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TOKYO – The Japanese government spokesman expressed “extreme indignation’ Sunday over a video purportedly from the Islamic State group that shows a militant beheading hostage Kenji Goto. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said the Cabinet was convening an emergency meeting and was rushing to confirm the authenticity of the online …

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico – Gun battles between Mexican government forces and gunmen on roads between the border cities of Reynosa and Matamoros have killed eight suspected criminals. The government of the border state of Tamaulipas said late Tuesday a ninth suspect apparently died in n area shootout with a rival …

MEXICO CITY – An orderly who was injured last week in a gas explosion that destroyed a hospital in Mexico’s capital has died, raising the death toll from the blast to five. Jorge Luis Tinoco was the third employee of the Maternity and Children’s Hospital in Cuajimalpa, in western Mexico …