OBAMA-IRAN NUCLEAR TALKS

WASHINGTON — After securing a surprisingly broad and detailed framework agreement with Iran, President Barack Obama must now subject his signature foreign policy pursuit to the gauntlet of partisan American politics. 

TERROR ARRESTS-NYC

NEW YORK — Two women — including one who was "obsessed with pressure cookers" — were arrested on charges they plotted to wage violent jihad by building a homemade bomb and using it for a Boston Marathon-type attack. 

UNITED NATIONS-KOREAS

UNITED NATIONS — Organizers of the effort called WomenCrossDMZ.org have said they hope for 30 women to cross from North Korea to South Korea on May 24, which is International Women's Day for Disarmament. 

VENEZUELA-OIL TROUBLES

HUGO CHAVEZ OIL BELT, Venezuela — A mountain of toxic soot towers over the flat, sunbaked scrubland of eastern Venezuela — a potent symbol of the waste and unfulfilled promise of an oil industry more vital than ever to Venezuela's economic health. 

MEXICO-DOG KILLER

MEXICO CITY — Somebody is systematically poisoning the dogs of Hermosillo, an industrial city in northern Mexico, and not just strays: At least 64 dogs, all with owners, have died of a similar poison since mid-March. 

BRAZIL-DRY SAO PAULO

SAO PAULO — Brazil's biggest city has recorded its rainiest March since 2008, but the worst drought in more than 80 years has left reservoir levels critically low and water experts fear strict water rationing may still loom for Sao Paulo as it enters the April-September dry season. 

MEXICO-HELICOPTER SCANDAL

MEXICO CITY — A Mexican official's use of a government helicopter for personal transportation sparks calls for his resignation and an investigation of possible abuse of office.