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Violence in eastern Colombia has left 130 dead this year, UN says https://ift.tt/yIjGWN6 Some 130 people have been killed and more than 3,000 have been forcibly displaced this year as violence has surged in eastern Colombia, according to the United Nations and the Catholic Church.

Canadian Indigenous leaders push for residential schools apology in Pope Francis meeting https://ift.tt/uEJhCoO Pope Francis on Monday met Indigenous leaders and survivors of Canada residential schools who are seeking a papal apology for the harm inflicted for decades on Indigenous children.

Canada edges closer to F-35 jets deal with US supplier https://ift.tt/w0PyuAa Canada has picked Lockheed Martin Corp as the preferred bidder to supply 88 new fighter jets, Procurement Minister Filomena Tassi said Monday, in a clear sign the US company is set to win the multibillion-dollar contract.

Honduras' Supreme Court approves extradition of former president to the US https://ift.tt/w0PyuAa The Honduran Supreme Court has authorized the extradition of former president Juan Orlando Hernández to the US, where he will face drug trafficking and firearms possession charges.

Prince William says he respects any country's decision to become a republic https://ift.tt/16TYuRC Britain's Prince William says he's not in the business of "telling people what to do" and any future relationship between countries in the Caribbean and the UK is "for the people to decide."

Nicaraguan ambassador turns on own government, says Nicaraguans are tired of Ortega 'dictatorship' https://ift.tt/GKey6N1 A top Nicaraguan official condemned President Daniel Ortega's government on Wednesday, calling it a "dictatorship" that is stifling civil and political freedoms in the Central American nation.

William and Kate face protests on royal tour of Caribbean https://ift.tt/GKey6N1 Britain's Duke and Duchess of Cambridge continued their royal tour of the Caribbean in Jamaica on Wednesday, having arrived Tuesday hours after protests were held calling on the monarchy to apologize and pay reparations for its historical role in the slave trade.

Nicaragua sentences ex-presidential candidate to 8 years in prison amid wider opposition crackdown https://ift.tt/CB42bXd Former Nicaraguan presidential candidate Cristiana Chamorro Barrios was sentenced to eight years in prison for financial crimes on Monday, according to a Nicaraguan human rights non-governmental organization.

Hatchet-wielding attacker at Canada mosque charged for possible hate-motivated attack, police say https://ift.tt/AHrKkx7 Mohammad Moiz Omar is facing six charges for what is "believed to be a hate-motivated incident," police say.

Mexico Drug War Fast Facts https://ift.tt/brQxvMs Read CNN's Fast Facts to learn more about how the Mexican government has been fighting against drug traffickers since December 2006.

Worshipers at Canadian mosque subdue hatchet-wielding attacker, police say https://ift.tt/7KYiAqD Worshipers at a mosque in the Canadian city of Mississauga on Saturday subdued a man who discharged bear spray while brandishing a hatchet in what police said was a possible hate crime.

Young brothers rescued from Brazilian Amazon after nearly a month https://ift.tt/7KYiAqD Two young brothers have been rescued from a remote part of Brazil's Amazon rainforest after being lost for nearly four weeks.

Cuba's anti-government protesters sentenced up to 30 years behind bars https://ift.tt/4nJdDjx Cuba's Supreme Court sentenced more than 100 protesters in Havana to prison terms that ranged between four and 30 years for violence committed during demonstrations last year, it announced Wednesday in a statement.

Boric sworn in as Chile's president in sharp political shift https://ift.tt/tqbuJ6R Chilean leftist Gabriel Boric, 36, was sworn in as president on Friday, marking the sharpest shift in the Andean country's politics since its return to democracy three decades ago after the bloody dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.

https://ift.tt/dbUgYhv Venezuelan opposition leader and President of the National Assembly Juan Guaido has called on his supporters to continue anti-government demonstrations against embattled President Nicolas Maduro.

2 police officers among 4 killed in Canada shooting https://ift.tt/dbUgYhv Two police officers were among four people killed in a shooting in Fredericton, New Brunswick, police in the Canadian provincial capital said Friday.

At least one member of the 'CITGO 6' released from prison in Venezuela https://ift.tt/JQwfPm1 At least one American member of the so-called CITGO 6 has been released from prison in Venezuela, a lawyer assisting several of the CITGO 6 and a spokesman from a Venezuelan nongovernmental organization that's providing legal assistance to prisoners in the country both told CNN.

Guantanamo Bay Naval Station Fast Facts https://ift.tt/JQwfPm1 Read CNN's Guantánamo Bay Naval Station Fast Facts and learn more about its detention facility, nicknamed "Gitmo."

Controversial rock art may depict extinct giants of the ice age https://ift.tt/N1M73S5 Giant ground sloths the size of a car, elephantine herbivores and a deerlike animal with an elongated snout are depicted in rock paintings in the Colombian Amazon rainforest, according to a new study. But some archaeologists say the art is more recent.

Amazon near tipping point of shifting from rainforest to savannah, scientists say https://ift.tt/N1M73S5 The Amazon rainforest may be nearing a critical tipping point that could see the biologically rich and diverse ecosystem transformed into a grassy savannah.

Search reveals 169 potential unmarked graves at former Canadian residential school, officials say https://ift.tt/U1DKPmz Officials uncovered 169 potential unmarked graves on the grounds of a former Catholic residential school in Canada, an Indigenous tribe in Alberta said Tuesday.