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An ambulance leaves from the Litoral penitentiary after a riot

Over 100 killed in bloody Ecuador prison massacre

By Stefano Pozzebon and Abel Alvarado, CNN Violent clashes that erupted in an Ecuadorian prison on Tuesday have killed 118 people and wounded 79, the country’s prison agency said late Thursday. The death toll represents a significant uptick from earlier estimates after the disturbances at the Litoral Penitentiary, located on the outskirts of the coastal

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said he may not attend the COP26 climate talks in Glasgow this November.

Australia’s Scott Morrison under climate pressure at home as biggest state boosts targets

By Angela Dewan, International Climate Editor, CNN Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison is facing calls at home to increase commitments to slashing greenhouse gas emissions after the country’s most-populous state on Wednesday announced goals nearly twice as ambitious as his government’s. New South Wales, which includes the country’s biggest city of Sydney, will now seek

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Ariel Henry speaks to CNN during an interview from the prime minister's residence in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince.

Exclusive: Haiti’s Ariel Henry says he understands US migrant deportations and says elections will be pushed back

By Melissa Bell, Pierre Bairin, Mark Esplin and Helen Regan, CNN Haiti’s unelected leader Ariel Henry says he understands why the United States is deporting thousands of Haitian migrants from the Texas border, as he wants to cooperate with America — and will welcome home those who fled the disaster-hit country. In an exclusive interview

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According to the International Organization for Migration

More than 40 children with non-Haitian passports deported to Haiti, says International Organization for Migration

By Caitlin Hu, CNN Dozens of children with non-Haitian passports have been sent to Haiti as part of the US government’s massive deportation operation this week, according to the International Organization for Migration. As of Wednesday, the latest figures available, a total of 1,424 deportees from the US had arrived on 12 flights in Haiti,

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A half-century of armed conflict left many Colombians without basic services. This CNN Hero is delivering water, power and sanitation to those who need it most

By Laura Klairmont, CNN Growing up in Barranquilla, Colombia, Jenifer Colpas was mostly shielded from the poverty outside her door. It wasn’t until after college, when she moved to India for a job in information technology, that she appreciated the vast social inequalities people endure. “Something inside me (was) saying, ‘You need to do something

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