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Venezuelan opposition leader seeks refuge at Chilean embassy 04 Nov 2017 - 01:30 pm

Santiago: A top Venezuelan opposition lawmaker on Saturday requested Chile's protection after Venezuela's high court announced he would be prosecuted on charges punishable...

Secret Martin Luther King Jr. document included in JFK files 04 Nov 2017 - 10:45 am

Washington, US President Donald Trump's administration has released a new batch of documents about President John F. Kennedy's assassination that included a secret...

Immigrant girl with cerebral palsy freed from US detention 04 Nov 2017 - 09:43 am

Chicago, A 10-year-old undocumented immigrant with cerebral palsy detained by US border patrol agents after undergoing surgery at a Texas hospital has been...

Costa Rica presidential candidates hold debate in prison 04 Nov 2017 - 09:32 am

San José: Seven candidates to become Costa Rica's next president went behind bars to hold an unusual debate in a prison where they...

The Trump A to Z, from America First to 'Zero' 04 Nov 2017 - 09:31 am

Washington, This is a look at President Donald Trump's first year in office, from A to Z: AMERICA FIRST: Trump's most sacred mantra....

Argentine survivor of New York attack pleads for justice, love 04 Nov 2017 - 09:23 am

NEW YORK/ATTACK/ARGENTINA: "What has the world turned in to?" a friend of the five Argentines killed in the New York attack this week...

Dozens of alligators captured prior to child's death at Disney 04 Nov 2017 - 09:17 am

Miami: Disney World knew it had an alligator problem long before one of the beasts killed a toddler at the famous resort last...

Trump heads to Japan with North Korea on his mind 04 Nov 2017 - 08:57 am

HONOLULU, US President Donald Trump heads to Japan on the first stop of his five-nation tour of Asia on Saturday, looking to present...

Alleged Benghazi attacker appears before US judge 04 Nov 2017 - 08:44 am

Washington: A Libyan accused of involvement in the 2012 attack on the US diplomatic complex in Benghazi that killed four Americans, including the...

UN climate talks resume with wary eyes on Trump 03 Nov 2017 - 10:13 pm

Paris: Nations that adopted the Paris Agreement two years ago, regroup next week amid grim omens of climate peril and with an anxious...

Hundreds of dead sea turtles found floating off El Salvador 03 Nov 2017 - 10:06 pm

San Salvador: Hundreds of dead sea turtles have been found floating off El Salvador's Pacific coast, leaving officials scratching their heads as to...

US must 'tell truth' on alleged Cuba attacks: foreign minister 03 Nov 2017 - 10:06 pm

Washington: Cuba's foreign minister on Thursday accused anyone claiming attacks took place against US diplomats in Havana of "deliberately lying," echoing comments he...

Human or canine? Suspect says 'give me a lawyer dog' 03 Nov 2017 - 08:31 pm

Washington: When suspect Warren Demesme told New Orleans police to "just give me a lawyer dog," he thought he was exercising his right...

Weak international solidarity pushing up numbers of displaced: UN 02 Nov 2017 - 10:50 pm

UNITED NATIONS: About 66 million people are forcibly displaced worldwide and weak international cooperation and solidarity are behind the rising numbers, the U.N....

Turkish PM to visit United States on November 7-11 02 Nov 2017 - 10:31 pm

Ankara: Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim will on Tuesday start a four-day trip to the United States, officials said, with ties between the...

Canada top court rejects indigenous spiritual rights in resort case 02 Nov 2017 - 08:20 pm

Ottawa: Canada's top court Thursday ruled against an indigenous tribe seeking to block a ski resort development on what it says is sacred...

Mexico women protest violence in skeletal Day of Dead march 02 Nov 2017 - 10:50 am

MEXICO CITY, Wearing black clothing and skeletal face paint, dozens of women marched in downtown Mexico City on Wednesday to commemorate the growing...