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Brazilian midfielder Lima 'closer' to World Cup after Palmeiras move<br>

LucasLimasaidWednesdaythathismovetoPalmeiraswillimprovehischancesofarecalltoBrazil'snationalteamaheadofthisyear'sWorldCup.Limafrontedthemediaforthefirsttimesinc

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Death toll climbs to 36 in Peruvian bus crash

ThedeathtollfromabusthatplummetedoffasteepcliffnearPeru'socean-sidecapitalLimaonTuesdayhasclimbedto36,localmediareported."Sofar,theaccident...hasleft36peopledea

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Update | Death toll in Peruvian bus crash climbs to 48

ThedeathtollfromabusthatplummetedoffasteepcliffnearPeru'scapitalLimaonTuesdayhasclimbedto48,policesaid.Accordingtothepolice,36bodiesarebeingtransferredtothemorg

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Leila De Lima: Top Duterte critic arrested on drug charge

A leading critic of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, Senator Leila de Lima, has been arrested on drug trafficking charges.

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Philippines’ President Duterte is a ‘sociopathic serial killer’ who should be forced out of office, senator says

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is a “serial killer” who should be forced out of office, one of his chief critics said on Tuesday, as she faced arrest on drug charges she insisted were meant to silence her.

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Philippine lawmakers file criminal case against Duterte critic

​Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's allies in Congress on Tuesday filed a criminal complaint against a senator who has been an outspoken critic of a surge of extrajudicial killings unleashed by the president's campaign against drugs.

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Drug dealer says he gave money to Philippine senator who is vocal critic of Duterte’s bloody crackdown

​Duterte has alleged Senator Leila de Lima collected money from drug lords through her bodyguard, who was also her lover, to fund her senatorial campaign

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Philippine Senator, an Outspoken Duterte Critic, Loses Key Post

For one outspoken critic of President Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly antidrug campaign in the Philippines, the denouement came quickly.

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Difficult Lima talks reach acceptable deal on climate change

The annual United Nations climate talks finally wrapped up in Lima, Peru, in the wee hours of Sunday, achieving an acceptable but not satisfying result and leaving unresolved issues to the climate conference in Paris in December 2015.

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Kerry to join Lima climate talks

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will join the ongoing UN climate talks being held in Lima, as first week of negotiations in the Peruvian capital ended with no breakthrough, the State Department said Tuesday.