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Venezuela releases former student leader amid suicide concerns

Venezuela releases former student leader amid suicide concerns

-- 2018-10-13 10:45:37

The Venezuelan government says it has released a political activist who has been held without trial since 2014. Lorent Saleh was arrested in September 2014, accused of links to Colombian paramilitari...

Trump administration trying to kill me: Maduro

Trump administration trying to kill me: Maduro

-- 2018-10-12 18:42:22

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said the administration of US President Donald Trump is trying to assassinate him, as relations strain between the ideologically opposed nations. Maduro, a for...

Colombia mudslide takes lives of 12

Colombia mudslide takes lives of 12

-- 2018-10-12 11:52:52

At least 12 people have died in a mudslide in Colombia that swept through many mountainside homes, local disaster officials say. Officials said the slide occurred at about 2:00am Thursday in the cent...

Hurricane Michael leaves 'unimaginable destruction'

Hurricane Michael leaves 'unimaginable destruction'

BBC 2018-10-12 10:28:09

Hurricane Michael left "unimaginable destruction" as it ploughed into coastal areas of Florida, the state's governor, Rick Scott, says. "So many lives have been changed forever," he said. "So many fa...

Third-strongest storm Michael batters US

Third-strongest storm Michael batters US

-- 2018-10-11 18:37:21

The third-strongest storm in recorded history to hit the mainland US has battered north-west Florida, flooding beach towns and snapping trees. Rescue services are waiting for daylight to assess the f...

US raises pressure on Saudi Arabia over missing journalist

US raises pressure on Saudi Arabia over missing journalist

Reuters 2018-10-11 14:26:08

US President Donald Trump increased pressure on Saudi Arabia on Wednesday to provide information on what happened to missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi and said he wanted to get to the bottom of...

US charges Chinese man with aviation 'espionage'

US charges Chinese man with aviation 'espionage'

-- 2018-10-11 13:03:23

The US justice department has announced charges of economic espionage against a suspected Chinese intelligence officer. Officials say Yanjun Xu tried to steal trade secrets from US aviation and aeros...

Guatemalan ex-VP gets 15 years in jail over ‘Magic Water’ scandal

Guatemalan ex-VP gets 15 years in jail over ‘Magic Water’ scandal

-- 2018-10-10 11:57:28

A court in Guatemala has sentenced the former vice-president, Roxana Baldetti, to 15 years and six months in jail for her role in what became known as the ‘Magic Water’ scandal. Prosecuto...

US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley resigns

US ambassador to UN Nikki Haley resigns

-- 2018-10-09 20:30:28

US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley has resigned from her role, the latest departure from US President Donald Trump's national security circle, According to multiple reports, US President...

Protests erupt in Venezuela over jailed lawmaker's death

Protests erupt in Venezuela over jailed lawmaker's death

-- 2018-10-09 11:16:23

Protesters in Venezuela have accused the government of murdering a jailed opposition lawmaker, who the authorities say killed himself. Crowds were calling for justice at a rally outside the Sebin int...

Haiti quake death toll climbs to 15

Haiti quake death toll climbs to 15

-- 2018-10-09 10:08:06

An earthquake that struck Haiti on Saturday killed 15 people, injured another 300 and destroyed 40 houses, Jerry Chandler, head of the Caribbean country’s civil protection agency, said on Monday...

Heavy rains across Central America kill 12

Heavy rains across Central America kill 12

-- 2018-10-08 12:11:20

Torrential rain in Central America that caused floods and landslides have killed 12 people in just a few days, rescue and emergency authorities across the region said on Sunday. Heavy rains that bega...

New York limousine crash claims lives of 20

New York limousine crash claims lives of 20

Reuters 2018-10-08 10:01:03

At least twenty people were killed when a stretch limousine crashed into another vehicle and pedestrians in the parking lot of a store in rural upstate New York, in what federal authorities on Sunday...

At least 11 die as quake topples homes in Haiti

At least 11 die as quake topples homes in Haiti

Reuters 2018-10-07 11:57:45

An earthquake that struck off the northern coast of Haiti late on Saturday killed at least 11 people and injured more than a hundred when several buildings collapsed in the impoverished Caribbean coun...

Brazilians vote in tense presidential race led by right-winger

Brazilians vote in tense presidential race led by right-winger

-- 2018-10-07 11:31:00

Brazilians will vote on Sunday in a polarised presidential race that could result in the election of a far-right former Army captain, whose praise of past dictatorships enrages critics but whose promi...

After fight that split US, Kavanaugh wins place on Supreme Court

After fight that split US, Kavanaugh wins place on Supreme Court

-- 2018-10-07 10:36:23

The Republican-controlled US Senate on Saturday confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court, dismissing anger over accusations of sexual misconduct against him and delivering a major victory to Pre...

Heavy rains leave one missing in Honduras

Heavy rains leave one missing in Honduras

-- 2018-10-06 15:59:13

Torrential rains drenching the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, have caused considerable damage to many homes and led to the disappearance of one person, Honduran authorities reported on Friday. Accord...

100th anniversary of pigeon’s saving of US troops in WWI

100th anniversary of pigeon’s saving of US troops in WWI

-- 2018-10-05 17:25:05

In the third floor hallway of the Pentagon, just outside the Army Chief of Staff's office, there is a pigeon. Walking the corridors, the lifelike pigeon stands out among the cases of military history...

Gunman shoots seven US cops in South Carolina

Gunman shoots seven US cops in South Carolina

-- 2018-10-04 11:56:29

Seven US law enforcement officers have been shot, one of them fatally, in an incident in South Carolina, officials say. Police in the city of Florence had been responding to a call for help from the...

US to use cyber capabilities on behalf of NATO

US to use cyber capabilities on behalf of NATO

-- 2018-10-03 14:30:57

The United States is expected to announce in the coming days that it will use offensive and defensive cyber capabilities on behalf of NATO if asked, a senior Pentagon official said, amid concerns abou...

Saudi King wouldn't last for two weeks without US support, Trump says

Saudi King wouldn't last for two weeks without US support, Trump says

-- 2018-10-03 13:10:51

President Donald Trump made an undiplomatic remark about close ally Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, saying he warned Saudi Arabia’s King Salman he would not last in power “for two weeks” wi...

US urges Myanmar to hold security forces accountable

US urges Myanmar to hold security forces accountable

-- 2018-10-01 21:17:06

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo urged Myanmar's government to take concrete steps to investigate human rights abuses against Rohingya Muslims, reports Reuters. The US Secretary of State also asked...

Seven die in Guatemala prison riot

Seven die in Guatemala prison riot

-- 2018-10-01 11:34:28

At least seven people were shot dead and four were wounded in a prison riot in Guatemala, according to local authorities, who said they had wrested back control. The riot spun out of a brawl among pr...

Thousands protest against Brazil far-right presidential candidate

Thousands protest against Brazil far-right presidential candidate

-- 2018-09-30 14:04:03

Tens of thousands of women have taken to the streets of Brazil to protest against the far-right presidential election front-runner Jair Bolsonaro. The words Ele Nao (not him) were seen on stickers an...

FBI contact second accuser of court nominee Kavanaugh

FBI contact second accuser of court nominee Kavanaugh

-- 2018-09-30 13:25:37

FBI agents investigating US Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh have contacted the second woman to accuse him of sexual misconduct, her attorney said on Saturday. The announcement by Deborah Ramire...

Trump orders FBI Kavanaugh probe

Trump orders FBI Kavanaugh probe

-- 2018-09-29 11:04:26

President Donald Trump, under intense pressure from moderates in his own party over his Supreme Court nominee, on Friday ordered an FBI investigation into sexual misconduct allegations against Brett K...

Trump court pick denies sex assault allegation

Trump court pick denies sex assault allegation

-- 2018-09-28 15:57:46

Fighting to salvage his US Supreme Court nomination, Brett Kavanaugh angrily denied on Thursday a university professor’s accusation that he sexually assaulted her 36 years ago in a day of dramat...

Mexico sentences ex-ruling party governor to nine years in jail

Mexico sentences ex-ruling party governor to nine years in jail

-- 2018-09-27 11:53:38

A disgraced former state governor from Mexico’s ruling party was sentenced to nine years in prison on Wednesday for money laundering and links to organised crime in a case that public auditors s...

US arrests Chinese man for ‘spying on engineers, scientists’

US arrests Chinese man for ‘spying on engineers, scientists’

-- 2018-09-26 11:34:15

A Chinese man has been arrested for allegedly spying on US engineers and scientists on behalf of Beijing, US prosecutors say. Ji Chaoqun, 27, was arrested in Chicago and charged with acting as an ill...

Trump, Rouhani exchange threats at UN General Assembly

Trump, Rouhani exchange threats at UN General Assembly

-- 2018-09-26 10:13:53

US President Donald Trump and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani exchanged taunts at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday with Trump vowing more sanctions against Tehran and Rouhani suggesti...