Aug 14, 2014 08:00 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
The Venezuelan government is considering raising its very low gas prices, which could cause public unrest.
Aug 14, 2014 06:21 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
The United Nations declared the highest emergency level for the conflict in Iraq.
Aug 14, 2014 03:43 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
Britain is sending special forces to Iraq to aid oppressed minorities.
Aug 13, 2014 05:19 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
A new study finds that immigration is tied to an increase in smoking among Latino and Asian immigrants.
Aug 13, 2014 02:07 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki refuses to step down, despite the U.S., E.U. and Iranian support for prime minister-designate Haider al-Abadi.
Aug 13, 2014 01:28 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
An Italian journalist and three Palestinian bomb experts were killed in Gaza when a bomb accidentally exploded.
Aug 12, 2014 08:48 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
Mexican politicians are considering raising the country's minimum wage, which is one of the lowest in Latin America.
Aug 12, 2014 05:19 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
Protesters in Missouri gathered Tuesday to protest the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, a black teenager who was shot to death by a police officer.
Aug 12, 2014 04:47 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
A New York-based human rights group released a report Tuesday that Egyptian authorities have committed humanitarian crimes.
Aug 12, 2014 01:24 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
The United States has propped up a new Iraqi prime minister, but the current Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, refuses to give up his post.
Aug 12, 2014 11:33 AM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
For the first time in U.S. history, minority students will outnumber white students this fall.
Aug 12, 2014 10:39 AM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
Rodrigo Vallejo Mora, the son of a prominent Mexican politician, was arrested due to his association with a major Mexican drug cartel.
Aug 11, 2014 04:13 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
Tayyip Erdogan won the Turkish presidential election by a wide electoral margin Sunday.
Aug 11, 2014 02:39 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
An Israeli delegation arrived in Cairo Monday to continue talks in an effort to achieve a lasting peace in Gaza and Israel.
Aug 11, 2014 08:57 AM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
President Barack Obama signed a law that allows thousands of military veterans to return to private doctors, reversing mountains of red tape and corruption that resulted in long waits for medical care.
Aug 08, 2014 04:32 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Afghanistan to broker negotiations between Afghan presidential candidates in an effort to form a national unity government.
Aug 08, 2014 04:31 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
The Mexican Congress instituted major energy reforms in an effort to improve the country's declining oil industry.
Aug 08, 2014 02:16 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
The 72-hour cease-fire ended between Israel and Gaza when Palestinian groups firing rockets into southern Israel.
Aug 08, 2014 02:00 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
President Obama said Wednesday that he is considering taking unilateral action to handle the immigration crisis at the border, as well as to ensure corporate fiscal responsibility.
Aug 07, 2014 06:04 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
President Juan Manuel Santos was inaugurated for his second term Thursday.
Aug 07, 2014 05:18 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has made gains in Iraq, causing ethnic and religious minorities to flee the the mountains, where they face starvation and dehydration.
Aug 07, 2014 03:47 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
Russia has decided to grant Edward Snowden residency for the next three years, further delaying his extradition to the United States.
Aug 07, 2014 09:24 AM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
The bodies of nearly 100 deceased immigrants have been found in Arizona's desert since October 2013.
Aug 06, 2014 05:29 PM EDT
By Jessica Michele Herring
Established GOP candidates saw big wins against tea party newcomers in Tuesday's primary elections.