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Sudans former president Omar al-Bashir was charged with corruption-related offences on Sunday, as he appeared in public for the first time since he was overthrown in April. Looking much the same as prior to his removal, Mr Bashir was taken to the prosecutors…

A woman has been arrested in connection with the killing of a former Arkansas state senator.  Rebecca Lynn ODonnell, 48, was detained on Friday night by Randolph County sheriffs deputies in connection with the death of Linda Collins-Smith. Officials said cri…

A United Airlines plane skidded off the runway after its tyres burst as it landed at an airport near New York. Some passengers suffered minor injuries when Flight 627 slid off the tarmac at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey on Saturday after…

Passengers on a Turkish Airlines plane flying from Turkey to Sudan had to subdue a man who started screaming, tried to smash an oxygen mask box and then a cabin window, before pushing flight attendants aside and rushing towards the cockpit. Several passenger…

Big media have got some big things wrong on Venezuela. Who can forget CNN's May 5 claim that "pressure is mounting on Maduro to step down, following elections in January in which voters chose opposition leader Juan Guaidó over him for president"? As Dave Lin…

Esther AllenRoberto Fabelo’s Put a Good Face On It, on the Malecón, part of the thirteenth Bienal de la Habana, Havana, Cuba, 2019 One Sunday afternoon in mid-April, the Cuban artist Tania Bruguera hosted a salon in the resplendent reception rooms of the Par…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) Thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse clashed with police Thursday as some tried to storm barriers outside the National Palace while others sought shelter as heavy gunfire echoed in nearby stre…

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) Thousands of protesters demanding the resignation of President Jovenel Moïse clashed with police Thursday as some tried to storm barriers outside the National Palace while others sought shelter as heavy gunfire echoed in nearby stre…

The owner of the Japanese tanker attacked on Thursday said US reports have provided false information about what happened in the Gulf of Oman.  The ship operator said flying objects that may have been bullets were the cause of damage to the vessel, rather th…

This photo gallery highlights some of the top news images made by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean that were published in the past week. Amateur soccer teams made up of transgender men and other LGBT teams played games in Rio…