Unrest spreads in Jamaica over attempts to extradite drug suspect
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Violence in Jamaica surrounding the planned extradition to the United States of an alleged drug kingpin continued Monday, with police saying a number of people had died in an attack on the suspect’s stronghold in West Kingston.
8:53: a.m. — President Obama to make statement on Haiti at 10 a.m. ET.
A strike in southern Chile over a hike in natural gas prices ended Tuesday after the federal government and city leaders reached an agreement.
A Cuban court Tuesday commuted the sentence of the nation’s only prisoner facing the death penalty, and instead sentenced him to 30 years in prison, according to the official Cubadebate website.
Mexican authorities are offering a $1.2 million (15 million pesos) reward for information on 14 children who may have been taken from orphanages by child traffickers, according to a release from the attorney general of Mexico.
Mexico’s Supreme Court on Monday ruled that a law allowing for adoption by gay couples in Mexico City is legal.
Cuban authorities have detained dissident Guillermo Farinas, his mother told CNN.
Nearly a week after a massive earthquake leveled much of Haiti, successful rescues of victims who survived without food or water have not abated.
The two leading candidates in Colombia’s presidential race will compete in a runoff June 20, since neither garnered more than 50 percent of the vote in Sunday’s election.
A federal appeals court in Argentina has ruled that a grandmother must stand trial for growing two marijuana plants in her backyard.
Aires Airlines Flight 8250 was seconds away from landing at San Andres airport on a small island off Colombia. The pilot had turned on the seat belt sign and told passengers to stay in their seats. Passengers could see rain and lightning outside their small cabin windows, but nothing was amiss. Everything seemed calm. Normal. Routine.
The human rights group Amnesty International said Friday that Haitian authorities are launching a probe into alleged crimes against humanity committed during the 15-year rule of former dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier.
Drilling has begun as part of an effort to reach the 33 miners who have been trapped underground in Chile for more than three weeks, authorities said Tuesday.
A “Plan C” oil drill to reach 33 miners trapped in Chile is scheduled to start in earnest early Wednesday amid hopes it will provide a faster solution than the other two methods used so far.
Colombian politician Marcos Baquero was released by the FARC Colombian rebel group after one year and seven months of captivity, according to CNN affiliate Caracol TV.
The arduous trip begins from a city on fire.
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