Singapore has blasted calls to make the worldwide fight against illicit drugs less punitive, using a major meeting at the United Nations to argue that a "soft approach" would cause a flood of narcotics to the island state.
Trial has begun for the Sepur Zarco case where a retired soldier and a former paramilitary appeared in court for the alleged murder, disappearance, slavery, and rape of at least 15 women. Both defendants asserted that they are not guilty of such crimes.
Central American nations have reached a deal to let the first of thousands of stranded Cuban. Migrants are now to continue their journey north toward the United States next month.
Guatemala's jailed former president, Otto Perez, says he regrets bowing to U.S. pressure to extend the work of an anti-corruption unit that then toppled him from power and that it was U.S. Vice President Joe Biden who forced his hand.
