Mueller report gives Democrats political ammunition but they are split on how to use itSpecial Counsel Robert Mueller's report on his inquiry into Russia's role in the 2016 US election provided extensive details on President Donald Trump's efforts to thwart the probe, giving Democrats p...
Indonesia’s ‘smooth’ polls a beacon in sea of strongmen: analystsIndonesia pulled off a complex yet peaceful election across its vast -- and ethnically diverse -- island territory this week, cementing its place as a democratic beacon in a sea of authoritarian gover...
Cubans steeled to resist latest US sanctionsThe United States may have announced a raft of measures that could hamper investment in Cuba in a bid to ramp up pressure on the communist government, but in Havana life is trundling along with the us...
Freed Nicaraguan prisoner tells of tortureOne Nicaraguan guard pinned his hand to a table with his knee while another ripped out a nail with a pair of pliers. Opposition supporter Lenin Rojas, recently released from prison to house arrest, sa...
Journalism in Venezuela: it would be ‘a crime’ to stopJournalism is becoming "very complicated" in Venezuela where power outages, patchy internet and threats of violence have made reporting increasingly difficult, says Luz Mely Reyes. But she says it wou...
In South Sudan, illness is as deadly as warBy the time he was brought into the remote clinic in northeastern South Sudan, two-year-old Nyachoat was already convulsing from the malaria attacking his brain. After being given medication he lies f...
Weeping teenage climate activists in peaceful protest near London’s HeathrowTeenage protesters staged an emotional protest at political inaction on climate change near London's Heathrow Airport on Friday, a further day of actions that have caused transport snarl-ups in the Br...