Vanessa BuschschlüterBBC Newsx/@petrogustavoColombian President Gustavo Petro published a photo of himself on board the plane on social mediaTwo Colombian air force planes sent to the US to fetch deported...

Watch: A look at the US-Mexico border on Trump's first week in officeSince taking office on 20 January, President Donald Trump has announced a flurry of immigration-related executive orders,...

Heavy rains across Brazil's city of São Paulo caused transport chaos and subway overcrowding on Friday.Electricity was reportedly cut to thousands of homes and locals were forced to shelter...

Getty ImagesDonald Trump has signed sweeping executive orders on his return to the US presidency, vowing swift action on some of his top campaign issues.Among the directives that have...

Shawn YuanGlobal China Unit, BBC World ServiceGetty Images China is the second-biggest user of the Panama Canal by metrics of cargo volumesDuring his inaugural address, President Donald Trump doubled...

US President Donald Trump told US government agencies to prepare to "immediately repel, repatriate, and remove" undocumented immigrants as part of a wider effort to fight what he's termed...

The first group of a planned 5,000 soldiers have arrived in the north-east of Colombia, where at least 80 people have been killed over recent days amid a surge...

Watch: President Donald Trump signs first executive orders in arenaFrom behind his desk in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump signed a flurry of executive orders and decrees aimed...

A hidden cross-border tunnel used to smuggle migrants and contraband between the US and Mexico will be sealed, Mexican border officials have said.Running between Ciudad Juarez in Mexico and...

The death toll from attacks by a rebel group in Colombia's Catatumbo region has risen to 60, the country's human rights office has said.Rival factions have been vying for...

Watch: BBC reporter explains Trump's deportation planAs light snow fell outside, worshippers gathered at Lincoln United Methodist Church in Chicago to pray and plan for what will happen when...

A leading Cuban dissident and activist has been released from jail as part of a wider prisoner release deal between the Cuban government and the United States. Jose Daniel...