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A large military aircraft carrier sails by a coast.

Washington's most advanced aircraft carrier arrived in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday in a display of U.S. military power, raising questions about what the new influx of troops and weaponry could signal for the Trump administration's intentions in South America as it conducts military strikes against vessels suspected of transporting drugs.

Posted: November 16, 2025, 7:47 pm
A man waves from a stage to the crowd

The March 23, 1994, death of Luis Donaldo Colosio, a reformer on the cusp of winning the Mexican presidency who promised a more just and democratic country, holds a space in the country's consciousness like the 1963 killing of President John F. Kennedy does in the United States. Federal authorities in Mexico recently arrested a 64-year-old man in Tijuana in connection with Colosio’s killing.

Posted: November 16, 2025, 6:45 pm
Two women sit opposite each other on a television set with a large photo of migrants in a boat at sea behind them.

Britain said it would make refugee status temporary and the wait for permanent settlement would be quadrupled to 20 years under the country's most sweeping overhaul of policy on asylum seekers in modern times.

Posted: November 16, 2025, 1:34 pm
A closeup of a person's face against a green background.

Prince William's recent visit to Brazil reflected both the personal and public sides of an heir to the throne coming under increasing focus as the monarchy faces its own pressures and recent scandal.

Posted: November 16, 2025, 9:00 am
A person in a wheelchair speaks with another person.

Alice Wong, a disability rights activist and author whose independence and writing inspired others, has died. She was 51.

Posted: November 16, 2025, 2:29 am
Protesters clash with riot police.

A large protest against insecurity and government corruption turned violent in Mexico City on Saturday as demonstrators clashed with riot police outside the National Palace.

Posted: November 16, 2025, 1:42 am
2 boats in a gulf

Iran confirmed on Saturday its Revolutionary Guards had seized a tanker in Gulf waters that was carrying a cargo of petrochemicals bound for Singapore over alleged violations, a day after a U.S. official and maritime security sources said Iranian forces had intercepted the Marshall Islands-flagged Talara.

Posted: November 15, 2025, 5:31 pm
Two people embrace

U.S. President Donald Trump has publicly called it quits with one of his most stalwart MAGA-world supporters, referring to Georgia lawmaker Marjorie Taylor Greene as "Wacky Marjorie" and saying he would endorse a challenger against her in next year's midterms "if the right person runs."

Posted: November 15, 2025, 1:22 pm
An old kayak

A century-old Inuvialuit kayak once used for beluga and whale hunts, and 61 other cultural objects from First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities have long been held in Vatican Museums vaults. But the items will be returned to Canada on Dec. 6 after Pope Leo on Saturday gifted them to a delegation of Catholic bishops.

Posted: November 15, 2025, 10:56 am
A demonstrators holds up a sign featuring a person's portrait and the words, 'Justice for Ahmaud.'

A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks before one of them killed him with a shotgun in February 2020.

Posted: November 15, 2025, 1:08 am