Donald Trump is not expected to be cuffed, he likely would be fingerprinted and undergo other routine protocols when going to court on Tuesday to face charges, ex-US leader's lawyer says.
Evelyn Dieckhaus' (9) was the first funeral held for victims of mass shooting at The Covenant School, where authorities say a 28-year-old ex-student killed six people, including three children, before being shot dead by police.
Embassy in capital Port Vila "would allow the US government to deepen relationships" in the archipelago and to step up development assistance including on climate, State Department says.
Tsai Ing-wen's visit to Guatemala and Belize comes days after Honduras ditched Taiwan in favour of China, leaving the country with only 13 nations that diplomatically recognise it.
A monster storm system spawns "catastrophic" tornadoes that touched down into the night across at least seven states in the United States, killing at least 18 people and leaving many others injured.
Death toll from a major storm system that has lashed south-central and eastern US with devastating winds and powerful tornadoes rises to 21, with dozens of others injured, officials say.
Sandwiched between major cocaine producers Colombia and Peru, Ecuador has been hit by a wave of violent crime that authorities blame on turf battles between drug gangs.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken conveyed “grave concern” over the Kremlin's detention of journalist Evan Gershkovich on espionage allegations during a call with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Residents across a wide swath of the South and Midwest raced to assess the destruction wreaked by storms that dropped possibly dozens of tornadoes and killed at least 29 people.