Peru’s ‘fugitive’ ex-president Toledo arrested in U.S., faces extradition
Former Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo was arrested in the United States on Tuesday and faces extradition back to Peru, the South American country’s justice minister...
Rio governor says ‘only a matter of time’ before he becomes Brazil president
The far-right governor of Rio de Janeiro state, who has likened drug dealers to terrorists and Nazis while advocating snipers in helicopters to shoot them...
Head of Planned Parenthood groups departs, cites differences over abortion
The leader of reproductive services provider Planned Parenthood Federation of America and its political arm said on Tuesday that she was leaving both organizations over...
Jailed British-Iranian aid worker moved to hospital psychiatric ward
Jailed British-Iranian aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been transferred from prison to a hospital psychiatric ward, the campaign group seeking to free her said on...
French environment minister quits over spending criticism
France’s environment minister resigned on Tuesday following a week of reports by an investigative website about his high spending on private lobster dinners and costly...
Rapper Meek Mill seeks new trial to end decade-long probation
Lawyers for Meek Mill on Tuesday asked a Pennsylvania appeals court to overturn a 2008 drugs and gun conviction that has kept the rapper on...
U.S. to move public lands agency to Colorado from Washington
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management will move its headquarters to Colorado from Washington, officials said on Tuesday, sparking ire from conservationists who said the...
ACLU files suit to block Trump rule to stop asylum seekers
The American Civil Liberties Union sued U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday, challenging a sweeping new rule that would bar almost all migrants from...
U.S. imposes sanctions on Myanmar commander in chief over Rohingya abuses
The United States on Tuesday announced sanctions on Myanmar’s military Commander-in-Chief Min Aung Hlaing and other military leaders over extrajudicial killings of Rohingya Muslims....
U.S., Iran send conflicting signals on their disputes
Iran and the United States sent mixed signals on Tuesday about resolving their disputes as Iran’s supreme leader threatened to further breach the 2015 nuclear...