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Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo' pleads not guilty in U.S. court

Drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman appeared in a U.S. court on Friday after his surprise extradition from Mexico and pleaded not guilty to charges that he ran the world's largest drug-trafficking organization during a decades-long criminal career. Guzman, 59, once one of the world's most...

FIFA appoints CONMEBOL president to chair finance panel

FIFA has appointed the president of the corruption-ravaged South American governing body to chair its finance committee. Alejandro Dominguez of Paraguay will lead the new eight-member panel, which includes two independent officials from outside soccer, FIFA said Friday. The CONMEBOL...

Jordan boosts border forces amid ISIS threat from Iraq, Syria

Jordan is deploying more forces to face a growing threat to its borders, as ISIS extremists in neighboring Iraq and Syria are being dislodged from some strongholds, the commander of the kingdom's border guards said Thursday. ISIS, which seized large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014, is under...