The US military carried out a strike Thursday on a suspected drug boat in the Eastern Pacific, killing four people on board, according to a social media post from US Southern Command.
"Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in (...)
Miss Mexico Fatima Bosch has been crowned the new Miss Universe in Thailand on Friday — marking the end of an exceptionally scandal filled pageant season.
The 25-year-old contestant had earlier in November walked out of a pageant event after an (...)
Venezuela's opposition leader María Corina Machado has published a "freedom manifesto" outlining her vision of a "new era" for the country without its strongman Nicolás Maduro.
The four-page document, dated November 9 but made public on Tuesday, (...)
Portugal arrested one of the main leaders of Brazil's largest criminal organisation, Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), after discovering he was running operations and laundering millions of euros from drug trafficking and fuel fraud in the (...)
Ecuadoreans have voted against allowing the return of foreign military bases in the country, frustrating US hopes of expanding its presence in the Eastern Pacific region.
The referendum result is a blow to Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa, who had (...)
Chile's presidential election will go to a run-off vote in December between a Communist Party and a far-right candidate, after the first round on Sunday produced no outright winner.
The election campaign was dominated by crime and immigration, as (...)
Cartel de los Soles, a group the US alleges is led by Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, will be designated a terrorist organisation, the US State Department has said.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio issued a statement on Sunday announcing that (...)
US President Donald Trump warned Friday that Venezuelan military aircraft approaching US naval vessels in the Caribbean would be "shot down."
"I would say they're going to be in trouble. We'll let them know about that ... if they fly in a dangerous (...)
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the US will "blow up" foreign crime groups if needed, possibly in collaboration with other countries.
"Now they're gonna help us find these people and blow them up, if that's what it takes," Rubio said during (...)
Work starts early for the fishermen of Chichiriviche de la Costa, a remote village on the Caribbean coast of Venezuela, some two hours of unpaved driving from the capital Caracas.
On Thursday, Eduard Ulloa, 47, was at the shore before six in the (...)
Two Venezuelan military aircraft flew near a US Navy vessel in international waters on Thursday, in a move the US Department of Defense called "highly provocative."
"Today, two Maduro regime military aircraft flew near a US Navy vessel in (...)
Guyanese President Irfaan Ali has claimed a second five-year term in office, even as official final results from Monday's general election are yet to be published.
Ali's People's Progressive Party (PPP) secured at least 242,000 votes in the poll, (...)
The United States conducted a deadly military strike against an alleged drug boat tied to the cartel Tren de Aragua, President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
The US president said 11 people were killed in the strike in "international waters." Secretary (...)
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said he would constitutionally declare a "republic in arms" if US forces deployed to Caribbean attacked the South American country.
The Venezuelan leader made the comments at a press conference on Monday after the (...)
JEDDAH — The Saudi Council of Ministers reiterated Saudi Arabia's call to the international community, especially the permanent members of the UN Security Council, to urgently intervene to end the famine in the Gaza Strip and halt the war of (...)
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Saturday her government has no evidence to support US claims linking Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to the powerful Sinaloa Cartel.
The allegations, tying Maduro to Mexico's largest drug cartel and the (...)
The Trump administration has doubled its reward for the arrest of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro from $25 million (€21.4 million) to $50 million (€42.9 million), accusing him of being one of the world's largest narco-traffickers and working (...)
JEDDAH — The Council of Ministers on Tuesday reaffirmed Saudi Arabia's position of resolving conflicts through diplomatic means. Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman chaired the Cabinet session in Jeddah.
In a statement to the Saudi (...)
The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump's administration to resume deportations of migrants to countries other than their homeland.
By 6-3, the justices reversed a lower court order requiring the government to give (...)
RIYADH — Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman received a written message from President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro Moros. The message focuses on ways to enhance the relations between the two friendly countries in various fields.
Venezuelan (...)
President Donald Trump signed a proclamation Wednesday evening to ban travel from several countries to the US, citing security risks.
The ban will fully restrict entry of nationals from 12 countries: Afghanistan; Myanmar, also known as Burma; Chad; (...)
Five Venezuelan political figures holed up at the Argentinian Embassy in Caracas to avoid arrest have been brought to the US after a "successful rescue" mission, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.
"The US welcomes the successful rescue of all (...)
El Salvador's president has offered to repatriate 252 Venezuelans deported by the US and imprisoned in his country — if Venezuela releases the same number of political prisoners.
Nayib Bukele appealed directly to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro (...)
The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered the Trump administration to pause the deportation of a group of detained Venezuelan nationals, citing due process concerns related to their treatment under the rarely used 1798 Alien Enemies Act.
The detainees, (...)
Peru's former president, Ollanta Humala, has been found guilty of money laundering and sentenced to 15 years in prison.
A court in the capital, Lima, said that Humala had accepted illegal funds from the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht to (...)
