Belize mob torches Americans’ animal sanctuary, but their will endures
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An American couple in Belize struggled Tuesday to figure out their future, their dreams literally up in smoke after a mob of indigenous Mayans burned down their animal sanctuary in the belief the foreigners fed two missing children to crocodiles on their property.
An investigation continued Monday into a helicopter crash that killed six people, including prominent Mexican businessman Moises Saba Masri, the state-run Notimex news agency said.
More than 2 million people were affected by a massive 8.8-magnitude earthquake that rocked Chile early Saturday, President Michelle Bachelet said in a televised news conference.
Undeterred by the darkness or search dogs who no longer picked up signs of life, a rescue crew patiently chipped away at concrete and debris early Sunday morning to try and reach a woman who sent a text message that she was buried beneath the ruins of a collapsed bank.
Eco-friendly floating restaurants serving sustainable seafood are on the menu for marinas around the world, in a bid to tackle the crisis caused by commercial over-fishing.
Almost 500 Sri Lankan migrants are in Canadian custody after officials Thursday boarded a small ship suspected of human smuggling off the coast of British Columbia, according to Canadian Public Safety Minister Vic Toews.
Gas accumulation triggered by intense heat caused a garbage dump explosion Tuesday in central Mexico, damaging about 100 homes but leading to no known fatalities, the state-run news agency reported.
A military jury at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Wednesday recommended a 14-year prison term for Ibrahim Ahmed Mahmoud al Qosi, a Sudanese man who served as cook and driver for Osama bin Laden.
One of South America’s largest historical archives — 35 million pages that chronicle widespread killing, forced disappearances and torture committed by Brazilian military rulers from 1964 to 1985 — is rotting away in an obscure government building in Brazil’s capital.
A high-level Venezuelan official wanted by Spain in connection with links to a Basque terrorist group was due to testify Wednesday in a Venezuelan court looking into his extradition, the South American nation’s top prosecutor said.
A Rosary service and funeral were scheduled this week for Jaime Zapata, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent who was killed in Mexico last week.
Tropical Depression Karl continued dissipating across southern Mexico on Saturday, but threats of flash floods and mudslides remain, forecasters said.
Nervous residents in Chile’s capital woke up Sunday morning to more aftershocks, a day after one of the most powerful earthquakes to hit the world in decades left large swaths of their city in ruins.
A decision on whether bail would be granted for 10 American missionaries detained in Haiti may have been delayed Monday because of quake-related electrical problems at the courthouse.
The world marks International Women’s Day on Monday, an annual celebration that highlights their economic, political and social achievements.
Rain pours down on rescue workers and volunteers as they zip yet another body into a bag before hoisting it into a waiting helicopter.
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