World / Americas

EU executive to present steps to tighten external border controls 06 Apr 2016 - 08:32 am

A family walks through a field at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of Idomeni,...

Fiji residents ordered to stay inside as cyclone looms 06 Apr 2016 - 08:28 am

This handout photograph taken by Naziah Ali of Mai Life Magazine shows flooded streets in Fiji's western division of Ba on April 6,...

Dutch voters head to polls on key EU-Ukraine deal 06 Apr 2016 - 08:09 am

The Hague: Dutch voters go to the polls Wednesday to decide whether to support a key EU deal with Ukraine in a referendum...

'Panama Papers' law firm says 'hacked by servers abroad' 06 Apr 2016 - 08:00 am

Ramon Fonseca, founding partner of law firm Mossack Fonseca, listens to questions during an interview with Reuters at his office in Panama City...

Iceland premier resigns as Panama Papers scandal widens 06 Apr 2016 - 07:55 am

Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson speaks to media outside Iceland president's residence in Reykjavik, Iceland, April 5, 2016. REUTERS/Sigtryggur Johannsson Reykjavik: Iceland's...

Industry threatens nearly half of natural heritage sites: WWF 06 Apr 2016 - 07:35 am

Paris: Almost half of all natural World Heritage Sites, including the Great Barrier Reef and Machu Picchu, are threatened by industrial activities such...

Republican Cruz crushes Trump in Wisconsin, says party will unite 06 Apr 2016 - 07:05 am

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump talks with rival Ted Cruz during a commercial break in the midst of the Republican presidential candidates debate...

Record-breaking levels of harvest-time hunger in South Sudan 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

People walk through the UN base outside Bentiu, South Sudan, September 17, 2015. AFP, Tristan McConnell By Katy Migiro NAIROBI: A record 5.8...

Iceland PM to step down after Panama disclosures 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

This file photo taken on October 27, 2014 shows the Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson during a press conference ahead of...

South African President Zuma survives impeachment vote 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

South African President Jacob Zuma arrives at a Human Rights Day rally in Durban, March 21, 2016. REUTERS, Rogan Ward Cape Town: South...

Obama dismisses Trump plan to force Mexico to pay for wall 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Washington: President Barack Obama on Tuesday dismissed as "half-baked" a reported plan by Donald Trump to force Mexico to pay for a giant...

Rousseff says biding time on Brazil cabinet reshuffle 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Brazil's embattled President Dilma Rousseff said she would not reshuffle her cabinet before the lower house vote, which is expected in mid-April. Reuters...

Green sea turtles of Florida, Mexico no longer 'endangered' 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of a green sea turtle afflicted by a kind of herpes virus that causes fibropapillomatosis at the Turtle Hospital in Marathon,...

Trump pushes border wall plan to drum up votes as Wisconsin loss looms 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Donald Trump addresses a press conference following his victory in the Florida state primary on March 15, 2016 in West Palm Beach, Florida....

Eleven Congo women, girls say pregnant by Tanzania peacekeepers: UN 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

File photo of UN peacekeepers from Tanzania patroling near the border crossing point between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Goma....

Iceland opposition still wants snap election despite PM’s resignation 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Police stand by as protest against Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson outside parliament in Reykjavik on April 4, 2016. AFP, HALLDOR KOLBEINS REYKJAVIK: Iceland’s opposition...

Panama mulls retaliation as France looks to put it on 'tax haven' list 06 Apr 2016 - 12:00 am

Panama's Minister of the Presidency Alvaro Aleman speaks during a press conference about the Mossack Fonseca firm and the Panama Papers revelations, in...