Americas

Guatemalan journalist Zamora granted house arrest after over two years behind bars

He’s spent more than 800 days behind bars

Cuba gets some electricity back after major power outage

Government closes schools and nonessential industry and sends workers home

Mexican newspaper offices hit by gunfire in Sinaloa state capital

No one injured

UN Security Council expands Haiti arms embargo

Venezuela's Maduro names to Cabinet ally released by US in prisoner swap

President has tasked Saab with promoting Venezuela's industrial system under new economic model

Cuba shuts down schools, workplaces after mass blackout hits island

Government implements emergency measures Friday to slash demand

Brazil's laureate nun changes lives of refugees

VOA interviews Sister Rosita Milesi, winner of this year's UNHCR Nansen Award for her work with Venezuelan and other refugees

Death of ex-One Direction member Liam Payne at 31 shocks fans around the world

Fans, music-industry figures and fellow musicians paid tribute to the singer, who died after falling from a hotel balcony in Buenos Aires

One Direction singer Liam Payne dead after falling from Buenos Aires hotel balcony

His death led to an outpouring of grief from music industry stars and fans, including those among the crowd who gathered outside the hotel

Mexican official sentenced to 38-plus years in US for taking cartel bribes

Genaro García Luna was Mexico's former public security chief

Colombian ranchers aim to prove beef production can be good for planet

Scientists say beef production takes a heavy toll on the environment. Cattle produce methane, a powerful planet-warming gas, and forests get cut down for pastures. But one farm in northern Colombia hopes to show ranching can have a lighter footprint on the planet.

Trudeau calls India's alleged interference in Canada 'horrific mistake'

Canada kicked out six Indian diplomats Monday, linking them to the murder of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada