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As Mistefa Bedevi sings, 1-year-old Mirhat mimics performance poses, holding his hand over his ear.

In Turkey, Kurdish Singers Keep Traditional Music Alive

5:11am March 31, 2017

by Peter Kenyon

For centuries, dengbej songs served as news bulletin, history lesson and evening's entertainment all in one. Master singers continue to perform. But efforts to preserve Kurdish culture have suffered.

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Devastated Neighborhoods Left Behind As ISIS Is Forced From Mosul

5:10am March 31, 2017

by Jane Arraf

As the fight to push ISIS out of Mosul grinds on, civilians stream out of liberated areas that are unlivable, and Iraqi forces "clear" areas of holdouts and fire mortars at remaining ISIS areas.

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Venezuelan National Assembly President Julio Borges rips up a Supreme Court ruling allowing magistrates to take over congressional duties, during a news conference at the National Assembly in Caracas on Thursday.

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Venezuelan Political Crisis Grows After High Court Dissolves Congress

8:33pm March 30, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

The move is widely seen as bid by President Nicolas Maduro to consolidate his power in the face of a multi-layered crisis.

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Venezuela's Supreme Court Takes Over Opposition-Controlled Congress

5:47pm March 30, 2017

by John Otis

In a move critics are calling the point of no return toward a dictatorship, Venezuela's Supreme Court took over the opposition-controlled Congress. The court ruled Congress "in contempt' and said it would take over all "parliamentary capacities."

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Rex Tillerson Meets With NATO Leaders In Attempt To Mend Fences

5:47pm March 30, 2017

by Frank Langfitt

After deciding to skip a meeting of NATO foreign ministers, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson heads to Brussels for a NATO meeting and to calm fears about the Trump administration's commitments to key European institutions that have helped support peace and prosperity on the continent for decades. Trump has had harsh words for both the European Union and NATO officials.

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Secretary of State Rex Tillerson appeared at a joint news with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara on Thursday.

Tillerson Asserts 'Difficult Choices' Are Ahead For U.S. And Turkey

5:47pm March 30, 2017

The U.S. secretary of state's remarks at a joint news conference punctuated a day of delicate discussions in Turkey, which is facing a number of issues at home and abroad.

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Dozens of 18-wheelers line up to cross the Nogales border, heading into the U.S.

Amid Talk Of Tariffs, What Happens To Companies That Straddle The Border?

4:42pm March 30, 2017

by Melissa Block

President Trump has called NAFTA a "catastrophe" and threatened to impose a border tax on Mexican imports. How does that impact produce companies with operations on both sides of the border?

Nayarit state Attorney General Edgar Veytia was arrested on drug trafficking charges at the U.S.-Mexico border this week. Here, the Nayarit state attorney general's headquarters is seen in Tepic, Mexico.

U.S. Arrests Mexican State Prosecutor, Says He's Also A Drug Smuggler Named 'Diablo'

2:49pm March 30, 2017

by Bill Chappell

U.S. prosecutors say they'll seek to compel Edgar Veytia to forfeit some $250 million if he's convicted. The attorney general of Nayarit state was arrested this week in San Diego.

North Korea's flag flutters inside the country's embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Wednesday.

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Malaysia Agrees To Release Kim Jong Nam's Body Amid Diplomatic Crisis

2:08pm March 30, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Malaysia says it will transfer the body and allow an unspecified number of North Koreans to depart, in exchange for the return of nine Malaysians who had been blocked from leaving North Korea.

Yu Huan, 22, was sentenced in February to life in prison in the Liaocheng Intermediate People's Court in China's Shandong Province. He stabbed a debt collector, who later died of his wounds.

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A Debt Collector Is Killed In China, Triggering Debate Over Right To Self-Defense

1:24pm March 30, 2017

by Anthony Kuhn

"China's law does not really encourage people to defend themselves, because that would be encouraging them to rise up and resist [authority]," a Chinese lawyer noted.