Across Latin America countries are bracing for a potential new wave of migrants | AP News

Across Latin America countries are bracing for a potential new wave of migrants | AP News

Wracked with uncertainty after heavily disputed elections in Venezuela, countries across Latin America are bracing themselves for another potential wave of migration. (AP/Marko Alvarez, Cesar Barreto, Mauricio Cuevas, Abraham Teran, Matias Delacroix, India Grant) Wracked with uncertainty after heavily disputed elections in Venezuela, countries across Latin America are bracing themselves for another potential wave of

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Russian authorities refuse to open criminal investigation into Navalny’s death, his widow says

Russian authorities refuse to open criminal investigation into Navalny’s death, his widow says

Russian authorities have refused to open a criminal investigation into the death of opposition leader Alexei Navalny who died in an Arctic penal colony, his widow Yulia said Thursday. Navalny, the fiercest political foe of Russian President Vladimir Putin , died in February in the remote northern prison colony while serving a 19-year sentence on

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Independent UN experts urge Bahrain to ensure prisoners have adequate food, water in scorching heat

Independent UN experts urge Bahrain to ensure prisoners have adequate food, water in scorching heat

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Independent experts with the United Nations urged Bahrain on Thursday to ensure those held at its Jaw prison have access to adequate food, water and medical care after they received allegations guards have cut air conditioning in the island kingdom’s sweltering summer. Bahrain called the accusations “false” in a

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