World / Americas

Rare Amur leopard euthanized at Oregon zoo 31 Mar 2016 - 10:43 am

An endangered Amur leopard is seen at the Oregon Zoo in an undated handout photo provided by the zoo. Reuters/Oregon Zoo/Michael Durham/Handout PORTLAND,...

Italy police arrest suspected “hospital ward” serial killer 31 Mar 2016 - 10:33 am

ROME: A woman suspected of murdering 13 patients in a Tuscan hospital in 2014 and 2015 has been arrested, Italian police said in...

Hungarian Nobel laureate Kertesz dies aged 86 - state news agency MTI 31 Mar 2016 - 10:18 am

File picture of Hungarian Nobel laureate Kertesz By Marton Dunai BUDAPEST: Hungarian novelist and Auschwitz survivor Imre Kertesz, winner of the 2002 Nobel ...

Calais 'jungle' migrant dies after hit by lorry 31 Mar 2016 - 09:38 am

Agents dismantled shelters on February 29, 2016 in the "jungle" migrants and refugees camp in Calais, northern France. AFP / PHILIPPE HUGUEN Calais: ...

Under fire on abortion, Trump fights to court women 31 Mar 2016 - 09:06 am

Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump turns away from the cameras as he speaks at a town hall event in Appleton, Wisconsin, March...

El Salvador plans 'extraordinary' moves to fight violence 31 Mar 2016 - 09:05 am

Salvadoran policemen walks in at the Quezaltepeque jail in Quezaltepeque, El Salvador, March 29, 2016. REUTERS SAN SALVADOR: El Salvador plans to boost...

Argentine Senate approves deal to end debt dispute, re-enter markets 31 Mar 2016 - 08:50 am

Senators debate the approval of a settlement with creditors over the country's defaulted debt at the Senate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 30,...

U.N. widens probe of fresh Central Africa sex abuse allegations 31 Mar 2016 - 08:45 am

REUTERS/ SIEGFRIED MODOLA BY LOUIS CHARBONNEAU UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations on Wednesday said it has widened an investigation of allegations of sexual...

UN decides against drawdown of DR Congo peacekeepers 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

The South Africa contingent of the UN peacekeepers in Congo erect a razor wire barrier around Goma airport in the Democratic Republic of...

Opinion: How Donald Trump has already shaken US relations with friends and foes 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at the Trump International Hotel in Washington,DC. March 21, 2016. AFP, Jim Watson ...

French minister compares veiled women to 'negroes who supported slavery' 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Emmanuelle Cosse (L), French Minister of Housing and Sustainable Homes and French Minister for the Family, Children and Women's Rights Laurence Rossignol (R)...

Thousands attend funeral for controversial Toronto mayor Rob Ford 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

This November 15 2013 photo shows former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford surrounded by the media as he leaves his office at Toronto City...

US top court sympathetic to property owner over water permits 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

The US Supreme Court is pictured in Washington, June 8, 2015. Reuters, Gary Cameron By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on...

Spanish court to probe Bankia predecessor over mortgages 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A statue of Christopher Columbus with an extended hand is seen in front of a Spanish flag in central Madrid, June 11, 2012....

Kerry welcomes Argentina counterpart to US, hails ‘restoration’ 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

John Kerry. Reuters WASHINGTON: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Wednesday welcomed Argentina’s “restoration” since the election of Mauricio Macri as the...

Indonesia's 'hobbits' disappeared earlier than thought: study 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Liang Bua, a limestone cave on the Indonesian island of Flores. The Liang Bua Team prepares for new archaeological excavations. Credit: Smithsonian Digitization...

Shelter empties in southern Germany as migrant flow nearly halts 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

A migrant girl plays with her doll at the makeshift camp at the Greek-Macedonian border, near the Greek village of Idomeni on March...

Two Rotterdam terror suspects kept in custody 31 Mar 2016 - 12:00 am

Police search a house in Oudedijk in the Kralingen district, in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 30 March 2016. Police performed fresh raids after police...