A former Olympic snowboarder who is now allegedly running a drug cartel orchestrated the killing of a federal witness by releasing his image to a fake news website, the US justice department has said.
Authorities raised the reward for information (...)
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 (...)
The leader of one of Ecuador's biggest drug-trafficking gangs has been captured in an operation involving Spanish police, Ecuador's president Daniel Noboa has said.
Wilmer "Pipo" Chavarria, the head of Los Lobos, was detained in the city of Malaga, (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
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 (...)
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe was sentenced Friday to 12 years of house arrest for witness tampering and bribery, marking a historic verdict against one of the country's most influential political figures.
The ruling followed a nearly (...)
Tsunami warnings remained in place in New Zealand and Chile on Thursday, one day after an 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia sent waves across the Pacific.
Parts of Russia, Japan, Hawaii and the US West Coast were on alert throughout (...)
The powerful Ecuadorean gang leader Adolfo Macías Villamar has been extradited to the United States to face charges of drug and arms trafficking.
Known as "Fito", he was recaptured in June, almost a year after he escaped from a high-security prison (...)
A 300-member-strong Palestinian militia has emerged in Gaza, aiming to liberate the Strip from Hamas — and now it says it has the backing of Israel.
The group, calling itself the Popular Forces, operates in eastern Rafah under the leadership of (...)
USPresident Donald Trump on Wednesday threatened Brazil with a crippling tariff of 50% starting August 1, according to a letter he sent to the country's president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
In the letter posted on Truth Social, Trump alleged Lula (...)
When Colombian senator and presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay was shot in the head on 7 June, it shocked the international community. After years of growing peace, the attack was a callback to Colombia's most violent years, when cartel-ordered (...)
RIYADH — Cristiano Ronaldo has once again proven his enduring class by clinching the Saudi Pro League Golden Boot for the second consecutive season, finishing the 2024–25 campaign with 25 goals.
The Al Nassr captain, who turned 40 earlier this year, (...)
Chinese leader Xi Jinping says "bullying" and "hegemonism" will only backfire, in a veiled reference to the United States just a day after a temporary truce was agreed in the trade war between the world's two largest economies.
Xi chose to deliver (...)
The Trump administration has revoked hundreds of student visas in nearly every corner of the country as part of a vast immigration crackdown – and few universities know why.
More than 1,000 international students and recent graduates at more than (...)
Tributes have been paid to a London-based scientist who formerly worked for the Royal Society of Biology (RSB) after he was found murdered in northern Colombia.
Alessandro Coatti's remains were discovered on the outskirts of Santa Marta, a port city (...)
The US government will stop sharing air quality data gathered from its embassies and consulates, worrying local scientists and experts who say the effort was vital to monitor global air quality and improve public health.
In response to an inquiry (...)
US President Donald Trump on Saturday defended his administration's decision to freeze foreign aid, arguing that billions of dollars were being sent to countries that "hate us."
Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in (...)
India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has told parliament the government is working with the US to ensure Indian citizens are not mistreated while being deported.
His statement came a day after a US military flight brought back 104 Indians accused (...)
Food distribution is being stopped. Health services are being shut down. Lifesaving aid is being tied up, with no way to disburse it.
These aren't warnings of what's to come, but examples of what aid workers say is the fallout of the Trump (...)
El Salvador has agreed to house violent US criminals and receive deportees of any nationality, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Monday, in an unprecedented – and legally problematic deal – that has alarmed critics and rights groups.
Rubio (...)
"Do you know who the next president is? The fun is over for you here, the music has changed ... you've got to go back."
Daniel Oquendo, 33, remembers well the first words US border agents told him after he crossed the US-Mexico border on January (...)
The US will not go ahead with tariffs on Colombia, after Bogota agreed to accept — without restrictions — deported migrants, the White House says.
Donald Trump had ordered 25% tariffs on all Colombian goods after its president barred two US military (...)
More than 80 people were killed in the country's northeast over the weekend following the government's failed attempts to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army, the Associated Press reported quoting a Colombian official.
Twenty others (...)
Ireland has joined South Africa's genocide case against Israel, the International Court of Justice announced Tuesday morning.
In a brief press statement, the ICJ said that Ireland had on Monday joined Nicaragua, Colombia, Mexico, Libya, Bolivia, (...)
