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Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 06:04
The Obama administration has said it will ask the US Congress for $1.8bn (£1.25bn) in emergency funding to combat the Zika virus. The virus, which is transmitted primarily through mosquitoes, has spread rapidly through the Americas.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 06:02
A dozen people who were transporting banners proclaiming that a new crime gang was taking control in the western state of Michoacan have been detained, officials in western Mexico said Monday.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 06:01
The Peña Nieto administration is buying 26 Black Hawks from the U.S. government, costing at least $25 million dollars apiece. By setting up the helicopter purchase as a government-to-government deal, intermediaries are eliminated and with them the possibility of kickbacks. It also strengthens the relationship between the two countries’ militaries.
Tuesday, February 9, 2016 - 05:57
The National Liberation Army, Colombia's second-largest leftist rebel group, must release a civilian and a soldier held hostage before the government will agree to begin a peace process, President Juan Manuel Santos said on Monday.
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 07:22
Tunisia's defence minister has visited an anti-jihadi fence that's being built on the country's border with Libya to stop Islamist militants from entering Tunisian territory. Defence Minister Horchani said the project came about with financial assistance from Germany and the U.S.
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 07:19
The Obama administration is struggling to find the right mix of military and diplomatic moves to stop the Islamic State in Libya, where the extremist group has taken advantage of the political chaos in the country to gain a foothold with worrying implications for the U.S. and Europe — particularly Italy, just 300 miles away.
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 06:59
Four-nation talks aimed at ending Afghanistan's 15-year war concluded Saturday with a call for direct negotiations between the government and the Taliban by the end of February, but recent battlefield advances by the insurgents could make it hard to coax them to the table.
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 06:57
Yulia V. Tymoshenko, a former prime minister of Ukraine who now leads a minority party in Parliament, said on Friday that she and her allies would staunchly oppose constitutional changes that the United States and European powers view as crucial to carrying out a peace agreement with Russia.
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 06:53
Russian officials have attacked the International Criminal Court for an anti-Russian bias in its prosecution of alleged war crimes in the 2008 war with Georgia over South Ossetia.
Monday, February 8, 2016 - 06:50
A Georgian envoy says the next round of talks between Russia and Georgia on normalizing bilateral ties has been moved to mid-March.