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April 1, 2016

El Salvador OKs emergency prisons package to aid gang fight

Lawmakers in El Salvador have approved a package of emergency measures giving the government freer rein to manage the country's gang-dominated prisons.

April 1, 2016

OAS warns of 'semi-democratic' presidential election in Peru

The head of the Organization of American States says next week's presidential election in Peru could lack credibility unless two recently-disqualified candidates are allowed to run.

April 1, 2016

Brazil Supreme Court justice slams country's political class

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice was caught on tape calling the country's politics a "disaster" and saying the political system "doesn't have a minimum of democratic legitimacy," according to news reports Friday.

April 1, 2016

Egypt's abuses, crackdown on critics draw world attention

Nearly three years into a heavy crackdown overseen by President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, allegations of human rights abuses including killings, torture and secret detentions are starting to bring an international backlash from the Egyptian leader's allies.

April 1, 2016

Cuban migration to US nearly doubles in last quarter of 2015

New U.S. statistics show nearly twice as many Cuban migrants reached the United States by foot and sea in the last three months of 2015 compared with the same period the year earlier, an exodus apparently fueled by the restoration of diplomatic relations between the former political foes.

April 1, 2016

Falkland Island lawmakers reject Argentine claim to islands

Lawmakers in the far-flung Falkland Islands are rejecting a U.N.

April 1, 2016

Trapped civilians stall Iraqi forces battling IS in Anbar

The spokesman for Iraq's elite counterterrorism forces says tens of thousands of trapped civilians have stalled Iraqi forces fighting the Islamic State group in the country's western Anbar province.

April 1, 2016

Brazil's Petrobras and Odebrecht to reduce costs

Two Brazilian companies ensnared in massive corruption investigation say they plan to cut billions of dollars in costs or sell off assets.

April 1, 2016

Delivery driver guilty in ISIS' first-ever plot to kill US troops on British soil

A delivery driver was convicted Friday in what's believed to be the Islamic State terror group’s first-ever plot to kill American military personnel on British soil.

April 1, 2016

Turkey sees Islamic State as emerging foe over Kurds

As Turkey pushes its campaign against Kurdish militants linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Union another deadly foe is gaining momentum — the Islamic State group.