North America

The eruption of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii could last for months or even years, and threaten new communities on the Big Island, according to a report by US government geologists. At least 712 homes have already been destroyed and thousands...

Remarkable footage has been released of an uncontacted indigenous manwho has lived alone in an Amazon forest for at least 22 years. Semi-naked and swinging an axe vigorously as he fells a tree, the man, believed to...

Donald Trump has been condemned as “treasonous” for siding with the Kremlin over his own government agencies after a stunning joint appearance with Vladimir Putin in which he seemingly accepted the Russian leader’s denial of election meddling. At...

He has defended his controversial positions on tariffs and trade, even as global markets were buffeted by a disappointing start to the second half of the year. At a meeting with the prime minister of the Netherlands,...

A baseball-loving left-wing nationalist who has vowed to crack down on corruption, rein in Mexico’s war on drugs and rule for the poor has been elected president of Latin America’s second-largest economy. Andrés Manuel López Obrador,...

Five people were shot dead and others injured in what police described as a “targeted attack” on a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland on Thursday. The shooter was arrested minutes after he began the rampage by police...

What’s the story and what is at stake? Latin America’s second largest economy will go to the polls on Sunday to choose its next president and a new congress at a time of widespread disillusionment at...

Darren McGarvey, who this week won the Orwell book prize for Poverty Safari, his memoir of growing up in a tough part of Glasgow with an alcoholic, drug-abusing mother, is a little embarrassed by the chair...

The US supreme court has upheld Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting several Muslim-majority countries, in a significant victory for the administration and a blow to anti-discrimination advocates. In a 5-4 ruling handed down on Tuesday, the court accepted...

Mexico officials have detained all the town of Ocampo’s police officers in connection with the murder of center-left mayoral candidate Fernando Angeles Juarez. The country is struggling with violence as elections beckon. Authorities in the Mexican...