The number of monarch butterflies at their wintering areas in Mexico dropped by 59% this year to the second lowest level since record keeping began, experts said Wednesday, blaming heat, drought and loss of habitat.The butterflies’ migration from Canada and the United States to Mexico and back again is considered…

Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli has received political asylum from Nicaragua days after Panama’s Supreme Court denied his appeal over a money laundering conviction that carried a 10-year sentence.Martinelli’s attorney Shirley Castañeda said outside the Nicaraguan embassy Wednesday that “his political asylum had already been granted.” Asked why Martinelli had…

Former President Trump’s unpredictable foreign policy decisions during his time in office is making it difficult for America’s adversaries to plan what a second term could look like, a defense expert told Fox News.”No one in the world can model him as a rational actor, without being insulting. It’s just…

Ecuador’s high court on Wednesday decriminalized euthanasia and ordered lawmakers and health officials to draft rules and regulations for the procedure.The decision of Ecuador’s highest court came in response to a lawsuit from a terminally ill woman diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, commonly known as ASL, who had argued that…

For years, Juan Carlos Bonilla, better known as “El Tigre,” was a feared figure in Honduras. His roots were in the military and he brought that bearing to the National Police that he ultimately led.But Bonilla’s tenure was plagued by allegations of human rights violations, including running death squads and…

A shipwreck believed to date from the 19th century has washed up on the snow-covered shores of Canada’s Newfoundland.A team of archaeologists worked to uncover the ship’s mysterious past, extracting parts of the 30-meter (100 feet) long ship before tides pull it back to the ocean’s depths.The team worked this…

Pakistan heads to the polls Thursday with one of the leading candidates languishing in prison as some reports claim that voter enthusiasm is lacking among the country’s nearly 128 million voters. Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), has been barred from contesting the national parliamentary elections. Khan…

As El Salvador’s electoral body begins a vote-by-vote count of last week’s election results, the political opposition warned Wednesday they could ask to nullify results of the legislative elections due to irregularities.No one questions the victory of highly popular President Nayib Bukele, who won re-election with 83% of the votes,…

A Canadian man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly peddling business cards with free samples of cocaine, police said. Seyyed Amir Razavi, 30, is charged with trafficking a controlled substance, possession for the purpose of trafficking, and possession of proceeds of crime under $5,000.  The investigation began on Christmas Eve…

Former Polish President Lech Wałęsa hailed his friendship with Ronald Reagan during their respective administrations, claiming that Poland owes Reagan “our freedom.” “You may consider this statement extremely lofty, yet it does not sound lofty to those who regained liberty after half a century,” Wałęsa, 80, told Fox News Digital on the…