Mexico City.

Two dead after 6.5 magnitude quake rattles southern and central Mexico

The state’s civil defence agency reported various landslides around Acapulco and on other highways in the state.

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The person killed was a railroad worker, according to Jhonathan Castillo Gonzalez, a captain with the Cuzco police department.

Head-on train crash near Peru's Machu Picchu kills one, injures dozens

Machu Picchu gets around 1.5 million visitors per year, mostly arriving by train to the nearby town of Aguas Calientes.

December 31, 2025

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President Trump welcomed Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu to Mar-a-Lago.

Trump warns Iran against reconstituting nuclear programme

"Now I hear that Iran is trying to build up[nuclear weapons] again," Trump told reporters as he welcomed Netanyahu to his Mar-a-Lago estate.

December 30, 2025

President Donald Trump.

Trump says US 'hit' alleged drug boat facility along a shore

It's part of an escalating effort to target what the Trump administration says are boats smuggling drugs bound for the United States.

December 30, 2025

The Interoceanic Train linking the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz went off the rails Sunday (Monday NZT).

Mexico train derailment kills at least 13 people, 98 injured

The Interoceanic Train linking the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz went off the rails as it passed a curve near the town of Nizanda.

December 29, 2025

The accident happened Friday night (local time) outside the town of Totonicapan along a route known as the Interamerican Road.

Fifteen killed as bus plunges into deep ravine in Guatemala

Fifteen people were still being treated for injuries at local hospitals.

December 28, 2025

Nigeria police, Anti-Bomb squad, secure the scene.

Nigerian villagers rattled by US airstrikes that made sky glow red

Residents of Jabo, a village in northwestern Nigeria, told journalists that they were seized with panic and confusion at the airstrikes which targeted Islamic State Group forces.

December 27, 2025

A low-cost autonomous cruise missile Barracuda 500, jointly manufactured by US Anduril and Taiwan''s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology.

China sanctions US defence companies and executives over arms sales to Taiwan

It comes a week after Washington announced a US arms-sale package, valued at more than $17.1 billion, to the self-ruled territory.

December 27, 2025

Allen Wilson, right, hugs an attendee after writing on crosses for victims during a vigil.

Man injured in UPS plane crash dies on Christmas, raising deaths to 15

Scrapyard worker Alain Rodriguez Colina was on the ground when the plane ploughed into businesses, exploding in a massive fireball.

December 27, 2025

Mariela Gómez, right, and her partner Abraham Castro, a Venezuelan migrant couple, sit for Christmas dinner at Castro's parents' home in Maracay, Venezuela

A Venezuelan family's Christmas: from American dream to poverty

This was not the Christmas that Mariela Gómez would have imagined a year ago. Or the one that thousands of other Venezuelan immigrants would have thought.

December 27, 2025

A US Coast Guard cutter.

US Coast Guard pursuing another sanctioned tanker, official says

The pursuit comes after the US administration announced Sunday that it had seized a tanker for the second time in less than two weeks.

December 22, 2025

It's the second stop in less than two weeks as US President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. (Source: US Homeland Security)

US forces stop second merchant boat off the coast of Venezuela

It followed the December 10 seizure by American forces of an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast.

December 21, 2025

The September 2 attack was part of a wave of strikes by the US military against suspected drug boats.

US won't release video of boat strike that killed survivors in Caribbean

Lawmakers have been focused on the September 2 attack on two survivors as they sift through the rationale for a broader US military buildup in the region.

December 17, 2025

A JetBlue aircraft. File photo.

JetBlue flight near Venezuela avoids 'midair collision' with US Air Force tanker

"We almost had a midair collision up here," the JetBlue pilot said, according to a recording of his conversation with air traffic control.

December 15, 2025

US President Donald Trump arrives for a signing ceremony with Rwanda's President Paul Kagame and Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi .

How Donald Trump's peace agreements are also business deals

Analysis: The Trump administration has signed several mineral access agreements and negotiated bilateral arrangements.

December 14, 2025

The US Department of Justice released the clip showing what it says is the US military seizing an oil tanker near Venezuela.

US seizure of tanker off Venezuela signals new shadow fleet crackdown

The seizure marked a dramatic escalation in Donald Trump's campaign to pressure strongman Nicolás Maduro by cutting off access to oil, which has long been the lifeblood of Venezuela's economy.

December 12, 2025

President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro speaks during a press conference at Hotel Melia Caracas on September 01, 2025.

US sanctions Venezuelan President's nephews as pressure campaign heats up

The new sanctions come a day after Trump announced that the US had seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.

December 12, 2025

The US Department of Justice released the clip showing what it says is the US military seizing an oil tanker near Venezuela.

Dramatic video shows US forces seizing oil tanker off Venezuela's coast

Video posted online by Attorney General Pam Bondi shows people fast-roping from one of the helicopters involved in the operation as it hovers just feet from the deck.

December 11, 2025

The S&P 500 rose 0.4% and inched closer to its record.

Wall Street rises closer to its all-time high after the Fed cuts rates

The S&P 500 rose 0.4% and inched closer to its record after the Federal Reserve cut its main interest rate to bolster the job market, like nearly everyone on Wall Street expected.

December 11, 2025

Maximiliano Rivero holds up his pet Manola at a Palermo neighbourhood park as people try to set a world record of most Golden Retrievers gathered in a park, in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Golden retrievers gather in Buenos Aires to fetch world record

More than 2000 dogs flocked to the park in Palermo. The record to beat was 1685.

December 9, 2025

A demonstrator shows the word "Enough" written on her arm in Portuguese, during a march against femicide following a series of high-profile cases in the country, in Sao Paulo.

Women protest gender-based violence in Brazil after shocking cases

Women of all ages and some men took to the streets in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and other cities, calling for an end to femicide, rape and misogyny and for men to join them in their struggle.

December 8, 2025

Kristian Clarke.

Injury crisis leaves Black Caps scrambling for bowling options

Kristian Clarke of the Northern Districts becomes the latest uncapped player to join the squad after Canterbury's Michael Rae was called up yesterday.

December 8, 2025

Dwane Herbert is presented with the bronze medal at the Spearfishing World Championships in Brazil.

Kiwi spearfisher lives out dream with podium finish at World Champs

Foreign fish and dirty water were no match for Dwane Herbert who became the first NZ man to get a medal at the Spearfishing World Championships.

December 6, 2025

West Indies' Justin Greaves, right, celebrates with teammate Kemar Roach, center, after scoring 200 runs against New Zealand.

Defiant West Indies secure draw against Black Caps in Christchurch

West Indies survive tense final day as Justin Greaves’ unbeaten double century denies Black Caps victory at Hagley Oval.

December 6, 2025

What to know as lawmakers disclose vivid new details of US boat strikes

What to know as lawmakers disclose vivid new details of US boat strikes

Here’s what’s known about the boat strikes and what other information lawmakers are still pursuing.

December 6, 2025