December 14, 2018 Brazilian president orders extradition of Cesare Battisti Brazil's outgoing President Michel Temer signed a decree Friday ordering the extradition of an Italian communist militant convicted of murder in his home country.
December 14, 2018 Brazil faith healer wanted by police as abuse cases mount A celebrity faith healer, accused of sexual violence by hundreds of women throughout Brazil, was being sought by police Friday after a warrant was issued for his arrest.
December 14, 2018 Venezuela's El Nacional publishes last print edition Venezuela's last nationally circulated anti-government newspaper published its final print edition on Friday amid unrelenting government pressure and paper shortages.
December 14, 2018 UN: Venezuela exodus likely to swell to 5.3 million in 2019 The number of Venezuelans fleeing their country's economic and humanitarian crisis is expected to reach 5.3 million by the end of 2019 in what has become the largest exodus in modern Latin American history, the United Nations said Friday.
December 14, 2018 Body of Canadian mother believed to be found in Mexico days after partner kills himself The body of a Canadian woman who vanished last week was reportedly found near a hotel in Mexico -- and the grim discovery comes just days after her partner committed suicide, authorities said.
December 14, 2018 Syrian Kurdish-led fighters take Hajin, last town held by IS U.S.-backed, Kurdish-led fighters captured the last town held by the Islamic State group on Friday, after days of intense battles in the militants' single remaining enclave in eastern Syria, activists said.
December 13, 2018 Japan begins reclamation at disputed US base despite protest Japan's central government started main reclamation work Friday at a disputed U.S. military base relocation site on the southern island of Okinawa despite fierce local opposition.
December 13, 2018 Report: Dissident rebels fuel violence in Colombia port city Dissidents from Colombia's once largest rebel movement who were unable take advantage of a peace accord or grew disenchanted with the state's weak implementation are fueling violence in parts of the South American nation still waiting to see the benefits of peace, a rights group warned Thursday.
December 13, 2018 Kristine Tompkins celebrates new Argentina marine parks American conservationist Kristine Tompkins said Thursday that the creation of Argentina's first marine national parks is a milestone that gets it close to meeting its U.N. recommended goal for 2020.
December 13, 2018 UN climate talks inch forward, success uncertain Negotiators from almost 200 countries raced to find agreement on the rules that will govern an international treaty on curbing global warming, but the text the Polish diplomat chairing the talks planned to present to delegates Thursday remained under debate as the two-week summit neared an end.