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US sends first families to Mexico to await asylum, rights groups sue

US sends first families to Mexico to await asylum, rights groups sue

-- 2019-02-15 15:00:53

The United States began sending Central American families seeking asylum back to Mexico this week, a Mexican immigration source said on Thursday, while US human rights groups sued the Trump administra...

Trump agrees to sign bill to avert shutdown

Trump agrees to sign bill to avert shutdown

-- 2019-02-15 09:39:33

President Donald Trump vowed on Thursday to declare a national emergency in an attempt to fund his US-Mexico border wall without congressional approval, a step likely to plunge him into a battle with...

Colombia jails man for abusing 276 children

Colombia jails man for abusing 276 children

-- 2019-02-14 10:49:36

A Colombian man who admitted sexually abusing nearly 300 children has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Juan Carlos Sánchez Latorre committed the crimes in 2007-08, a court in the city of...

Trump inches toward support for wall deal

Trump inches toward support for wall deal

-- 2019-02-14 10:09:47

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday edged toward backing a deal in Congress on government funding that would not meet his demand for $5.7 billion for a wall on the Mexican border but would avert a...

Showdown looms as Venezuela's Guaido vows to bring in aid

Showdown looms as Venezuela's Guaido vows to bring in aid

-- 2019-02-13 15:01:09

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido told a huge rally of supporters on Tuesday that humanitarian aid would enter the country on February 23, setting the stage for a showdown with President Nicola...

US jury convicts Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo'

US jury convicts Mexican drug lord 'El Chapo'

Reuters 2019-02-13 10:28:49

The world’s most infamous cartel boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who rose from poverty in rural Mexico to amass billions of dollars, was found guilty in a US court on Tuesday of smug...

Venezuela crisis: Maduro condemns 'extremist' Trump

Venezuela crisis: Maduro condemns 'extremist' Trump

-- 2019-02-12 19:32:23

Venezuela's embattled President Nicolás Maduro has called Donald Trump's government a "gang of extremists" and blamed the US for his country's crisis. In an interview with the BBC, Mr Maduro s...

US lawmakers reach deal to avert new US shutdown

US lawmakers reach deal to avert new US shutdown

-- 2019-02-12 10:35:24

Democrats and Republicans have reached an agreement in principle over border security to fund the US government and avert another partial shutdown. Lawmakers said the deal had been struck in a closed...

Trump against US support for Saudis in Yemen war

Trump against US support for Saudis in Yemen war

-- 2019-02-12 10:28:04

The Trump administration threatened on Monday to veto an effort in the US Congress to end US military support for the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the war in Yemen, continuing a stand-off with lawmak...

US likely to withdraw forces from Syria in weeks

US likely to withdraw forces from Syria in weeks

-- 2019-02-11 14:55:07

The United States is likely just weeks away from starting the withdrawal of ground troops from Syria ordered by President Donald Trump, the top US commander overseeing American forces in the Middle Ea...

US shutdown talks stall ahead of deadline

US shutdown talks stall ahead of deadline

-- 2019-02-11 10:09:32

Talks between congressional Republicans and Democrats aimed at averting another US government shutdown have broken down without agreement. The negotiators were hoping for a deal by Monday to give Con...

US, Russia submit rival UN draft resolutions on Venezuela

US, Russia submit rival UN draft resolutions on Venezuela

-- 2019-02-10 22:21:27

As US and Russia compete within UN on backing opposing factions, another colonel shifts side in support of Guaido, reports Al Jazeera. The United States has presented a draft resolution on Venezuela...

Canada apartment fire claims three lives

Canada apartment fire claims three lives

-- 2019-02-10 11:52:44

Three people were killed and 11 others wounded in a fire that broke out early Saturday in an apartment in Longueuil, Quebec Province, Canada, according to CTV. The fire broke out in the apartment bui...

US Senator Warren launches 2020 campaign

US Senator Warren launches 2020 campaign

Reuters 2019-02-10 10:32:03

US Senator Elizabeth Warren, struggling to move past criticism over her claims of Native American heritage, aimed for a fresh start on Saturday with the formal launch of her 2020 presidential campai...

Venezuela shifts oil ventures' accounts to Russian bank

Venezuela shifts oil ventures' accounts to Russian bank

-- 2019-02-10 09:51:30

Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA is telling customers of its joint ventures to deposit oil sales proceeds in an account recently opened at Russia’s Gazprombank AO, according to sour...

US holds direct contact with Venezuelan military

US holds direct contact with Venezuelan military

-- 2019-02-09 19:03:48

The United States is holding direct communications with members of Venezuela’s military urging them to abandon President Nicolas Maduro and is also preparing new sanctions aimed at increasing pr...

Obama gives Senator Brown advice on candidacy

Obama gives Senator Brown advice on candidacy

-- 2019-02-09 11:17:52

US Senator Sherrod Brown sought advice earlier this year from former President Barack Obama about running a 2020 presidential bid, the Democrat told voters on Friday at an event in New Hampshire. &ld...

Trump says N Korea talks productive, summit in Hanoi

Trump says N Korea talks productive, summit in Hanoi

-- 2019-02-09 09:56:41

President Donald Trump said on Friday that US diplomats had a "very productive meeting" with North Korean officials, and he announced his summit later this month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un w...

US cops announce $100,000 bounty for 1970s serial killer

US cops announce $100,000 bounty for 1970s serial killer

-- 2019-02-08 17:20:48

San Francisco police have posted a $100,000 reward for a serial killer known as the ‘Doodler’ as they renew their search for a suspect believed responsible for killing five gay men and ass...

Venezuela aid trucks arrive in Colombia as EU calls for dialogue

Venezuela aid trucks arrive in Colombia as EU calls for dialogue

-- 2019-02-08 11:59:34

Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for crisis-stricken Venezuela arrived in the Colombian border city of Cucuta on Thursday as diplomatically-isolated President Nicolas Maduro appeared set to block its...

Trump may declare IS defeated next week

Trump may declare IS defeated next week

-- 2019-02-07 10:58:57

US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he expected a formal announcement as early as next week that the coalition fighting Islamic State militants has reclaimed all of the territory previously he...

Banks weigh how to handle progressive Ocasio-Cortez

Banks weigh how to handle progressive Ocasio-Cortez

-- 2019-02-07 10:24:25

Court, avoid or sideline? Barely a month into the new Congress, financial lobbyists in Washington are already strategizing how to handle the star power of rookie Democrat lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-C...

Venezuela Oppn plans to get oil money from US fund

Venezuela Oppn plans to get oil money from US fund

-- 2019-02-07 09:44:33

Venezuela’s opposition on Wednesday said it would use a US-based fund to receive some of the country’s oil income in a key step to bankroll its efforts to dislodge President Nicolas Maduro...

Trump plans to meet Kim in Vietnam Feb 27-28

Trump plans to meet Kim in Vietnam Feb 27-28

-- 2019-02-06 10:54:19

US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he would hold his second meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Feb 27 and 28, while giving himself credit for avoiding a major war on the...

'I will get the wall built': Trump tells US Congress

'I will get the wall built': Trump tells US Congress

Reuters 2019-02-06 10:16:09

US President Donald Trump vowed in his State of the Union speech on Tuesday to build a border wall that is a source of a deep partisan divide and said Democratic attempts at “ridiculous partisan...

Prosecutors subpoena Trump inaugural committee

Prosecutors subpoena Trump inaugural committee

-- 2019-02-05 14:42:17

President Donald Trump’s inaugural committee said it had received a subpoena on Monday for documents from the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office, which is investigating the group. “We h...

Brazil mulls minimum retirement age of 65

Brazil mulls minimum retirement age of 65

-- 2019-02-05 12:11:02

Brazil’s government has opened discussions with congressional leaders, state governors, and mayors on a pension reform bill that would set the minimum retirement age for men and women at 65, a g...

EU nations back Guaido as president of Venezuela

EU nations back Guaido as president of Venezuela

-- 2019-02-05 10:51:14

Major European nations joined the United States on Monday in recognising opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela’s legitimate head of state, while members of a separate regional bloc kept up...

Brazil dam burst: Death toll rises to 115, 248 missing

Brazil dam burst: Death toll rises to 115, 248 missing

-- 2019-02-04 17:50:03

The death toll from a dam burst in the Brazilian town of Brumadinho rose to 115 people on Friday, according to the team tasked with recovering bodies from the site. The rescue and recovery team said...

At least 28 Haitian die after boat sink

At least 28 Haitian die after boat sink

-- 2019-02-04 17:40:47

A boat smuggling Haitian migrants has sunk off the Bahamas, leaving at least 28 dead and 17 others in police custody, officials said Sunday. Chief Petty Officer Jonathan Rolle of the Royal Bahamas De...