Brazil's Bolsonaro to be discharged from hospital to return to house arrest

SAO PAULO (AP) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will be discharged from hospital on Friday to return home and continue serving his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt, his doctor said.

US stocks fall in another shaky day as oil prices keep climbing

NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks fell again as oil prices keep climbing because of uncertainty about when the war with Iran could end. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% Monday and deepened its losses to pull 9.1% below its record set early this year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.7%. Caution was prevalent throughout markets.

Venezuela's Delcy Rodríguez pitches newly opened oil sector to investors

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez preached of lucrative long-term opportunities in her resource-rich country at a Saudi-backed investment summit on Wednesday, offering a window into how Venezuela’s government is trying to lure investors to its oil sector.

Israeli parliament passes budget, allowing Netanyahu to avoid early elections

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Israel’s parliament on Monday passed its annual budget, ensuring that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government can complete its term until the fall. Israel needed to pass a budget before April 1 in order to avoid triggering early elections. Netanyahu still reserves the right to call early elections before then if he wants.

Petro questions use of secondhand planes by military after deadly crash

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Tuesday questioned the use of secondhand planes by the country’s armed forces, as officials investigate the crash of a military transport plane that killed dozens of soldiers in southwestern Colombia.

Spain says it has closed its airspace to US planes involved in the Iran war

MADRID (AP) – Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in the Iran war, Defense Minister Margarita Robles said Monday, marking another step in the country’s opposition to the U.S. and Israel’s conflict in the Middle East. Spain had already said the U.S. could not use jointly operated military bases in the Iran conflict.

Colombia investigates military plane crash that killed 69

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Forensic experts in Colombia worked Wednesday to identify the remains of 69 security forces killed in a military transport plane crash in the country’s southwest, while authorities investigated the cause of the accident.

Editorials from The Washington Post, New York Times, The Guardian and others

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Colombia issues arrest warrants for rebel group members for Miguel Uribe killing

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – Colombia’s attorney general on Tuesday said her office had obtained arrest warrants for seven members of a rebel group known as Segunda Marquetalia for the killing of Miguel Uribe, a conservative presidential hopeful who was shot in the head during a rally in Bogota in June 2025.