BBC
Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 06:21
Niger's parliament has voted to send troops to Nigeria to join the fight against militant Islamist group Boko Haram. The vote took place after Boko Haram attacked a prison and detonated a car bomb on Monday in the town of Diffa, near Niger's border with Nigeria.
Monday, February 9, 2015 - 07:20
Rebels from Colombia's Farc militia have invited the newly crowned Miss Universe to assist their peace negotiations with the government.
Monday, February 9, 2015 - 07:00
A Mexican woman known as the "Queen of the Pacific" for her links to drug cartels has been released from prison after winning an appeal.
Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 07:52
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called for a relationship with the United States based on diplomacy and an end to what he claims is a US plan to destabilise his government.
Thursday, February 5, 2015 - 07:48
Police in Brazil are questioning the treasurer of the governing Workers' Party in connection with a scandal involving state oil giant Petrobras.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 07:23
The United States has imposed visa restrictions on unnamed Venezuelan officials it accuses of human rights violations and corruption.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 07:01
The Prince of Wales no longer wants to promote UK arms sales in Gulf states, a new biography by Catherine Mayer says.
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 - 06:25
A female suicide bomber has blown up herself in northern Nigeria's Gombe city, minutes after President Goodluck Jonathan left a campaign rally there.
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 08:08
The first large-scale trials of two experimental vaccines against Ebola have begun in Liberia. The potentially preventative medicines were taken under strict security to a secret location in the West African country.
Monday, February 2, 2015 - 07:19
Ms. Hurtado is facing charges of illegally spying on political opponents of the former Colombian President, Alvaro Uribe. She fled Colombia in 2010 after the allegations were made public and was granted asylum in neighboring Panama.