April 10, 2019 Russia, Turkey, Iran back Syrian territorial integrity Lawmakers from Russia, Iran and Turkey are calling for Syria's territorial integrity to be preserved as remarks from Israel and the United States have renewed long-standing land disputes.
April 10, 2019 UN urged to declare Venezuela a humanitarian emergency Human Rights Watch and public health researchers from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are urging the United Nations to declare the situation in Venezuela "a complex humanitarian emergency that poses a serious risk to the region."
April 10, 2019 Judge orders detention of former Peruvian president A judge in Peru has ordered the 10-day detention of former President Pedro Pablo Kucyznksi as part of a money laundering probe into his consulting work for the company at the heart of Latin America's biggest graft scandal.
April 10, 2019 Red Cross visits to Venezuela jails include military prisons The International Committee of the Red Cross has regained access to prisons in Venezuela, including highly guarded military facilities where dozens of inmates considered political prisoners are being held, as President Nicolas Maduro seeks to counter mounting criticism of his government's human rights record.
April 9, 2019 Governor says surfing can connect California and El Salvador California masterfully markets its surfing culture and Gov. Gavin Newsom said Tuesday he wants to share that expertise with El Salvador to help boost tourism and provide more economic opportunities for its impoverished citizens.
April 9, 2019 University closes in Mexico border city after student slain The weekend killing of a female university student has sparked protests and a four-day shutdown at the University of Ciudad Juarez.
April 9, 2019 Iraq says it tried to stop US from blacklisting Iran corps Iraq's prime minster says his government tried to stop the U.S. from labelling Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps as a "foreign terrorist organization," saying the designation could have negative consequences for Iraq and the Middle East.
April 9, 2019 Border chaos forces truckers to wait hours, sometimes days To deal with a surge of migrating Central American families, the Trump administration has reassigned so many inspectors from U.S.-Mexico border crossings that truckers are waiting in line for hours and sometimes days to get shipments to the United States.
April 9, 2019 UN to help human rights training of Mexico's National Guard Mexico's efforts to calm critics of its newly formed National Guard received a boost Tuesday in the form of an agreement from the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to assist in the force's training.
April 9, 2019 Ecuador reminds Assange embassy stay can't be permanent Ecuador is reminding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange once again that he can't stay indefinitely in the nation's London embassy.