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The prime minister of Qatar is in Washington for talks with U.S. officials trying to iron out the framework of a deal to pause or end the war in Gaza and get Israeli hostages released.

The International Court of Justice stopped short of ordering a cease-fire in the Israel-Gaza war as part of the genocide case South Africa has brought against Israel.

2024 will be a key test for the health of democracy around the world. Analysis of significant elections in key regions, and what they might portend.

In Guatemala, the political outsider who surprised all by winning the presidential election is finally sworn in, despite last minutes efforts to derail his inauguration by some in the political elite.

Bernardo Arevalo was sworn in minutes after midnight on Monday — despite months of efforts to derail his inauguration, and rising tensions right up until the transfer of power.

There are celebrations and cautious optimism in Guatemala as Bernardo Arevalo Jr. wins the presidency, renewing the country's democratic aspirations and its revolutionary past.

As Republican members of Congress were touring the U.S. southern border, Mexican authorities were breaking up a migrant caravan at that country's southern border.

Analysis of how the immigration issue is playing out on both sides of the southern border — in the U.S. and Mexico.

Nicaragua's authoritarian government has a new target for possible exile — the winner of the Miss Universe pageant — after learning she had participated in protests as a college student in 2018.

Nicaragua's authoritarian government is clamping down on a new target — the winner of the Miss Universe pageant.

In Guatemala, prosecutors move against President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, as the slow motion coup he predicted begins to pick up pace.

In Guatemala, prosecutors move against President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, as the slow motion coup he predicted begins to pick up pace.

In Guatemala, prosecutors move against President-elect Bernardo Arevalo, as the slow motion coup he predicted begins to pick up pace.

Bernardo Arévalo, who won the Guatemalan presidency by a landslide, says what is happening in his country is a "coup in slow motion."

Guatemala's President-elect Bernardo Arevalo claims state actors are behind what he calls a slow motion coup to unseat him from power before he is even inaugurated.

Hurricane Otis has devastated Acapulco, Mexico. The streets are full of desperate people as the government ramps up its response. So far, 48 people are reported dead and 47 are missing.

Otis became the most powerful hurricane to make landfall in Mexico's recorded history. It devastated the resort town of Acapulco, and the government is ramping up its response.

Acapulco is a scene of widespread destruction — two days after being hit by a Category 5 hurricane.

A tropical storm swiftly became a monster hurricane that slammed into the Mexican coastal city of Acapulco, killing more than two dozen people and causing massive damage.

The monster Category 5 hurricane destroyed hotels, home and businesses. Information has been hard to get because most of the metropolitan area is still without phone or internet service.