In the US, top earners could face paying more taxes, as Barack Obama pushes for the "Buffet rule" to be implemented. Next, we head to Central America to look at why Honduras has become one of the most dangerous countries in the world. Finally, we take you to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, where security has been stepped up ahead of the 2014 World Cup.
A fire at a Honduran prison Tuesday night killed more than 350 inmates, authorities told a news conference on Wednesday. The overcrowded prison in Comayagua, 140 kilometres north of the capital Tegucigalpa, held some 800 inmates at the time.
Former president Manuel Zelaya, who was ousted in a 2009 coup, was welcomed by tens of thousands of supporters when he returned to Honduras Saturday. Zelaya plans to lead a new political party formed to challenge the long-standing two-party system.
Eight people are dead and three are wounded after gunmen opened fire on a minibus in the eastern province of Olancho in Honduras. According to a government spokesperson, the attack targeted one or two of the passengers.
Hooded gunmen turned up to an amateur football match in Honduras's second city San Pedro Sula on Sunday and opened fire, killing 14 people. The motive behind the act is not yet clear but authorities suspect cartel violence to be at play.
Driven by poverty, every day thousands of illegal immigrants from Central America try to cross Mexico to reach the Eldorado to the north. But sometimes the dream turns into a nightmare. These illegal immigrants are defenceless and frequently the victims of criminals who either rob them or hold them for ransom.
Deposed Honduran president Manuel Zelaya (pictured) left to begin exile on Wednesday as president-elect Porfirio Lobo prepared to take office, bringing an end to the political crisis that has reigned since Zelaya's June ouster.
Honduran president-elect Porfirio Lobo (pictured) will be sworn in on Wednesday, bringing an end to the political crisis that has plagued the country since the June ouster of President Manuel Zelaya, who is expected to leave Honduras today.
Honduran prosecutors have charged the country's military high-command with "abuse of power" for the ousting of ex-president Manuel Zelaya in a bloodless coup last June, according to a Supreme Court spokeswoman quoted by the AFP news agency.
