has revealed the limits of Beijing’s influence in its own backyard and left...

India says search for missing Malaysian plane put on hold while efforts reassessed

  NEW DELHI – Massive Indian navy and air search operations for the missing Malaysian jetliner were suspended Sunday as Malaysia sought technical assistance from New...

Fight to save Southeast Hemlocks takes new tack

  RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A beetle the size of a single grain of rice is the latest best hope for hemlocks in the Southeast that...

PH, US hurdle obstacles in military talks

  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — American negotiators have agreed that Philippine authorities can have access to U.S. facilities set up inside local military bases, hurdling a...

PH rejects China’s demand to remove ship from disputed territory

  MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines on Friday rejected a Chinese demand that it remove a grounded navy ship from a disputed shoal in the...

Crimea votes on whether to secede from Ukraine