Associated Press
Tuesday, September 1, 2015 - 06:26
The small nation of El Salvador has recorded another milestone in criminal violence: At least 51 people were killed in a single day this week, the National Civil Police force said Friday.
Monday, August 31, 2015 - 06:22
A government-allied militia has agreed to leave a northern Mali town it occupied earlier this month following clashes with Tuareg separatists, a move praised by the country's United Nations peacekeeping mission as helpful for preserving a fragile peace accord.
Monday, August 31, 2015 - 06:21
The head of Guatemala's congress says that lawmakers would decide on Tuesday whether to lift President Otto Perez Molina's immunity from prosecution in a corruption case, as recommended by a legislative committee.
Monday, August 31, 2015 - 06:16
Turkey announced Saturday that its fighter jets have carried out their first airstrikes as part of the U.S.-led coalition against ISIL in Syria.
Friday, August 28, 2015 - 07:13
A United Nations official says Mali's peace accord monitoring committee is demanding the immediate evacuation of government-allied militia members from a town they took from separatists in the country's north.
Thursday, August 27, 2015 - 06:06
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi on Wednesday called for a coalition to combat terrorism in the Middle East.
Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 06:34
Salvadoran Attorney General Luis Martinez said Tuesday that authorities had captured a group of gang members who were preparing an attack with explosives on him and other government institutions.
Friday, August 21, 2015 - 07:01
The Peruvian congress voted unanimously on Thursday to authorise military planes to shoot down suspected drug flights, which police say smuggle more than a tonne of cocaine to Bolivia daily.
Thursday, August 20, 2015 - 07:21
Authorities in the Dominican Republic have resumed patrols to detain and deport migrants who lack documents after a more than yearlong hiatus.The move comes weeks after the government ended a one-year period for migrants to apply for legal residency. Most of the migrants affected are Haitians.
Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 07:27
Pakistani police dropped a case that was recently registered against a former CIA station chief and a former agency lawyer over a 2009 drone strike that killed two people in a tribal region, police said Thursday. Since 2004, the U.S. has carried out nearly 400 suspected drone strikes in the country, according to the New America Foundation's International Security Program, which tracks the American campaign.