Americas

Gang violence in crisis-torn Haiti is expanding at “an alarming rate” in areas previously considered quite safe, the UN’s envoy to the country told a Security Council meeting Wednesday. Maria …

The United States said its special forces helped embassy staff get out of Sudan, but evacuations by some other countries appeared to face problems on Sunday amid battles between rival …

A top Mexican immigration official was charged Saturday over the deaths of 40 migrants in a fire at a detention center last month. Salvador Gonzalez Guerrero, head of the National …

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked new restrictions set by lower courts on a widely used abortion pill, a decision welcomed by President Joe Biden as his administration defends …

The U.S. Air National Guardsman accused of leaking classified documents to a small group of gamers had been posting sensitive information months earlier than previously known and to a much …

Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced Friday he will not stand for reelection in October’s vote — a surprise move that deepened uncertainty in the crisis-wracked country. The news comes as …

Over 14,000 people have been arrested and 8,000 weapons seized in an anti-firearms operation across Central and South America, Interpol said Tuesday. As well as weapons, the raids swept up …

Prosecutors charged an 84-year-old white Kansas City man with two felonies on Monday in the shooting of a black teenager who was wounded after walking up to the wrong house …

US journalist Evan Gershkovich’s appeal against his pre-trial detention in a Moscow prison was rejected by a Russian court on Tuesday. Gershkovich has been ordered to be held at least …

The US warship USS Milius sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, in what the US Navy described on Monday as a “routine” transit, just days after China ended its …