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Colombia's Farc want 'more time'
Colombia's main rebel group, the Farc, denies it is moving too slowly to end five decades of conflict, six months after peace talks began.
bbci.co.uk (37 minutes ago)
Drug Charge for Virgin Islands Environment Officer
Federal agents have arrested the top enforcement officer for the U.S. Virgin Islands environment agency on drug trafficking charges after he was allegedly caught with a cache of cocaine on a government patrol boat.
nytimes.com (2 hours ago)
Vital signs first man on Moon had right stuff
As the world stood still on July 20, 1969, waiting with jangled nerves for Neil Armstrong to step out on...
thetimes.co.uk (2 hours ago)
Online whipround to publish ‘video of Toronto Mayor smoking crack cocaine’
The cellphone video had been shot by a drug dealer and appeared to show the Mayor of Toronto smoking crack...
thetimes.co.uk (2 hours ago)
US to give Cyprus moon rock gift — 40 years late
A piece of the Moon brought to Earth by the last men to walk the lunar surface is to be finally...
thetimes.co.uk (2 hours ago)
Canadian Prime Minister's Top Aide Quits Over Expenses Scandal
The top aide to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper abruptly resigned on Sunday over his role in a mounting expenses scandal which is threatening to undermine the Conservative government.
nytimes.com (3 hours ago)
Humala's Approval Rating in Peru Slips to 6-Month Low
President Ollanta Humala's approval rating fell 5 points to a six-month low of 46 percent, reflecting the unpopularity of his proposal to buy an oil refinery owned by Spain's Repsol and his support for Venezuela's new government, an Ipsos poll showed on Sunday.
nytimes.com (5 hours ago)
Slim, Broadcasters Take Fight to Soccer Field
Mexicans often feel that billionaire Carlos Slim owns everything in their country, from telephones to chain stores, but his latest acquisitive foray is meeting resistance after touching a national passion: soccer.
nytimes.com (5 hours ago)
Obama set to reveal future military plans
President Obama will this week disclose plans to lift the secrecy surrounding his drone war and reveal a new American...
thetimes.co.uk (5 hours ago)
Obama to Discuss Al Qaeda, Drones, Guantanamo Bay in Thursday Speech
President Barack Obama, under fire for security lapses at a U.S. mission in Libya, will in a speech on Thursday lay out his wide-ranging counter-terrorism policy, from the controversial use of drones to efforts to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
nytimes.com (6 hours ago)
US Warns of Armed Robbery Threat in Bahamas
The U.S. Embassy in the Bahamas is warning about the threat of armed robbery in the capital of the island chain off Florida's east coast.
nytimes.com (6 hours ago)
Analysis-Airline Emissions Deal May Not Come Before EU Deadline
Hope is fading for a global deal to regulate the airline industry's greenhouse gas emissions ahead of a fall deadline, even though failure could push the industry back to the brink of a trade war over the European Union's emissions trading system.
nytimes.com (8 hours ago)
One lucky winner hits $590m lottery jackpot
One ticket holder last night won a jackpot of $590.5 million (£384 million) in the US Powerball lottery, ending a...
thetimes.co.uk (8 hours ago)
Upmarket Pakistan District Votes Again as Imran Khan Decries Killing
An upmarket constituency of Pakistan's violence-plagued city of Karachi voted again under tight security on Sunday, a day after gunmen killed a senior politician from a reformist party in the district and a week after general elections.
nytimes.com (16 hours ago)
Malcolm X grandson suspects remanded
Two men suspected of killing Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of US political activist Malcolm X, are remanded in custody in Mexico.
bbci.co.uk (19 hours ago)
Mexico Judge Orders Prison for Suspects in Killing
A judge on Saturday issued an order for the imprisonment of two waiters accused in the beating death of Malcolm Shabazz, grandson of civil rights activist Malcolm X, the Mexico City attorney general's office said.
nytimes.com (20 hours ago)
Two Men Charged With Killing Malcolm X Grandson
Two men arrested in the fatal beating of the grandson of U.S. civil rights activist Malcolm X were sent to prison on Saturday to await trial, a Mexico City court spokesman said.
nytimes.com (21 hours ago)
El Salvador gangs warn over truce
The leaders of the main gangs in El Salvador vow to maintain a 14-month-long truce, but say political changes threaten the peace.
bbci.co.uk (22 hours ago)
The Health Toll of Immigration
A growing body of mortality research on immigrants has shown that the longer they live in this country, the worse their rates of heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.
nytimes.com (23 hours ago)
Syria's Assad: Little Chance Peace Talks Would Succeed-Newspaper
Proposed peace talks for Syria would not curb "terrorism" in the country and it is unrealistic to think they would succeed, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview published in an Argentine newspaper on Saturday.
nytimes.com (1 day ago)
Dissident Ex-General Released in Venezuela
Venezuelan authorities have released a dissent ex-general who was jailed on charges of inciting unrest after the country's disputed presidential election.
nytimes.com (1 day ago)
Church Must Help the Poorest, Not Dissect Theology, Pope Says
Pope Francis shared personal moments with 200,000 people on Saturday, telling them he sometimes nods off while praying at the end of a long day and that it "breaks my heart" that the death of a homeless person is not news.
nytimes.com (1 day ago)
Reporter Remembers Fear in Videla's Argentina
It was just about a day after Argentine strongman Jorge Rafael Videla had seized power in March of 1976, and the bloodletting was already beginning.
nytimes.com (1 day ago)
3 Killed, 3 Injured in Puerto Rico Shooting
Three people have been killed and three others injured during a shooting at a gas station in Puerto Rico.
nytimes.com (1 day ago)
VIDEO: Cuban golf courses no longer 'elitist'
Five decades after Fidel Castro ordered Cuba's golf courses to be closed down because he considered them "elitist", the island's communist government has approved the construction of a luxury golf resort.
bbci.co.uk (1 day ago)
Brazil Beefs Up Security for Confederations Cup
Brazil is using more than 20,000 troops along its borders with 10 South American nations to reinforce security ahead of the Confederations Cup soccer tournament in June.
nytimes.com (1 day ago)
Cayman Islands Ex-Premier Denies New Allegations
The former premier of the Cayman Islands who faces charges in a corruption probe is denying allegations that he donated $1 million to a Caribbean university to obtain an honorary PhD.
nytimes.com (1 day ago)
Sea Turtle Comeback in a Corner of the Caribbean
Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the sloping shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using their...
nytimes.com (1 day ago)
New Board to Oversee Trinidad's Caribbean Airlines
Trinidad's finance minister has appointed a new interim board to oversee Caribbean Airlines after announcing that the state-owned company posted losses of more than $70 million.
nytimes.com (1 day ago)
VIDEO: Videla death: View from Buenos Aires
People in Argentina have been reacting to the death of one of its controversial former military leaders, Jorge Rafael Videla.
bbci.co.uk (1 day ago)
