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The Democratic measure was defeated mostly along party lines, along with another resolution that would have halted the military’s escalating…

The government has greatly restricted the number of work and study permits issued to foreigners following an unpopular immigration boom…

Ángel BermúdezBBC News MundoReutersThe US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on 10 DecemberIn a further escalation…

A firm controlled by a businessman sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for ties to Venezuela’s autocratic president has sold millions…

Will GrantBBC Central America correspondentReutersThe world’s largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald Ford, is among the ships which have been…

US President Donald Trump has said he is ordering a “a total and complete” blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers…

A cave in the Dominican Republic concealed thousands of years worth of animal bones that had been turned into nests…

The president announced the move using bellicose language, in an escalation of his pressure campaign against Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s leader.…

The United States and Trinidad say U.S. Marines installed a radar in Tobago to combat drugs — but this war…

Experts tracked the sea lion, which had a rope around its neck, for over a month before they were able…

In Argentina, the return of pumas brought top predators back to the landscape — much to penguins’ dismay. Source link

The United States is building up forces in five locations in Puerto Rico, including at a Navy base that was…

All the strikes in recent weeks have taken place in the Pacific, reflecting Colombia’s role in the drug trade and…

Vanessa BuschschlüterLatin America editor, BBC News OnlineGetty ImagesUS President Trump signed an executive order classifying fentanyl as a “weapon of…

The defense secretary joined the secretary of state on Capitol Hill to deliver the first classified briefings to include all…

Presenting oral updates to the Geneva-based Human Rights Council, High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said the situation in…

Some words spelled the British way are emerging in Canadian government documents. A group of language experts say the changes…

The transfer of nearly two dozen men this week restarted a Trump administration deportation operation on the base after a…

Listen: “It’s outrageous” – Air traffic audio captures pilot call after near mid-air collisionA near collision between a JetBlue commercial…

US Southern CommandThe US military says it has carried out strikes on three boats it has accused of trafficking drugs…

The attacks brought the number killed since the Trump administration began the strikes on suspected drug smugglers to at least…

Tens of thousands of people gathered across Brazil’s main cities on Sunday to protest against a bill that – if…

This zany musical made it from the basement of a Manhattan grocery to London’s West End, and now hopes to…

AFP via Getty ImagesMessi concluded his India tour with an event at a stadium in Delhi on MondayFootball superstar Lionel…