Obama to meet North American leaders in February

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 07:53

President Barack Obama will meet in Mexico next month with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.

Mexican vigilantes seize new town from drug cartel

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 10:27

Vigilantes seized a drug cartel`s bastion in western Mexico, sparking a shootout as the civilian militias gain new ground in their struggle against drug gangs in a violence-plagued region.

US appeals court affirms BP settlement in 2010 Gulf oil spill

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 10:44

BP had supported the settlement agreement leading up to the December 2012 ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier approving it. But the company has since argued the administration of the settlement is faulty because it allows claimants without actual damages to join in.

Three severed heads found in Mexico in suspected drug violence

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 17:10

The decapitated heads of three suspected members of the Zetas drug cartel were found on the trunk of a car in eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, authorities said Thursday.

Gunmen kill two soldiers in troubled Mexican state

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 7, 2014, 11:08

Apatzingan is a bastion of the Knights Templar drug cartel, whose reign of violence in Michoacan prompted civilians to form self-defence forces in several towns almost a year ago.

Mexicans find body of US mountain climber

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 14:32

Rescuers have said they found the body of a US climber who was reported missing on the highest mountain in Mexico, the Citlaltepetl volcano.

Nine dead after gunmen storm Mexico prison: Official

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 05:19

Gunmen stormed a prison in south western Mexico in an attack that left five of the assailants and four inmates dead, officials said.

BP Gulf oil spill still killing dolphins

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 11:40

A new study has revealed that BP gulf oil spill is still influencing dolphin mortality, prognosis and reproductive health.

Mexico subway dig turns up unusual Aztec offering

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 11:05

rchaeologists have announced that excavations for a Mexico City subway extension have turned up what appears to be an unusual Aztec offering: a dog`s skull with holes that indicate it was displayed on a ritual skull rack normally reserved for human sacrifice victims.

Demi Moore, daughter Rumer Willis hit Tulum for holidays

Last Updated: Monday, December 30, 2013, 08:30

Demi Moore and her daughter Rumer Willis are spending the holidays together in Tulum, Mexico.

Jennifer Aniston jets to Mexico for New Year`s Eve

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 12:16

Jennifer Aniston has jetted to Mexico to ring in the New Year with fiance Justin Theroux.

300-yard section of Mexican highway collapses after earthquakes

Last Updated: Sunday, December 29, 2013, 07:25

Mexico says a 300-yard (metre) section of a highway near the US border has collapsed, sinking about 100 feet (30 metres) after a series of small earthquakes.