Tropical Storm Iota is expected to strengthen into a major hurricane this weekend as it approaches the coast of Central America, according t...

We spoke with a leading historian who argues that too much of the focus has been on disgrace and defeat. from NYT > World > Americas...

The new regulation also orders insurance providers to cover cannabis products prescribed by doctors. Some of the strongest champions of the ...

The vote to remove President Martín Vizcarra comes amid a devastating coronavirus pandemic. It was unclear if he would acknowledge the vote ...

Canadians have been ripping their cuticles off while they wait for the United States to pick its next president. from NYT > World > ...

Another 23 people across Central America have died or are missing as a result of a vast storm system dumping heavy rainfall across the regio...

The Category 4 storm threatened much of Central America with winds of up to 140 miles per hour and rainfall that could reach 35 inches in so...

In Iran, an exhibit of Aydin Aghdashloo’s work was canceled and a prominent auction is considering dropping him. In Canada, a petition calls...

The police arrested a suspect in the attack, a man in his mid-20s who they said was dressed in medieval garb. Five people were said to be in...

Canada’s public health experts are researching approaches to testing and quarantine that could make travel abroad more feasible. from NYT ...

The moves could severely restrict the flow of remittances from abroad and worsen a profound economic crisis on the island. from NYT > W...

Leopoldo López had spent the past six years in jail, house arrest and diplomatic asylum. He fled on Saturday to an undisclosed location, his...

American officials in China, Cuba and Russia say U.S. agencies are concealing the true extent of the episodes, leaving colleagues vulnerable...

Sunday’s election is seen as a referendum on the 14-year political project of Evo Morales, a towering figure in Bolivian politics who lifted...

Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos was detained at the airport at the request of the D.E.A. and will face drug and money-laundering charges, a federal...

Zhao Li shot his business partner outside a Vancouver mansion, and then chopped him into 108 pieces. from NYT > World > Americas htt...

Over the past 10 months, the virus has taken more lives than H.I.V., malaria, influenza and cholera. And as it sows destruction in daily lif...

The effort by opposition lawmakers to remove Mr. Vizcarra failed on Friday, with Congress opting for stability as Peru deals with a devastat...

Less than a year after declaring herself president of her turbulent country, Jeanine Añez abandoned her attempt to win official approval fro...

Venezuela’s chief prosecutor said a U.S. citizen had been charged in an alleged terrorist plot to sabotage oil refineries and electrical ser...