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April 4, 2017

Violence cost Mexico 18% of its GDP last year, report says

The cost of the violence amounted to $1,335 per person, according to the Mexican Institute for the Economy and Peace.

April 4, 2017

Former Argentina President Cristina Kirchner and 2 children officially charged

The judge indicated that he did not order the three to be detained during trial because he did not consider them a flight risk.

April 4, 2017

Judge proceeds in case against ex-President Fernandez

A federal judge has formally charged former Argentina President Cristina Fernandez and her two children with money laundering and running a criminal association that received bribes from businesspeople.

April 4, 2017

Boeing Co. says it signed new $3B deal with Iranian airline

Boeing Co. says it has signed a new, $3 billion deal with Iran's Aseman Airlines for 30 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.

April 4, 2017

Journalists in Mexico killed in record numbers – along with freedom of speech

According to Reporters without Borders, Mexico is currently the most dangerous country in the world for journalists.

April 4, 2017

Venezuela security forces clash with anti-Maduro protesters across the country

Authorities closed subway stations, set up checkpoints and cordoned off the capital city's Plaza Venezuela, where Maduro foes had planned to meet for their latest demonstration.

April 4, 2017

Timeline of chemical weapons use in Syria

Chemical weapons have killed hundreds of people since the start of Syria's civil war, with the U.N.

April 4, 2017

May visits Saudi Arabia without headscarf

British Prime Minister Theresa May has forgone wearing a headscarf during her visit to Saudi Arabia.

April 4, 2017

Watchdog report: 'Breakdown of democracy' in Poland, Hungary

U.S.-based pro-democracy group Freedom House says a "spectacular breakdown of democracy" has been taking place in Poland and Hungary, two countries that stood as models of democratic change after the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.

April 4, 2017

ICE detains prostitute who gave deadly drug shot to Google executive

Federal immigration officials have detained a California prostitute after she completed a jail sentence for involuntary manslaughter in connection with the accidental heroin overdose of a Google executive she was entertaining aboard his yacht.