Latin America & Caribbean
Peru steps up border dispute with Chile
The frayed relations between Chile and Peru appeared to unwind further Saturday, after Peruvian President Ollanta Humala officially recognized an administrative district ...Russia says air force hit Palmyra region in Syria
Russia\'s air force has struck the area around the Islamic State-held ancient city of Palmyra, the defence ministry said Monday, as Moscow ...Uruguayan president assists French girl on flight to Paris
Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez has put his old profession as physician to use — helping revive a young French woman on a ...Pressure mounts on Brazilian Congress to impeach president
Opposition activists handcuffed themselves to a pillar in Brazil\'s Congress on Wednesday seeking the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff for mismanaging a ...Colombia President Santos offers truce with FARC
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos offered Wednesday to declare a bilateral ceasefire with the FARC guerrillas from January 1, which would mark ...Guatemalan comedian wins presidency in landslide
Jimmy Morales, a former TV comedian who has never held office, swept to power in Guatemala\'s presidential election on Sunday after milking ...Two policemen, seven Islamic State militants killed in Turkey
Two Turkish policemen and seven Islamic State militants were killed in a firefight after police raided more than a dozen houses in ...Britain refuses to grant Assange safe passage for medical check
Britain has refused Ecuador\'s request to give Julian Assange safe passage for a medical checkup after he had a sharp pain in ...Second volcano spews ash near Ecuador capital
A second volcano is once again spewing plumes of ash in the mountain chain near Ecuador\'s capital.EU court rules against Facebook over transatlantic data deal
The EU\'s top court on Tuesday ruled that a key transatlantic data deal relied on by companies such as Facebook was invalid ...




