International

Washington, USA -- The secretary general of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, took part on Monday in the inauguration of the 53rd Directing Council of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), with a speech…

(CNN) -- Every day, refugees and migrants risk their lives as they seek a new life. Now, a new report from the International Organization for Migration has put a figure to the number of victims: at least 40,000 deaths since 2000. More than…

Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The United States and Afghanistan signed a long-delayed security agreement Tuesday that will allow U.S. troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond the previous December deadline to withdraw. The deal was signed by…

New York, USA -- The insistence by the government of Dominica to sponsor the candidacy of a sitting member of the British parliament and former minister in the British government for the post of Commonwealth secretary-general when the…

Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Seven Ukrainian soldiers were killed by tank fire Monday at the airport in the flashpoint city of Donetsk, the country's counterterrorist operations press office said. Nine other soldiers were injured in the clash,…

Beijing (CNN) -- Chinese authorities late Thursday dramatically revised upward the death toll of a violent incident they say occurred earlier in the week in Xinjiang, an ethnically divided region in China's far west. According to state-run…

New York, USA (HCNN) -- Former US president Bill Clinton said on Wednesday that the current Haitian government is the most decisive he has ever worked with in Haiti, and acknowledged that the Caribbean country's leadership has come a long…

London, England (AFP) -- British lawmakers on Friday voted overwhelmingly to join anti-jihadist air strikes in Iraq as US-led raids in Syria disrupted the Islamic State group's lucrative oil-pumping operations. The House of Commons voted…

GUADALAJARA, September 25, 2014 (AFP) - A Mexican federal lawmaker was killed and burned after being abducted in broad daylight, authorities confirmed Wednesday, shocking his ruling party amid government assurances that violence is down.…

Washington (CNN) -- Attorney General Eric Holder will announce Thursday that he will resign after six years at the Justice Department helm. The attorney general has agreed to remain in his post until the confirmation of his successor, a…

Guwahati, India (AFP) -- At least 55 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands displaced in flash floods and mudslides in India's northeast after days of heavy rain, local authorities said Wednesday. The chief minister of the…

New-York, USA (HCNN) -- Haitian Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met on Tuesday in New York where the two men spoke briefly about the cooperation and the strong and genuine friendship that Haiti and…

Washington, United States (AFP) -- US air strikes against the Islamic State group continued overnight Tuesday to Wednesday, hitting targets in Iraq and Syria and destroying several vehicles and a weapons dump, the military said. The latest…

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) - Two Chinese destroyers have arrived at Iran's Gulf port of Bandar Abbas, in an unprecedented visit attesting to a new rapprochement between the two countries, Iranian media reported Sunday. The four-day visit is the…

(CNN) -- Several thousand people in Moscow took to the streets Sunday to protest the war in Ukraine and how the Russian government has handled the crisis there, CNN has learned. Separately, a smaller anti-U.S. protest took place in front…