In order to garner Democratic lawmakers to support the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal, President Barack Obama wrote a letter to Congress promising that the U.S. would take military action to ensure that Iran upholds its end of the bargain.
Although breakups can be tough to deal with for a lot of people, one young Chinese woman took it to the extreme by throwing a tantrum in public after getting dumped by her boyfriend.
At least 125 people have been murdered in El Salvador in the last three days as the Central American nation's gang-fueled violence seems to further spin out of control.
Tensions on the Korean peninsula further intensified on Friday as North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un warned that his country was in a "quasi-state of war" with the South.
FARC, the Colombian Marxist guerrilla organization which has been at odds with the state since 1964, has announced that it will extend its unilateral ceasefire.
If Republicans were to try to kill the Obama administration's nuclear deal with Iran, House Democrats would have enough votes to sustain a presidential veto of any such legislation, says House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
North and South Korea on Thursday exchanged artillery fire along their heavily fortified border. The incident marked an apparent escalation of a dispute over the South's propaganda broadcasts along the border, which Pyongyang insisted must stop within 48 hours.
Venezuela on Wednesday temporarily shut down major border crossings with neighboring Colombia after three soldiers were attacked while looking for smugglers.
A 20-year-old Mexican woman who had been given an award for her "elegance" at a 2014 local beauty pageant was found dead on Monday at her Sonora residence.
