Venezuela passed a law to free hundreds of political prisoners after US pressure. Here’s why some welcome it cautiously
February 20, 2026
El Salvador and Mexico have reported major cocaine seizures at sea this week, as U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats leave 11 people dead
February 19, 2026
Timeline: How Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor fell from grace over his ties to Epstein
February 19, 2026
Dead iguana kills dog, paralyzes another
February 19, 2026
José María Balcázar has become Peru's new interim president, replacing another interim leader who was removed over corruption allegations just four months into his term
February 18, 2026
Peru’s leader José Jerí ousted over ‘Chifa-gate’ scandal, as presidential ‘curse’ strikes again
February 17, 2026
The top U.S. military commander for Latin America has met with Venezuela’s acting president in Caracas as both sides discuss security and policy goals
February 19, 2026
Argentina’s President Javier Milei deepens ties with U.S. President Donald Trump while trying to avoid a break with China, Argentina’s top trading partner
February 18, 2026
Prospects for a spring fraud trial for two Cleveland Guardians stars accused of colluding with sports bettors to rig bets are fading after they appeared in Brooklyn federal court as their teammates start their new season
February 18, 2026
The Cuban foreign minister is visiting Moscow as the island faces blackouts and severe fuel shortages worsened by a U
February 18, 2026
A delegation of U.S. senators is returning from a trip to Ukraine
February 18, 2026
Man meets Dutch firefighter who cares for his WWII father's grave: 'Cannot thank you enough'
February 18, 2026
Authorities in Georgia say a Guatemalan driver fleeing a Georgia traffic stop by federal immigration officers crashed into another vehicle, killing a teacher who was headed to work
February 17, 2026
'Extremely alarming': Woman violently attacked by stranger on beach
February 17, 2026
Officials in northeastern Spain say a fire that broke out in a top-floor storage room at an apartment building in northeastern Spain has killed five children who were trapped inside the room
February 17, 2026
Witnesses describe confusion, fear in deadly hockey rink shooting
February 17, 2026
American surfer Kurt Van Dyke found dead in apparent robbery at his home in Costa Rica
February 17, 2026
Marco Rubio is backing Viktor Orbán ahead of Hungary’s April election during a visit to Budapest
February 16, 2026
Dozens of dogs dressed as alligators, fairies and superheroes have gathered at a Rio de Janeiro Carnival street party as their owners protested cruelty against pets
February 14, 2026
Rubio reassures Europe’s leaders of US backing — but only if they change course
February 14, 2026
Seven people with ties to the group known as Zizians remain jailed in three states, but so far none of their criminal cases have gone to trial
February 14, 2026
Guns and mental health struggles: What the apparent online footprint of the Canada school shooter tells us
February 12, 2026
Kendall Coyne Schofield scored twice and top-seeded United States routed Olympic host Italy 6-0 in a lopsided, festive and sometimes chippy women’s hockey quarterfinal at the Milan Cortina Games
February 13, 2026
Bad Bunny really wanted to see Carlos Correa play for Puerto Rico at home in the World Baseball Classic
February 13, 2026
Au pair who plotted elaborate double murder with Brendan Banfield sentenced to maximum 10 years in prison
February 13, 2026
A Virginia jury convicted Brendan Banfield of aggravated murder for the killings of his wife and another man on Monday. Banfield is expected to be sentenced to life in prison.
February 13, 2026
What we know about the victims killed in one of Canada’s worst school shootings
February 13, 2026
Trump administration deported some migrants at a cost of $1 million each, Democratic report says
February 13, 2026
The Trump administration is ending Operation Metro Surge, a sweeping immigration crackdown in Minnesota that sparked weeks of protests and left two U.S. citizens dead
February 12, 2026
A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to make arrangements to allow some of the Venezuelan migrants flown to a notorious prison in El Salvador to return to the U
February 12, 2026
Mexico’s anti-money laundering office has frozen the bank accounts of Raúl Rocha Cantú, a Mexican co-owner of Miss Universe, amid an investigation into drugs, fuel and arms trafficking
December 05, 2025
Venezuela’s ruling party lawmakers have debated an amnesty bill that could free hundreds of people held for political reasons
February 12, 2026
Woman charged with dumping newborn baby in portable toilet
February 12, 2026
Pipeline rupture sends 36,000 gallons of wastewater near Tijuana River
February 12, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio is leading a large U.S. delegation to the Munich Security Conference this week
February 12, 2026
Argentina’s Senate has given its overall approval to a labor overhaul that is considered crucial to President Javier Milei’s shock therapy program after hours of debate that unfolded in the shadow of a mass protest outside Congress
February 11, 2026
The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso, Texas has caused unease south of the U.S. border and put the spotlight on the use of drones by Mexican cartels
February 11, 2026
Attorney General Pam Bondi took heated questions from lawmakers in a combative congressional hearing over the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein that have exposed sensitive private information about victims despite redaction efforts
February 11, 2026
They told him he won $750,000, then the man lost money
February 11, 2026
President Donald Trump’s administration plans to withhold public health and transportation funds from several Democratic-led states
February 10, 2026
Parents who owe a significant amount of child support soon could lose their ability to travel internationally as the Trump administration expands and steps up enforcement of a 30-year-old law that allows the federal government to revoke American passports until payments are made
February 10, 2026
A senior European intelligence chief says Russia cannot launch an attack on NATO this year or next but is planning to increase its forces significantly along the alliance’s eastern flank, depending on the outcome of the war in Ukraine
February 10, 2026
Trump the ‘demolition’ man of world order, European security experts warn
February 10, 2026
YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul was in the stands for speedskating at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics to watch his fiancée, Jutta Leerdam of the Netherlands, win the gold medal in the women's 1,000 meters
February 09, 2026
‘Not prepared to walk away’: Starmer defends premiership as UK government reels from Epstein fallout
February 09, 2026
Federal authorities have denied trying to expedite an end to asylum claims for the family of a 5-year-old boy who was detained with his father during the immigration crackdown in the Minneapolis area
February 09, 2026
Venezuela's top prosecutor says his office has requested the arrest of Juan Pablo Guanipa, a close ally of opposition leader María Corina Machado
February 09, 2026
Venezuela’s government has released several prominent opposition members from prison, including one of the closest allies of Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado
February 08, 2026
Tow truck driver returns abandoned vehicles to families after ICE arrests
February 08, 2026
Haiti’s presidential council has stepped down after almost two years of tumultuous rule alongside a U.S.-backed prime minister who is expected to remain in power as the country prepares for the first general elections in a decade
February 07, 2026
Cubans on Friday are facing a worsening crisis as U.S. efforts to block oil supplies take a toll
February 06, 2026
Arizona law enforcement officers are mourning a veteran U.S. Marine pilot and a trooper paramedic killed in a helicopter crash after they responded to a shootout with a domestic violence suspect
February 06, 2026
Verona and Pisa remain on the bottom of Serie A after a dismal 0-0 draw
February 06, 2026
France and Canada open consulates in Greenland amid Trump threats
February 06, 2026
ICE Ace of Spades "death cards" form rallying cry for Colorado immigration nonprofit: "Comes from a place of evil"
February 06, 2026
Man receives 15 years in prison for stealing, reselling trailers meant for Hurricane Ian victims
February 06, 2026
Jim Schwartz has resigned as the Cleveland Browns' defensive coordinator after three seasons
February 06, 2026
Florida-based aviation ministry lost contact with plane over mountains in Haiti
February 06, 2026
She thought ICE agents were taking her to school. The 10-year-old ended up 1,200 miles away at a detention facility
February 06, 2026
The U_S_ has announced an additional $6 million in aid for Cuba as the island’s crisis deepens and tensions escalate between the two countries, with Cuba’s president accusing the U_S_ of an “energy blockade.”
February 05, 2026
Trump’s pressure on Havana stirs hope among Cuban diaspora in Spain
February 05, 2026
In Venezuela, political critics are emerging from hiding following the U.S. ouster of President Nicolás Maduro
February 05, 2026
Queen Máxima of the Netherlands has started training to become a reserve member of the Dutch army
February 05, 2026
DHS to pull 700 officers from Minnesota, leaving about 2,000 officers on the ground. Here’s what we know
February 05, 2026
The U.N. human rights chief says his office is in "survival mode" as he appeals for $400 million to meet this year's needs
February 05, 2026
Spanish skater Tomas-Llorenc Guarino Sabate says he has received approval for most of the music needed for his Minions-themed Olympic program
February 05, 2026
A judge says U.S. immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless they are likely to escape
February 05, 2026
The US says Venezuela is changing. But one month since Maduro’s capture, its people aren’t so sure
February 05, 2026
The Pan American Health Organization has issued an alert due to a surge in measles cases across the Americas, with Mexico reporting the highest numbers
February 04, 2026
Texas authorities arrest Nicaraguan man for smuggling Chinese national, 3 others near border
February 04, 2026
President Donald Trump's border czar says he is reducing the number of immigration enforcement officers in Minnesota after state and local officials agreed to turn over arrested immigrants
February 04, 2026
President Donald Trump met on Tuesday with Colombian President Gustavo Petro at the White House for two hours
February 03, 2026
Friendship with Jeffrey Epstein has already cost Peter Mandelson the post of Britain’s ambassador to Washington
February 02, 2026
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says Spain's government plans to ban social media access for children under 16
February 03, 2026
Shootout at Oglethorpe Mall: What happened, the suspects and where the case stands
February 03, 2026
‘We will protect them from the digital Wild West.’ Another country will ban social media for under-16s
February 03, 2026
Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump’s termination of protections for Haitians
February 03, 2026
The nearly monthlong disappearance from public view of Bolivia’s towering socialist icon, ex-leader Evo Morales, just days after the Jan. 3 U.S. seizure of former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, his close ally, is alarming his supporters, roiling his enemies and galvanizing the internet
February 03, 2026
Turkey is trying to bring U.S. and Iranian officials to the negotiating table to ease tensions and avoid U.S. military action against Iran
February 02, 2026
Ecuadorian preschooler Liam Conejo Ramos and his father are back in Minneapolis after being released from a Texas detention facility where they had been held for more than a week, according to Texas Congressman Joaquin Castro. This story is breaking.
January 31, 2026
Thirty days after the U.S. captured then-President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela remains in turmoil
February 02, 2026
Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father have returned to Minnesota after being released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
February 01, 2026
A federal appeals court judge has dismissed a misconduct complaint filed by the Justice Department against a judge who clashed with President Donald Trump’s administration over deportations to a notorious prison in El Salvador
February 01, 2026
President Donald Trump says the United States is beginning to talk with Cuban leaders
February 01, 2026
U.S. charge d’affaires Laura Dogu has arrived in Caracas to reopen the American diplomatic mission in Venezuela after seven years of severed ties
January 31, 2026
North Carolina and South Carolina have become two hot spots for growth in the United States
January 31, 2026
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has announced an amnesty bill that could lead to the release of hundreds of prisoners, including opposition leaders, journalists and human rights activists detained for political reasons
January 31, 2026
Americans are learning and doing the kind of work that civilians in war zones worldwide have done for decades: dealing with threats by organizing to help protect their neighbors and communities.
January 29, 2026
Nearly 90-year-old couple survives for days at home without power using fireplace for warmth
January 29, 2026
Prosecutors say a deadly gas explosion in a Bronx high-rise last weekend has been traced to an intruder who disconnected a stove to steal and sell it
January 29, 2026
Venezuela’s acting President Delcy Rodríguez has signed a law that will open the nation’s oil sector to privatization
January 29, 2026
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that would impose a tariff on any goods from countries that sell or provide oil to Cuba, a move that puts pressure on Mexico
January 30, 2026
Panama’s president has vowed that critical ports at both ends of the Panama Canal will continue to operate without interruption
January 30, 2026
The Islamic State extremist group has claimed responsibility for an attack on an air force base in Niger's capital
January 30, 2026
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche says the Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis resident killed by Border Patrol officers
January 30, 2026
Cubans are hustling to become more self-sufficient as the U.S. government tightens its economic noose over the communist-run island in a move experts say is meant to force a popular uprising and usher in a new government
January 30, 2026
Massive power outages in Cuba mean that many people are unaware that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on any country that sells or supplies oil to the Caribbean island
January 30, 2026
The United Nations chief is warning that the world body faces “imminent financial collapse” unless its financial rules are overhauled or all 193 member nations pay their dues in full and on time
January 30, 2026
1 person shot after exchanging gunfire with Border Patrol agents in Arizona, sheriff says
January 27, 2026
Authorities say a man who was involved in a human smuggling operation was shot Tuesday in an exchange of gunfire with the U.S. Border Patrol and after firing at a federal helicopter
January 27, 2026
After the regime ‘disappeared’ their children, Argentina’s Madres de la Plaza de Maya relentlessly demanded justice – and exposed the atrocities of a dictatorship.
January 27, 2026
Speak in code, delete the chats: The tactics Venezuelans are using out of fear of phone checks
January 27, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that her government has suspended oil shipments to Cuba, but says the pause in shipments has been a “sovereign decision” and not the result of pressure by the United States
January 27, 2026
Trump-backed businessman Nasry Asfura was sworn in Tuesday as president of Honduras
January 27, 2026
Analysis: Trump’s team almost never backs down from its false claims. This past week has been different
January 28, 2026
A court has ordered the Dutch government to draw up a plan to protect residents of the Caribbean island of Bonaire from the devastating effects of climate change
January 28, 2026
The number of sexual abuse cases being treated at a clinic in Haiti’s capital has tripled in the past four years as gang violence surges across the troubled Caribbean country
January 28, 2026
Detained 5-year-old immigrant is depressed and lethargic, Texas congressman says in demanding boy’s release
January 28, 2026
What it’s like each day in Minneapolis
January 28, 2026
Nurse describes harrowing moment her car slid off roadway, plunged into river
January 28, 2026
A 911 call shows that a Nicaraguan man who died at a Texas detention camp days after he was detained by immigration authorities in Minneapolis is suspected of dying by suicide
January 28, 2026
Democratic Reps. Joaquin Castro and Jasmine Crockett have met with a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father at a Texas immigration detention center, a case that has stirred anger over the Trump administration’s immigration policies
January 28, 2026
The director of Bangor International Airport says the federal investigation into the crash of a private jet that killed six people Sunday night has been hampered by extreme weather, including deep snow that has blanketed the scene and covered the burned wreckage
January 28, 2026
USPS employee arrested after pepper-spraying 3 dogs while delivering mail, police say
January 29, 2026
President Donald Trump says he asked Russian President Vladimir Putin not to target the Ukrainian capital and other towns for one week as the region experiences frigid temperatures and Putin agreed, but Russia hasn't confirmed that
January 29, 2026
A key figure in President Donald Trump's first impeachment is running for the U.S. Senate in Florida as a Democrat
January 27, 2026
A new Minnesota website lays out evidence to counter what state officials have called federal misinformation after immigration officials fatally shot two residents during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown
January 27, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says some of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats should be viewed as prepositioning before negotiations to renew the countries' free trade pact
January 26, 2026
Venezuela’s leading prisoner rights organization says that dozens of prisoners were released over the weekend
January 26, 2026
Venezuela’s acting president says she has had ‘enough’ of US orders
January 26, 2026
A group of lawyers and family members of cartel members accused Mexico’s government on Monday of breaking the law by sending nearly a hundred Mexican citizens to the United States without an extradition order
January 26, 2026
Shedeur Sanders has been selected as a replacement QB on the AFC’s roster for next week’s Pro Bowl Games, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday
January 26, 2026
Alex Pretti, a Minnesota nurse, is the sixth person to die during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement campaign in the U.S. Federal authorities immediately said Pretti was a threat to federal officers
January 26, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says his country has no intention of pursuing a free trade deal with China
January 25, 2026
Law enforcement leaders are expressing alarm over a deadly shooting by federal officers in Minneapolis
January 25, 2026
President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbor goes ahead with its trade deal with China
January 24, 2026
Patrick Reed will take a four-stroke lead into the final round of the Dubai Desert Classic after shooting 5-under 67 as Rory McIlroy’s chances of a record-extending fifth title virtually disappeared
January 24, 2026
Pastor Sergio Amezcua, a family friend of a 5-year-old detained by ICE, says agents used the child to draw his pregnant mother out of the house so they could arrest her. He denounces the tactic, drawing comparisons between ICE’s actions in Minnesota and cartels in Mexico. “Cartels don’t target kids or pregnant women,” Amezcua says.
January 22, 2026
The U.S. military says it’s carried out a deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the first since the raid that captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro earlier this month
January 23, 2026
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney responded to U.S. President Donald Trump's comment that “Canada lives because of the United States” by saying Canada thrives because of Canadian values
January 22, 2026
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has signaled that U.S. President Donald Trump to apologize for his false assertion that troops from NATO countries — other than Americans — stayed away from the front line during the war in Afghanistan
January 23, 2026
Leading global economic policymakers at the World Economic Forum in Davos urged countries and businesses to filter out the turmoil from a week of clashes with the Trump administration and focus on boosting growth and fighting inequality in a world where trade will continue to flow and international cooperation is still badly needed
January 23, 2026
US, Ukraine and Russia in first trilateral talks of the war
January 23, 2026
The Yanacocha Reserve in the Ecuadorian Andes is the last refuge for a tiny hummingbird facing extinction
January 23, 2026
Firefighters and security forces in Chile are battling deadly wildfires that have killed at least 21 people and destroyed vast areas of forests
January 23, 2026
European Union leaders have welcomed U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to drop his tariff threats over Greenland, but they are wary about his Board of Peace project
January 22, 2026
Federal agents have taken a 5-year-old boy and his father from Minnesota to a detention facility in Texas
January 22, 2026
Venezuela’s legislature is debating a major overhaul of its oil sector, the first since Hugo Chávez's era
January 22, 2026
Leader of Denmark and its semiautonomous territory Greenland are insisting that the island's sovereignty is non-negotiable after U.S. President Donald Trump said he agreed to a framework on Arctic security with the head of NATO
January 22, 2026
Harry Styles is getting back out on the road
January 22, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump used the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to unveil a proposed "Board of Peace" for Gaza
January 22, 2026
Playground vandalized with swastikas twice in same week
January 22, 2026
The son-in-law of Venezuelan opposition figure Edmundo González has been released after more than a year in detention
January 22, 2026
President Donald Trump’s ambitions for the “Board of Peace” to play a role in global conflicts beyond Gaza appear to be the latest U.S. attempt to sidestep the U.N. Security Council
January 22, 2026
Texas girl reunited with mother after police track her to Mexico
January 21, 2026
Russian officials and media are reacting to President Donald Trump’s push to acquire Greenland with a mix of glee and caution
January 21, 2026
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says that her government sent 37 cartel members to the United States at the request of the U.S. Justice Department
January 21, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to drop his threat of imposing tariffs on several European countries
January 21, 2026
Sheriff: Mass shooting started as arranged gun sale between teens
January 21, 2026
Guatemalan police and soldiers are using new powers under a state of emergency to target the Barrio 18 gang in a high-crime area in the capital
January 21, 2026
President Donald Trump meandered through a list of his administration’s accomplishments while speaking at a White House press briefing Tuesday
January 20, 2026
An Associated Press videographer in Haiti was filming a group of tactical police patrolling the capital on Monday when gang members attacked
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump wanted to recap his first year back in office
January 21, 2026
President Donald Trump closed out 2025 with his plan to end the Israel-Hamas war in fine fettle
January 20, 2026
With three assists and a goal, Vinícius Júnior quieted the fans who had booed him again at the start of Real Madrid’s 6-1 rout over Monaco in the Champions League
January 20, 2026
Witness testimony has ended in the trial of a former Uvalde, Texas, school police officer accused of failing in his duty to stop a gunman in the critical first minutes of the 2022 Robb Elementary School attack
January 20, 2026
Doctors say immigrant patients are missing key medical appointments, afraid to come to medical clinics amid the Trump administration’s sweeping Minnesota immigration crackdown
January 20, 2026
A jury has been selected for the trial of a man accused of putting a $10,000 bounty on the life of a Border Patrol commander who led an immigration crackdown in the Chicago area last year
January 20, 2026
President Donald Trump has shared private messages from world leaders about Greenland, revealing softer tones behind public criticism
January 20, 2026
Several faith leaders are urgently calling for protecting the rights of worshippers while also expressing compassion for migrants
January 19, 2026
Firefighters in Chile are battling forest fires that have killed at least 19 people and left around 1,500 homeless
January 19, 2026
Mexico is showing sensitivity to U.S. military movements since the attack earlier this month on Venezuela
January 19, 2026
Trump ties failure to win Nobel Peace Prize to efforts to acquire Greenland in message to Norway
January 19, 2026
Five men are set to stand trial in Peru over the 2023 killing of an Indigenous Amazon defender
January 19, 2026
Shapiro says Harris’ vetting team asked whether he was ‘an agent of the Israeli government’
January 19, 2026
Authorities in Chile say that wildfires raging across central and southern areas of the country have left at least 18 people dead
January 18, 2026
Aftermath video of latest ICE shooting involving a man officials say assaulted an officer contradicts officials’ account
January 18, 2026
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says sending active duty soldiers to Minnesota for an immigration crackdown is ridiculous and unconstitutional
January 18, 2026
A small part of the Sunshine State became the Snowy State for a brief time as snow covered parts of the western Florida Panhandle
January 18, 2026
The Justice Department is investigating whether Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey have impeded federal immigration enforcement through public statements they have made, according to two people familiar with the matter
January 16, 2026
President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” that was initially seen as a mechanism focused on ending the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza is taking shape with ambitions to have a far broader mandate of other global crises
January 17, 2026
President Donald Trump says he'll impose a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of their opposition to American control of Greenland
January 17, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump says he may punish countries with tariffs if they don’t back the U.S. controlling Greenland
January 16, 2026
Local leaders chime in after reports of ICE touring south Kansas City locations for possible detention center
January 16, 2026
Japanese town sours on the crowds coming to see cherry blossoms and Mount Fuji
Russia's internet crackdown leads to a spring of growing discontent
Oil prices rise again and Asian stocks retreat on the fragile Iran ceasefire
Vilma Jää Brings herding calls and mocking songs to Met Opera’s production of 'Innocence'
Connor McDavid nets hat trick on 5-point night as Oilers surge into first place in Pacific Division