The Cuban state-run media reported two men have been sentenced for the crime of killing four people who were trying to leave the communist island in June. Along with the two charged with murder, five more people were also sentenced in connection with a caper designed to con Cubans who wished to migrate from the country into thinking they would be smuggled out when instead the victims would have their money stolen.
Ivan Marquez, the leader of Colombia's largest rebel group Farc, has just announced his organization will discharge all fighters who under the age of 15.
The Carnival of Brazil, an annual festival of overindulgence and excess that marks the time before Lent, is traditionally for the masses. But the celebration, which has its roots in the pagan holiday of Saturnalia, is becoming a rich guy's game.
Pluspetrol, an Argentine oil company has announced that it will withdraw from an area of the Peruvian Amazon known as Pichanaki where it has been prospecting for potential gasoline deposits
Gerardo Pollicita, an Argentine prosecutor has requested that a federal judge investigate President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner over allegations that she helped to cover up Iranian links to 1994 bombing at a Jewish center that led to the deaths of 85 people.
To welcome the 20 new cardinals, Pope Francis instructed the group to exercise pure charity and put aside other emotions, namely "pride" and "jealousy."
When it comes to scary holidays, Halloween has nothing on Valentine's Day. The pressure to get that special someone the perfect gift is not only intense but can lead to a lot of over interpretation. Unless you are sticking with safe and predictable presents like a box of chocolates, a dozen roses, or maybe a teddy bear, any gift might lead to serious speculation. In the end, the safest bet might be to just spring for some jewelry. But if you are not quite at the stage in your relationship to send a message about any mutual future by placing a ring on someone's finger, you can always get the kind of rings that go on the ears.
The much anticipated sadomasochistic Valentine’s Day film "Fifty Shades of Grey" is not a movie most parents would feel cool taking their kids to see.In France children who are 12 will be able to line up to watch a movie where a wealthy industrialist leads a young English Literature student into the world of submissive/dominance relationships by having her fill out paperwork before the spanking even gets started.
As economic and political relations between United States and Cuba continue to get better, Netflix, the internet movie and television streaming service that provides original programs such as House of Cards and Orange in the New Black, is ready to send its shows into the communist island country.
Argentine forensic experts have discovered DNA from an unidentified person in the apartment of special prosecutor Alberto Nisman who died January 18 under what has been regarded as highly mysterious circumstances.
A 40-year-old British man is being held in custody in Spain on suspicion he killed a man he had allegedly caught filming his daughter on a tablet. The Britain was arrested on Saturday after he attacked a German national in a restaurant in the resort of Sotogrande.
Juan Carlos Varela, the President of Panama, has signed a bill that is designed to protect the wetlands outside the capital, Panama City, from a boom in construction that threatens the natural habitat.
According to Miguel Angel Godinez, the top prosecutor in the southern state of Guerrero, more than 100 people have so far come forward to inquire if one of the 60 bodies found last week at an abandoned crematorium in Acapulco is a dead relative.
Tyreese, one of the shows strongest, most paternal characters, gets bitten by a walker and goes down into a mind trip wherein he confronts the demons of his past before being put down to ensure he does not come back.
According to Spain's Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo, the European Union has suffered a 21 billion euros loss in exports as a direct result of the sanctions placed against Russia over its conflict with the Ukraine. The foreign minister said this on Monday as he met with his counterparts to discuss further measures to be taken in the wake of the loss.
Prostitution is a legal and common practice in Italy, and Rome wants to make the sex industry that thrives within its borders a safer, cleaner enterprise. Ignazio Marino, the mayor of the eternal city, is considering, along with other Roman officials, designating a "red light" district in order to shield prostitutes from potential exploitation and protect families from embarrassment.
Scotland Yard has now spent somewhere around 10 million pounds in their efforts to providing a 24-hour guard at the Ecuadorean embassy in London where the whistle-blowing Australian publisher and journalist has claimed asylum.
