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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.