Mexico frets over US plans to take divisive asylum policy to new cities
TIJUANA, Mexico – The United States is aiming to ramp up in coming weeks a program to send Central American asylum seekers to Mexico...
Brazil to launch corruption probe into Vale dam disaster
BRASILIA – Brazil’s authorities will investigate miner Vale SA over possible corruption in misleading officials about the safety of its dam that burst and...
Rights groups urge release of more Nicaragua prisoners
MANAGUA – Human rights advocates on Friday urged Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega to free 566 people still in custody that the opposition considers political...
Pompeo says world should have eyes wide open about Chinese tech risks
MANILA – U.S Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Friday that the world should be “eyes wide open” about the risks of using...
Thai party campaigns on marijuana as cash crop
BANGKOK – Anutin Charnvirakul thinks he has hit on a winning issue for Thailand’s election next month - promoting cannabis farming now that the...
US offers reward for Osama’s son Hamza
Hamza Bin Laden is emerging as a key leader of the Islamist militant group, US officials say.
He is thought to be based near the...
India demands Pakistan to release injured pilot
NEW DELHI – India demanded the release of a fighter pilot shot down by Pakistan warplanes in a major escalation between the two nuclear...
‘Tiniest baby boy ever’ leaves Tokyo hospital
TOKYO – A baby boy who weighed just 268 grams (9.45oz) at birth has been released from hospital in Japan, and is believed to...
Trump-Kim summit breaks down over sanctions
WASHINGTON – A summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ended with no agreement after the US refused North...
Trump’s ex-fixer Cohen to offer new Russia details to US Congress
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen plans to tell U.S. lawmakers this week that Trump asked him several times about...