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December 13, 2018

Venezuela's El Nacional newspaper to cease print edition

Venezuela's last nationally circulated, opposition newspaper will stop publishing its print edition amid unrelenting government pressure and paper shortages, editors said Thursday.

December 13, 2018

Yemen's contested port city of Aden shows challenge of peace

Yemen's government nearly saw itself pushed into the sea by advancing rebels here three years ago.

December 13, 2018

Once-powerful Cardinal convicted on sex-abuse-related charges in Australia

A Cardinal who once held the Vatican’s third-most-powerful position was reportedly found guilty Wednesday in Australia of charges related to sexual abuse.

December 13, 2018

In Venezuelan crisis, families can't even afford to properly bury the dead

As the crisis in Venezuela deepens – gripped by mass hunger, starvation and a lack of medical supplies - there is no comfort, even for the dead. 

December 13, 2018

Biographical sketches of 2 Canadians missing in China

Two Canadian citizens have been reported missing in China over recent days amid a dispute over Canada's detention of a Chinese business executive wanted in the U.S. on bank fraud charges.

December 12, 2018

Second Canadian missing in China identified as entrepreneur behind North Korea tours

A second Canadian man has gone missing in China and is feared detained in what appears to be retaliation for Canada's arrest of a top executive of telecommunications giant Huawei, Canadian authorities said late Wednesday.

December 12, 2018

Mexico leader says he talked with Trump about migrants, jobs

Mexico's leftist President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he spoke by telephone Wednesday with U.S. President Donald Trump about migration and job creation.

December 12, 2018

Jailed former Venezuela oil minister dies in state custody

Nelson Martinez, the jailed former head of Venezuela's state-run oil giant PDVSA who was arrested last year as part of anti-corruption purge, died in state custody Wednesday, authorities said.

December 12, 2018

Congress moves to ban cockfighting in US territories

Congress on Wednesday gave final passage to legislation that would shut down legal cockfights in U.S. territories including Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, ending an institution dating from the colonial era that generates millions of dollars each year.

December 12, 2018

Nicaraguan lawmakers go after allegedly anti-government NGOs

President Daniel Ortega's allies in Nicaragua's legislature are canceling the legal status of non-governmental groups identified as supporting months-long opposition protests.