A Colombian drug lord who long dominated a historically lawless area near the country's border with Venezuela was killed on Thursday in a ground and air attack, local officials announced.
Former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe this week voiced his strong opposition to the tentative agreement his successor, Juan Manuel Santos, has struck with the country's leftist guerillas.
The United States and Cuba this week conducted a second round of talks on matters of civil aviation, but it remains unclear when regularly scheduled flights between the countries might finally be able to take off.
As they increase their efforts to track down former spymaster Antonio Stiuso, the Argentine government has warned the United States that their perceived reluctance to help locate the fugitive is jeopardizing their relationship with the Latin American nation.
Pope Francis' meeting with Kim Davis should not be misinterpreted as a papal endorsement of the Kentucky county clerk's refusal to apply the law and issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, the Holy See insisted on Friday.
The Government Development Bank of Puerto Rico has gone to court in an effort receive $400 million in local property tax revenue the financial institution claims has being illegally withheld by the Municipal Revenue Collections Center (CRIM), a local collection agency
The Colombian rebel group FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia) has announced on Wednesday they will suspend their military training after reaching an agreement witht the Colombian government.
The deal between the Colombian government and the country's leftist guerillas could help many nations address issues ranging from climate change to extreme poverty, President Juan Manuel Santos told the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday.
Venezuela is using tactics of "intimidation and aggression" in its border dispute with neighboring Guyana, the president of the small South American country charged on Tuesday in a speech at the United Nations General Assembly.
Days after Chris Brown learned that he might be refused entry into Australia on character grounds, the signer urged the country's immigration authorities to grant him a visa to "raise awareness about domestic violence."
The tenth named storm of the season, Hurricane Joaquin, is poised to hit the Central Bahamas sometime Thursday morning, before possibly progressing to the eastern coast of the U.S.
A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Mexico City Wednesday afternoon. A 5. 2 magnitude earthquake struck near Mexico City Wednesday afternoon. According to Reuters, a 5.
Despite serious doubts, the Thai police officially declared the case closed. The Bangkok bombing case is officially closed, Thail police announced Monday.
Russian forces intervened in Syria's civil war for the first time on Wednesday as Moscow's fighter jets struck targets near the city of Homs, U.S. government sources said.
During his two-day visit to Jamaica, Prime Minister David Cameron said the U.K. will help fund a prison on the island nation, but that the country would not be offering any reparations for Britain’s role in the slave trade.
After four people were killed amid anti-mining protests, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala declared a 30-day state of emergency in the Apurímac region.
