In Mexico, hundreds of taxi drivers calling for a ban on the online ride service voiced their frustration while marching through the streets of Mexico City chanting "Uber Out!"
At least 13 people were killed and more than 200 injured when a tornado ripped through Ciudad Acuña, a border town of 125,000 located in the Mexican state of Coahuila, across from Del Rio, Texas.
A tabloid widely viewed as a mouthpiece for the Chinese regime warned on Monday that a war with the United States would be "inevitable" if Washington were to interfere with Beijing's ever-expanding presence in the disputed South China Sea.
The surge of violence El Salvador has seen since the end of a 2012 truce between two street gangs has not only led to the homicide rate spiking to its highest level in a decade, but is also putting the spotlight on the Central American country's powerful anti-gang police unit.
A prison riot which took place over the weekend in northeastern Brazilian state of Bahia and resulted in the deaths of eight inmates ended with negotiations on Monday.
A participant in this year's Miss BumBum competition - a popular contest to find Brazil's best derriere - this week stunned commuters on São Paulo's famed Paulista Avenue when she hopped on a bus dressed only in a bikini.
Ada Colau, who rose to political prominence as part of Spain's "indignados" protest movement, on Sunday was elected mayor of Barcelona, the Wall Street Journal reported. Her leftist coalition was one of several non-traditional parties able to claim triumphs in the country's municipal and regional elections.
American feminist leader Gloria Steinem, two Nobel Peace laureates and two dozen other activists from 15 countries on Sunday used a bus to cross the Demilitarized Zone dividing North and South Korea in what they declared to be a landmark event.
Families of some of 42 suspected criminals killed in what Mexican authorities have described as a shootout are raising doubts about the official account.
Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Sunday blamed the Iraqi military's lack of "will to fight" for the ISIS takeover of the strategic town of Ramadi, while an Iranian general said it was the United States that was failing to confront the terrorist group, CNN and the Independent reported.
Prince Harry finally met his niece Princess Charlotte three weeks after she was born. The royal uncle returned from Oceania after military training and a tour to meet his new niece.
Despite being born with beauty and brains, a former Miss Venezuela pageant winner died at the age of 68 after spending the last 15 years of her life in homelessness.
All over the Spain voters are participating in regional as well as municipal elections that have a good chance of shaking up the power of the main two main parties.
After 26 Farc fighters were killed in a Colombian air and ground offensive this past Thursday, the Marxist group has suspended a unilateral ceasefire which had been put in place since December 2014.
On Friday Mexican officials reported that a drug cartel had used at least 39 surveillance cameras to observe the activities of authorities in the a city of 672,183 which is directly across from McAllen, Texas
Venezuelans have been in a rush to unload their depreciating currency, and this has in turn led to a devastating drop in its value, leading the the troubled country closer to an outbreak of hyperinflation.
On Friday, at least 43 people died during a three-hour long gun battle between federal forces and suspected drug gang gunmen on a ranch in western Mexico.
In a move that many Salvadorean Catholics have considered long overdue, Oscar Romero, the Roman Catholic archbishop who was murdered during the 1980-92 civil war, has finally been beatified.
In addition to taking historic steps to normalize U.S. and Cuban relations, President Barack Obama may become the first sitting U.S. president to visit Havana in decades.
