Colombia’s outgoing leftist leader criticized Donald Trump a day before a runoff election in the Andean nation that pits his preferred successor against a security hardliner endorsed by the U.S. president.

Gustavo Petro called on Trump to reveal where a Colombian immigrant who criticized far-right candidate Abelardo de la Espriella is being ...Read more

A massive fire ripped through a popular luxury resort in the Dominican Republic— killing at least one tourist and forcing over 1,600 people to evacuate, authorities say.

An Italian woman died on Friday due to the fire at Viva Wyndham Dominicus Beach Hotel in Bayahíbe, a resort town close to La Romana and Casa de Campo, according to Dominican...Read more

Iraq asked operators of five major oil fields to boost production to prewar levels, targeting output of more than 3 million barrels a day, after U.S.-Iran deal that aims to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Basra Oil Co. requested lifting output to the maximum available capacity at the Rumaila, West Qurna-1, West Qurna-2, Zubair and Artawi ...Read more

A judge in a Madrid court ordered Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s wife Begoña Gómez to stand trial on charges of influence peddling, corruption while conducting business and embezzlement of public funds.

The order, released on Saturday by judge Juan Carlos Peinado, includes a requirement for Gómez to surrender her passport, a ban on her ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — L.A. city officials on Saturday declared a local emergency as firefighters continue to battle a stubborn warehouse fire in Boyle Heights that has sent plumes of irritating smoke across the region.

“While the [Los Angeles Fire Department] continues making progress, this is a major, multi-jurisdictional incident,” Mayor Karen ...Read more

U.S.-Iran talks on a permanent ceasefire were set to kick off Sunday with top officials including U.S. Vice President JD Vance converging in Switzerland, even after Iran issued a renewed order to close the Strait of Hormuz.

The two adversaries are engaging after separate clashes in southern Lebanon between Israeli forces and Iran-backed ...Read more

Bolivia’s security forces began clearing road blockades after President Rodrigo Paz declared a state of emergency following 50 days of unrest that have severely disrupted the economy.

Thirty-five blockades remained as of Saturday afternoon, down from the more than 100 in previous weeks and over 40 on Friday.

Police and military officers ...Read more

Mayor David Azoulay’s office in Metula — Israel’s northernmost town — features a portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump and an American flag. It’s not an act of praise, but ironic protest.

“Over the past four months, Israel’s policy has been driven entirely by Trump,” said Azoulay, from his office on the Lebanese border, which ...Read more

CHICAGO — At least 12 people were wounded Friday night when two gunmen opened fire from an SUV into a large crowd gathered on the Far South Side, Chicago police said.

Shortly after 11 p.m., officers responded to a call of someone shot in the 200 block of West 95th Street and discovered a red SUV had pulled alongside a large crowd. Two ...Read more

President Donald Trump and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni traded barbs for a second day in an unprecedented blowout between the two countries’ leaders.

In a social media post on Saturday, Trump continued to insist — as he did on Friday — that Meloni had repeatedly asked for a photo with him at this week’s G7 meeting but he refused ...Read more

Donald Trump has sparred with most of his fellow Group of Seven leaders at some point. But Italy’s Giorgia Meloni this week did something none of them dared: She escalated.

Unlike Spanish Socialist Pedro Sanchez, one of the few leaders in Europe who has made political capital of being berated by Trump, the Italian prime minister had stood out...Read more

Iran has resumed loading crude from its Kharg Island export terminal after a break of about six weeks, following the lifting of a U.S. Navy blockade of its ports.

Three very large crude carriers, each capable of hauling about 2 million barrels of crude, are moored at the Sea Island terminal to the west of Kharg, according to ship tracking data ...Read more

BALTIMORE — Anne Arundel County Police officers are investigating a shooting that injured six people in the early hours of Saturday in Hanover.

When police arrived at the 1300 block of Charwood Road in Hanover at 4:40 a.m., a large crowd was dispersing. Six people have reported injuries after the shooting, including one man who was shot in ...Read more

Iran said it has closed the Strait of Hormuz for shipping transit due to what it called Israel’s violation of a ceasefire, even as Pakistan said U.S.-Iran talks were set to open in Switzerland on Sunday.

The Hormuz action casts a new cloud over the talks, which are aimed at permanently ending a conflict that’s thrown the Middle East into ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — L.A. city officials said Saturday they expected to declare a state of emergency as firefighters continue to battle a stubborn warehouse fire in Boyle Heights that has sent plumes of irritating smoke across the region.

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Jamie Moore described the blaze that broke out Wednesday as a “very unique ...Read more

President Donald Trump and Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni traded barbs for a second day in an unprecedented blowout between the two countries’ leaders.

In a social media post on Saturday, Trump continued to insist — as he did on Friday — that Meloni had repeatedly asked for a photo with him at this week’s G7 meeting but he refused ...Read more