Federal police in Brazil have initiated investigations into possible FIFA corruption. The South American nation started investigating following the arrests of prominent FIFA leaders.
Going against popular conspiracy theory regarding the 1973 death of the left-leaning Chilean poet Pablo Neruda, Spanish scientists say that they have found no conclusive evidence that the Nobel Prize prize winner was poisoned
The left-wing rebel group in Colombia, known as FARC, announced one of their peace negotiators was among the 27 rebels who were killed last week in a military raid.
As relations between the U.S. and Cuba continue to improve and normalize, the two countries are preparing to reopen their embassies after decades. The two nations plan to announce the reopening of embassies next week, following a series of talks in the last couple of months.
In preparation for an even larger drill in September, 12,000 Russian soldiers this week are conducting air-defense exercises in the Ural mountains and western Siberia. The war games, which began on Monday and are to last until Thursday, also involve 250 aircraft.
Alien chasers are saying that the lights they saw and recorded on video in a remote area of Russia are UFOs. The lights were recorded and put on YouTube.
With a nearly 30 percent decline in its black-market value against the dollar, the Venezuelan currency continued to drop at a stunning rate in May, a development likely to put further pressure on the South American nation's fragile economy.
Leopoldo Lopez, the jailed Venezuelan opposition leader who is known as much for his photogenic charisma as his right wing politics, has just has announced his plans to go on a hunger strike via video.
The announcement that the militant left wing group will keep cooperating with peace talks came just days after dozens of their fighters were killed in an air force bombing raid in south-western Cauca province.
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.
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.
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.
