World / Americas

British "Out" campaign takes 2 pct point lead ahead of EU referendum - ICM poll 23 Mar 2016 - 12:48 pm

A worker answers a telephone in the office of Brexit group pressure group ''Leave.eu'' in London, Britain February 12, 2016. Reuters London: The...

Australia invests $760 million in technologies to fight climate change 23 Mar 2016 - 12:37 pm

Coal operations at the Port of Newcastle, Australia, where coal exports are the second most valuable export. AFP Photo/William West Sydney: Australia will...

Australia calls China's South China Sea moves 'counterproductive' 23 Mar 2016 - 12:26 pm

Soldiers of China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) Navy patrol near a sign in the Spratly Islands, known in China as the Nansha Islands,...

Rousseff says will 'never resign' as Brazil scandal escalates 23 Mar 2016 - 12:22 pm

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff delivers a speech during meeting with a group of jurists and lawyers who came to the Planalto Palace in...

Zimbabwe to ban foreign firms in breach of local ownership law 23 Mar 2016 - 12:19 pm

Zimbabwean commercial farmer Tommy Bayley rides an old bicycle ahead of war veterans and villagers, who invaded his farm at Danbury Park outside...

World Trade Center lit in solidarity with Belgium 23 Mar 2016 - 12:11 pm

The full moon rises behind One World Trade Center on March 22, 2016 in New York, it's mast displaying the colors of the...

US warns Americans of 'potential risks' for Europe trips 23 Mar 2016 - 11:41 am

People stand arm in arm in tribute to victims at a makeshift memorial in front of the stock exchange at the Place de...

Brazil confirms 907 Zika-linked microcephaly cases 23 Mar 2016 - 11:17 am

A transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of Zika virus, which is a member of the family Flaviviridae is seen in this undated image from...

Obama high court nominee moves ahead with Senate meetings 23 Mar 2016 - 11:13 am

Judge Merrick Garland, President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, meets with Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington March...

Obama arrives in Argentina to reset relations after years of tension 23 Mar 2016 - 10:51 am

U.S. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama arrive for their visit to Argentina with their daughters Malia (top, L) and Sasha...

Germany arrests three suspects driving Belgian car 23 Mar 2016 - 10:50 am

BERLIN: German police on Tuesday arrested three people in a car with a Belgian license plate near the border with Austria and launched...

'Urgent' need to bolster EU external border controls: French PM 23 Mar 2016 - 10:41 am

French PM Manuel Valls attends a session of questions at the French National Assembly on March 22, 2016.AFP/Eric FEFERBERG Paris: France's prime minister...

Australia says Europe let security slip 23 Mar 2016 - 10:28 am

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull addresses the media in Sydney on March 23, 2016. AFP / Peter Parks Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm...

Trump, Clinton win big in Arizona, but Cruz, Sanders show fight 23 Mar 2016 - 10:18 am

This file photo taken on March 2, 2016 shows a combination of file photos of Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on January 14,...

Brussels airport suicide bombers were brothers El Bakraoui: RTBF 23 Mar 2016 - 10:07 am

A CCTV grab of one of the three suspects in the Zaventem airport attack in Brussels, Belgium. EPA/BELGIAN FEDERAL POLICE / HANDOUT BRUSSELS:...

Haiti has a new prime minister amid political crisis 23 Mar 2016 - 10:02 am

Port-au-Prince: Haiti's interim president named a new prime minister Tuesday after the last one was essentially rejected by parliament in the latest chapter...

Russian transport regulator starts checks on budget airlines -TASS 23 Mar 2016 - 10:02 am

Rostov On Don Airport in Russia where the Flydubai crash occured. MOSCOW: Russian state transport agency Rostransnadzor has started checks on budget airlines,...

Trump says Muslims not doing enough to prevent attacks 23 Mar 2016 - 10:00 am

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to the media during a conference at the construction site of the Trump International Hotel in...