A former city councillor in Brazil has returned a toilet and two sinks she had removed from her office after losing a bid for re-election.Footage of one of Janaína...

Venezuela's government has offered a $100,000 (£81,000) reward for information leading to the arrest of the opposition's exiled presidential candidate Edmundo González. He fled the country in September and...

ReutersA "chopsticks" rocket catch by Elon Musk's SpaceX was among the highlights of 2024A total solar eclipse seen by millions, a lost jungle city discovered by accident and hope...

BBCNearly half the world's population - 3.6 billion people - had major elections in 2024, but it was also a year that saw the slowest rate of growth in...

BBCHurricane Beryl took its toll on the island's fishing fleetThere are few clearer signs of the destructive power that Hurricane Beryl unleashed on Barbados in July than the scene...

Five people have been charged in connection with the death of One Direction singer Liam Payne in Argentina, the authorities there say. The 31-year-old star died on 16 October...

Three-quarters of all ports in Peru have been closed because of huge waves lashing the coast. Beaches are closed and fishing boats have been prevented from heading out to...

Actress Olivia Hussey, who shot to international prominence as a teenager for her role in the acclaimed 1968 film version of Romeo and Juliet, has died aged 73. The...

Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino has denied claims by US president-elect Donald Trump that there are Chinese soldiers stationed at the Panama Canal.In recent days Trump has threatened to...

There are fears of water contamination after a bridge collapsed in northern Brazil at the weekend, sending lorries carrying thousands of litres of pesticides and sulphuric acid into the...

At least three people died when armed men in Haiti opened fire at journalists, police and medical staff during a briefing to announce the reopening of the country's biggest...

One of the founders of the Medellin drug cartel has returned to Colombia after serving more than 20 years in jail in the US for drug trafficking.Fabio Ochoa Vasquez,...