Making his first visit to Africa since he became the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis has arrived in Kenya for the start of a three-nation African tour.
Russia is casting doubt on the circumstances that led Turkey to down one of its military fighter jets on Tuesday, calling the attack a "planned provocation."
The U.S. Department of State issued a rare travel warning that encompasses not just one country or region, but advises citizens to take precautions regardless of their foreign destination.
Welcoming Syrian refugees into the United States does not present a threat, but rather gives law enforcement the opportunity to build ties within Muslim communities, Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton said on Monday.
Following Argentina’s historic run-off election on Sunday, the South American country made a turn towards the right with the election of Mauricio Macri.
American travelers headed to Cuba will finally be able to turn to plastic to foot their hotel and restaurant bills, as MasterCard and Fort Lauderdale-based Stonegate Bank said on Thursday that their debit cards are now active for use on the Communist island.
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a Cuban-American lawyer who came to the U.S. as a refugee, explained the country’s existing refugee-screening process.
Thirty jailed member of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group have received pardons from the Colombian government, as President Juan Manuel Santos is rushing to finalize a peace deal with the leftist militants.
Fears that Venezuela's Dec. 6 legislative elections may lead to violence came to fruition on Sunday, weeks before the vote, as the country's opposition claimed that shots were fired at a candidate's campaign caravan in a poor neighborhood of Caracas.
Belgians experienced a weekend of hyper-vigilance, as those in the capital city of Brussels were placed under the highest level of terror alert possible.
As many as half the trees tapped by Amazon as part of a first-of-its kind examination face the prospect of extinction due to rising deforestation issues.
Heavily armed military troopers and law enforcement paraded through the streets of the Belgium capital early Saturday after the government sounded the alarm bell amid threats of a "Paris-style" act of terrorism.
Two days after its introduction, the House of Representatives passed legislation that would enhance the background investigations for Iraqis and Syrians seeking refuge in the United States.
