The Americas - Page 706

September 21, 2016

Uruguay says ex-Gitmo detainee demands exceed government

President Tabare Vazquez said Wednesday that the demands of a former Guantanamo detainee who is on a hunger strike exceed Uruguay's capacity to deliver.

September 21, 2016

Argentina: YPF to disclose deal with Chevron on court order

Argentina's state-run YPF energy company says it will disclose clauses of an investment deal with U.S.-based Chevron Corp. to produce oil and gas by hydraulic fracturing in one of the world's largest shale deposits.

September 21, 2016

Quotes from the gathering of world leaders at the UN

Key quotes from world leaders at the U.N.

September 21, 2016

Airbus says US grants license for planes in Iran deal

Airbus says the U.S. government has granted it a license allowing it to sell the first 17 planes involved in a landmark deal with Iran.

September 21, 2016

Kerry calls for no aircraft flying over key Syria aid routes

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wants all aircraft over key humanitarian routes in northern Syria grounded in order to give peace a chance.

September 21, 2016

Attack on Syrian medical facility kills 4 staff

A medical relief organization says four of its staff have been killed in an attack on a medical facility in Syria.

September 21, 2016

The Latest: Monitoring group says warplane crashes in Syria

The Latest on Syria's conflict (all times local): 2:20 p.m.

September 21, 2016

Quotes from the gathering of world leaders at the UN

Key quotes from the U.N.

September 21, 2016

Police evacuate all schools in Prince Edward Island

Police say all schools on the small Canadian province of Prince Edward Island have been evacuated because of a "potential threat." The Royal Canadian Mounted Police said Wednesday that students are being taken to safe locations.

September 21, 2016

Possible hybrid threatens native iguanas in Cayman Islands

Researchers are studying a possible hybrid species of iguana found in the Cayman Islands that could pose a new risk to a native variety that officials have declared critically endangered.