World / Americas

Amazon's indigenous people 'never so threatened': pope 19 Jan 2018 - 08:01 pm

Puerto Maldonado, Peru: Pope Francis sounded a stark warning about the future of the Amazon and its peoples during a visit to the...

Trump administration’s infrastructure plan taking shape 18 Jan 2018 - 02:07 pm

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration is finalizing its long-awaited infrastructure plan, which would push most of the financing of projects to private investment and...

Snowstorm, deep freeze leaves 4 dead in US South 18 Jan 2018 - 08:40 am

ATLANTA, A winter storm that caused at least four deaths in the U.S. South brought record low temperatures on Wednesday to parts of...

Tillerson says US has no intention to build border force in Syria 18 Jan 2018 - 08:28 am

ABOARD US GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Wednesday denied that the United States had any intention to build a...

Tug-of-war in Venezuela over rebels' bodies 17 Jan 2018 - 11:15 pm

Caracas: Dozens of Venezuelan soldiers ringed a Caracas morgue Wednesday where the body of dissident former police officer Oscar Perez and six others...

"What's that shot?" ask disturbing videos going viral in Brazil 17 Jan 2018 - 08:36 pm

Rio de Janeiro: In the middle of the street or a crowded mall, Brazilians hurl themselves to the ground as if struck by...

Bannon says under White House orders not to answer House committee 17 Jan 2018 - 09:50 am

Washington: Former Donald Trump advisor Steve Bannon Tuesday refused to answer questions from a congressional committee probing the president's campaign links to Russia,...

Central America fears for US remittances as deportations loom 17 Jan 2018 - 08:42 am

San Isidro, El Salvador: Uncertainty and fear are rising in Central American countries over how many families will manage to get by when...

Pope in Chile seeks forgiveness for sex abuse scandals 16 Jan 2018 - 08:28 pm

Santiago: Pope Francis on Tuesday opened his visit to Chile by asking forgiveness for child sexual abuse scandals that have rocked the Catholic...

Venezuela says rebel pilot Oscar Perez killed in police operation 16 Jan 2018 - 07:57 pm

CARACAS, Venezuela: Officials in Venezuela confirmed Tuesday that a rebellious police officer who led a brazen helicopter attack in Caracas last year was...

FBI warned Kushner on Murdoch ex-wife: Report 16 Jan 2018 - 11:40 am

Washington, US counterintelligence officials warned President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner in early 2017 that Chinese-American businesswoman Wendi Deng Murdoch might be using...

Simone Biles: 'I was abused' by USA gymnastics doctor 16 Jan 2018 - 08:33 am

Los Angeles, Olympic gymnastics superstar Simone Biles revealed on Monday she was sexually abused by disgraced former USA team doctor Larry Nassar, who...

Venezuela says five 'terrorists' arrested, others killed after shootout 16 Jan 2018 - 08:14 am

CARACAS: Venezuelan authorities on Monday arrested five members of a "terrorist cell" linked to self-proclaimed rogue Venezuelan helicopter pilot Oscar Perez, and killed...

Torture probe launched after 13 siblings held captive in US home 16 Jan 2018 - 08:09 am

Los Angeles, A California couple has been arrested for torture after authorities said Monday their 13 malnourished children were held captive in their...

Trump show dazzles and shocks in first year 15 Jan 2018 - 11:02 pm

Washington: Donald Trump's first year in office has been a gripping spectacle of scandal, controversy and polarization that has utterly transformed the way...

Here's how this car got wedged in the upper wall of a two-story building 15 Jan 2018 - 04:38 pm

The phrase "crashing into a building" took on a new meaning Sunday when a car in Southern California hit a centre divider, went...

Trump says 'I'm not a racist' 15 Jan 2018 - 10:26 am

Washington: President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that he was "not a racist," after his reported denunciation of immigration from "shithole" countries triggered a...