Guatemala finds coca plantations and labs, admits now a producing nation
Guatemalan security forces found and destroyed large coca plantations and two cocaine processing laboratories, police said on Thursday, a development that shows cocaine production is...
Medicinal cannabis could bring in $6 billion a year for Colombia, government says
Colombia could export $6 billion a year in medicinal cannabis products, making marijuana its third-largest source of foreign exchange, the government said on Thursday, as...
Alien enthusiasts gather in Nevada desert near secretive Area 51
UFO enthusiasts began descending on rural Nevada on Thursday near the secret U.S. military installation known as Area 51, long rumored to house government secrets...
U.S. Senate panel embraces $250 million in election security grants
A U.S. Senate panel on Thursday approved $250 million in additional federal grants to states and local jurisdictions to improve the security of their voting...
At least 28 displaced people killed in northern Congo
At least 28 people have been killed in a northeastern province of Democratic Republic of Congo in the past two days, the UN stabilizing mission...
Football Leaks ‘whistleblower’ faces more than 100 charges
Portuguese prosecutors on Thursday brought more than 100 charges against a man who allegedly accessed and published confidential documents belonging to leading soccer clubs and...
Haas stick with known quantity Grosjean for 2020
The Haas Formula One team decided to retain Romain Grosjean for 2020 rather than opt for Nico Hulkenberg because the Frenchman was a known quantity,...
Trump sues Manhattan prosecutor Vance over tax returns linked to criminal probe
Donald Trump sued Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance on Thursday, seeking to void a subpoena for eight years of tax returns related to a criminal...
U.S. Senate hearing to confirm Trump pick Issa for trade post delayed by concern over FBI check
The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee postponed a hearing on Thursday to consider former congressman Darrell Issa to lead the U.S. Trade and Development Agency,...
Microsoft nudges S&P 500 toward record high
Microsoft and healthcare companies lifted Wall Street on Thursday, a day after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates as expected and left the door open...