December 23, 2018 Body of Guatemalan girl who died at US border returned to home country The body of a 7-year-old girl who died while in U.S. Border Patrol custody earlier this month was flown to her home country of Guatemala Sunday ahead of burial in her home village.
December 23, 2018 Turkey masses troops near Kurdish-held Syrian town Turkey is massing troops near a town in northern Syria held by a U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led force, a war monitor and Turkish media said Sunday.
December 23, 2018 Suspect tied to Charlie Hebdo attack sent to France, charged French authorities handed preliminary terrorism charges Sunday to a fugitive extremist who is suspected of fighting U.S. forces in Iraq and helping to organize the 2015 shooting attack at satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people.
December 23, 2018 Afghan president appoints Pakistan critics to 2 top posts Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appointed hard-line opponents of neighboring Pakistan to two top security posts on Sunday, potentially complicating U.S. efforts to revive peace talks with the Taliban ahead of next summer's withdrawal of 7,000 American troops.
December 23, 2018 Nicaragua's Ortega pushes ahead with crackdowns on dissent In barely a week's time, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega has cemented the authoritarian reputation of his government by shuttering the offices some of the few remaining resonant voices of dissent and expelling the international monitors documenting his government's alleged crimes.
December 22, 2018 Cuban assembly approves draft of new constitution Cuba's National Assembly on Saturday approved an update of the country's constitution, the final step before a national referendum expected to approve the new charter in February.
December 22, 2018 ExxonMobil ship approached by Venezuelan navy off Guyana A ship hired by ExxonMobil was approached by a Venezuelan naval vessel off the coast of Guyana, one of the most serious incidents yet in oil-rich waters that Venezuela has long claimed as its own.
December 22, 2018 Nicaragua news director accused of terror after station raid The director of a TV station critical of President Daniel Ortega was accused Saturday of inciting terrorism after authorities raided and shut down the station's offices in their latest salvo against independent media and nongovernmental organizations.
December 22, 2018 Syria sends reinforcements east after Trump's pullout plan Syrian troops have sent reinforcements to the eastern province of Deir el-Zour close to an enclave controlled by the Islamic State group and along the front with U.S.-backed Kurdish-led fighters, a war monitor and pro-government pages on social media said Saturday.
December 22, 2018 Airbnb sued in killing of Florida woman in Costa Rica rental villa Airbnb is being sued by the family of a Florida woman who was sexually attacked and killed in a rental villa in Costa Rica she booked through the house-sharing service.