Americas
200 Green Activists Killed In 2016, Record Toll
At least 200 environmental campaigners and protectors -- 40 percent from indigenous tribes -- were murdered around the...
Ghana Imports $150M Fruit Juice Yearly
US$150 million worth of fruit juice is imported into Ghana each year, while fruit juice processing factories in the...
Rape Victim Jailed For 30 Years Because Baby Was Stillborn
A teenager who survived rape before giving birth to a stillborn baby in a bathroom has been jailed for 30 years. The...
Fiji Down Tonga To Book Rugby World Cup Berth
Fiji qualified for the 2019 World Cup in Japan with a second-half rally to beat Tonga 14-10 on Saturday in a Pacific...
US, Mexican Officials Play Nice As Trump Doubles Down On Wall
Top US and Mexican officials sought common ground Friday on issues such as migration and drug trafficking, even as...
Ivorian Rural Hamlet Marks Role In Slave Trade
The hamlet of Kanga Gnianze is absent from many maps of Ivory Coast, but the rural community attracted stars and...
Venezuela Lawmakers Beaten By Mob
Dozens of government supporters have burst into Venezuela’s opposition-controlled National Assembly, injuring several...
Activists Urge ICC To Probe Mexico’s ‘crimes Against Humanity’
Rights activists on Wednesday urged the International Criminal Court to probe years of killings and disappearances, as...
Missing Venezuelan Chopper Pilot Behind Grenade Attack Reappears
A Venezuelan helicopter pilot who vanished after dropping grenades on the Supreme Court has reappeared in an online...
Disastrous Bahamas Fyre Festival Organizer Arrested For Wire Fraud
The tech entrepreneur behind a music festival in the Bahamas that was billed as a luxury getaway but collapsed in chaos...
Brazilian Port Where Slaves Arrived Close To UNESCO Status
The worn paving stones discovered under a thick layer of modern concrete in Rio de Janeiro don't look like much at...
2 Teenagers Arrested With 30 Parcels of ‘wee’
Two teenagers are in the grips of the Eastern Regional Police Command for possessing narcotic substances, believed to...
Venezuela Crisis: Helicopter Launches Attack On Supreme Court
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has been attacked by grenades dropped from a helicopter in what President Nicolás Maduro...
Venezuela President Claims Coup, Harangues Trump
Venezuela's embattled president Tuesday repeated claims of a US-backed coup attempt against him and angrily warned...
Missing American Found Dead In Bottom of Peru Ravine
The body of an American who had been reported missing near the ancient Inca capital of Cusco was found Monday at the...
Guatemala, El Salvador Host Gay Pride Parades
Some 5,000 supporters of gay rights marched in the Salvadoran capital Saturday in a show of solidarity after the recent...
DCE Proposes Rice Factory For Asunafo South
The District Chief Executive for for Asunafo South in the Brong Ahafo Region, has proposed the establishment of a rice...
Eagles Aim To Knock Canada Off Rugby World Cup Perch
Canada is hoping to continue its dominance over the United States in World Cup qualifying when they square off Saturday...
WhatsApp Rises As A Major Force In News Media
WhatsApp is becoming one of the prevailing ways people discover and discuss news, according to a study. But use of the...