ABUJA -- Eighteen people were killed and 21 others wounded when militants of the extremist group Boko Haram attacked Nigeria's northeastern town of Damasak earlier this week, wreaking havoc in the

HOUSTON, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The second death was confirmed on Friday after a vessel capsized in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico earlier this week, which left 11 crew members still missing.

Not all of the migrants hoping to claim asylum in the United States are fleeing Central America's violence-torn "Northern Triangle" of Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador, contrary to popular perce

BEIJING, April 16 (Xinhua) -- The following are the central parity rates of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, against 24 major currencies announced on Friday by the China Foreign Exchange

The U.S Coast Guard in Louisiana said Thursday divers intend to search a capsized commercial vessel for survivors after the ship turned over Tuesday in stormy seas in the Gulf of Mexico with 19 peo

GENEVA - The United Nations refugee agency is scaling up programs in Mexico to help the country tackle the growing number of asylum applications and assist asylum seekers while their claims are bei

It is the year 2021, and there are only ten or fewer vaquitas left in the world today. Environmentalist groups such as WWF, Sea Shepherd Conservation Organization, and the International Union for C

WASHINGTON - Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that she intended to visit Mexico and Guatemala soon as part of her plan to use diplomatic efforts to slow migration to the U.S.-Mexican bor