In the midst of the crisis along its western border with Colombia, Venezuela has moved troops to an eastern area near the contested Essequibo region, long administered by Guyana, Guyanese President David Granger said on Tuesday.
The lower house of California's Legislature unanimously passed a bill on aimed at helping undocumented immigrants, who have become the victims of violent crime and are applying for so-called U visas, to be allowed to temporarily remain in the United States.
Negotiations between the Colombian government and the country's leftist rebels must succeed, Pope Francis said on Sunday, as he noted that the talks to end South America's longest-running conflict were facing a "crucial moment."
A comment by a Donald Trump supporter, who suggested the United States needed to "get rid" of Muslims, went unchallenged by the presidential candidate. The GOP front-runner also took flak for not correcting the man's assertion that President Barack Obama was not a U.S. citizen.
Columba Bush, the wife of Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, is playing an increasingly important role in her husband's campaign, as the former Florida governor seeks to appeal to Hispanics.
A Venezuelan fighter jet crashed on Friday near the Colombian border. The fate of the two pilots aboard the Russian-made aircraft was not immediately clear.
"Sexual rights" is the term the U.S. government plans to use to refer the prerogatives of people of all gender identities and sexual orientations, the State Department announced in remarks made to a United Nations panel.
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A high-ranking drug cartel member linked to last year's disappearance of 43 college students in Mexico's Guerrero state has been taken into custody, Mexican authorities said on Thursday.
The leaders of Venezuela and Colombia finally to set a date for a bilateral meeting on their nation's border crisis, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa announced.
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders wants private companies out of the business of running prisons and immigration detention centers. The Vermont senator introduced legislation on Thursday to end for-profit prisons.
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A former prisoner of war in Afghanistan who was swapped for five Taliban leaders in 2014 will make an appearance at a preliminary hearing on Thursday a military court determines whether he should face a court-martial over charges of desertion and misbehavior.
More than 4 in 10 Colombians fear that their country's border crisis with Venezuela may eventually lead to a war between the two South American neighbors.
Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad can continue to count on military support from Moscow, as Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted the aid was needed "to counter terrorist aggression."
Still toying with a 2016 White House bid, Vice President Joe Biden slammed Republican front-runner Donald Trump over the tycoon's views on immigration on Tuesday.
For the first time in seven months, U.S. consumer prices fell in August, a development experts attributed to the continued decline in gasoline prices along with a strong dollar.
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton took a humorous route on Monday, when she mocked her Republican counterpart, Donald Trump, by impersonating the tycoon during a campaign stop in Iowa.
North Korea said on Tuesday that it was ready to use nuclear weapons against the United States and announced that it has restarted operations at its atomic bomb fuel production plants.
A network that unites more than 160 local Catholic humanitarian groups across the nation is set to mark Pope Francis' upcoming visit to the United States with a campaign to raise awareness of the more than 45 million citizens and residents living in poverty.
The frontrunner for the GOP's 2016 presidential nomination may have antagonized Latinos with his anti-Mexican comments, but the Republican National Committee (RNC) is trying to reach out to the critical constituency during Hispanic Heritage Month.
