Tracy Wilkinson

Irina Bokova speaks with reporters on the selection of the next UN Secretary-General at the UN headquarters in New York on April 12,2016.

After 71 years, the U.N. finally may choose a woman as secretary-general

August 21, 2019 at 11:24 p.m.

The chatter these days in the halls of the labyrinthine United Nations complex almost resembles a contested U.S. political convention. Only the names and nationalities are different. For the first...

An anti-government protester holds a Venezuelan flag as security forces block the opposition from reaching the National Electoral Council in Caracas.

U.S. intelligence warns Venezuela is on the verge of collapse

August 21, 2019 at 11:17 p.m.

With dire shortages of basic goods, a looming foreign debt payment, horrific street crime and intransigent political divisions, Venezuela is in danger of collapsing into waves of deadly violence, U.S....

Mystery of how 43 Mexican college students disappeared may never be solved

May 18, 2019 at 4:48 a.m.

In hundreds of riveting, scathing pages, a panel of international experts has recounted the chaos and horrors that engulfed 43 Mexican college students on a rainy night in September 2014....

Mexican Ambassador Miguel Basañez Ebergenyi, seen here in February, served only seven months in Washington. He'll be replaced by Carlos Manuel Sada Solana.

Stung by Trump’s attacks, Mexico names ambassador to U.S. who is expected to fight back

June 20, 2019 at 7:31 p.m.

After enduring Donald Trump's hyperbolic attacks for months, Mexico moved Tuesday to fight back. Mexico abruptly replaced its low-profile ambassador to Washington with an experienced, well-traveled diplomat and put a...

Leaked Panama Papers have world’s rich and powerful scrambling

June 21, 2019 at 3:29 a.m.

The world's rich and powerful were scurrying for cover Monday after what may be one of the largest leaks of secret intelligence that the world has ever seen. The cache...

Diplomats say Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's (center) increasingly aggressive and undemocratic behavior in Turkey, plus what they describe as his mercurial role in the conflict in neighboring Syria, have diminished his standing in the Obama administration.

Undemocratic behavior diminishes Turkish leader’s standing in the U.S., analysts say

June 21, 2019 at 10:52 a.m.

Turkey and its president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, once were the darlings of Washington, the cherished ally and a strategic barrier between Europe and the turmoil in the Middle East. But...

A man rides a tricycle with a child along a street of Havana on March 17, 2016.

An American president is about to visit Cuba for the first time in 90 years

June 23, 2019 at 9:23 p.m.

Cuba has stood for decades in U.S. politics as a bitter symbol of the Cold War, but the recent diplomatic thaw is scrambling that narrative as Americans increasingly see the...

A women prays along the Pope's route near the cathedral in Morelia, Michoacan.

Pope Francis decries ‘human tragedy’ that forces migration at U.S.-Mexico border

June 22, 2019 at 4:06 a.m.

Pope Francis concluded an emotional, provocative journey through Mexico on Wednesday, symbolically tracing the path of migrants headed for the United States and ending up at the border that divides...

Two Navy boats speed off in the Persian Gulf on Jan. 13, 2016, after their release by Iranian authorities. The Pentagon is investigating whether crew members were mistreated during their brief detention.

How U.S. sailors almost started a crisis with Iran, and how it was defused

June 24, 2019 at 3:40 a.m.

It was nearly nightfall Tuesday and the two camouflaged U.S. Navy speedboats were off course in the Persian Gulf, possibly taking a shortcut through Iranian waters and apparently running out...

Good Samaritan Adrian Rodriguez, center background, in June gives Central American migrants beverages in Tequixquiac, Mexico. Rodriguez was recently slain.

Mexican humanitarian, featured in L.A. Times article, slain

June 25, 2019 at 10:27 a.m.

A Mexican good Samaritan who dedicated his scarce resources to feeding Central American migrants passing by on La Bestia train was slain this week along with a friend who assisted...

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