December 10, 2018 Nearly 85 percent of UN nations back migration deal; not US Defying fierce opposition from the United States and a few other nations, nearly 85 percent of the countries at the U.N. agreed Monday on a sweeping yet non-binding accord to ensure safe, orderly and humane migration.
December 10, 2018 Pope cites the 'disappeared' among those deprived of rights Pope Francis on Monday lamented that the poor, the unborn, those imprisoned and those who have been forcibly "disappeared" do not enjoy the same human rights protections as the wealthy.
December 10, 2018 The Latest: Nations agree UN migration accord in Morocco The Latest on the U.N. migration conference (all times local): 10:35 a.m.
December 9, 2018 Maduro's grip on Venezuela tightens, warns of Trump threat Socialist President Nicolas Maduro further consolidated power in Venezuelan local elections Sunday, while accusing President Donald Trump of plotting to overthrow him.
December 9, 2018 Yemen peace talks in Sweden focus on prisoner swap deal Yemen's warring parties met Sunday for the fourth day of U.N.-sponsored peace talks in Sweden to try to hammer out details of a prisoner exchange, which could eventually include all prisoners held by both sides in the four-year civil war.
December 9, 2018 River Plate, Boca Juniors set for Copa Libertadores final Fans and players from fierce Argentine rivals River Plate and Boca Juniors are getting ready for the Copa Libertadores final later Sunday after the biggest game in South American club soccer was relocated to the neutral setting of Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabeu Stadium.
December 9, 2018 Peruvians vote in referendum on fighting corruption Peruvians vote Sunday in a referendum aimed at curbing corruption as the South American nation tries to put an end to a scourge that has landed lawmakers, judges and even former presidents behind bars.
December 8, 2018 Mexico president blasts 'stratospheric' supreme court wages The Mexican president is butting heads with the Supreme Court just one week into office after judges suspended a law that would cap public sector salaries, one of his key campaign promises.
December 8, 2018 Bolivian police search for ex-drug lord who fled clinic Jorge Roca Suarez, one of Bolivia's top drug lords in the 1980s who served 28 years in prison in the United States before returning to the South American nation earlier this year, has fled a medical clinic where he was receiving treatment, authorities said Saturday.
December 8, 2018 Cruelty of El Chapo's Sinaloa cartel knows no bounds: Beheadings by chainsaw, body parts strewn in the streets A multibillion-dollar cartel continues to operate from Mexico and throughout the United States, despite the fact its accused leader, Joaquin ”El Chapo” Guzman, stands trial in a Brooklyn courtroom.