Government-funded news operations are proving to be ineffective abroad, and the United States is losing an information war to foreign rivals including Russia and the ISIS terrorist organization, a federal agency report warned.
The president has agreed to maintain less than 10,000 troops in the country through 2015, after his Afghan opposite asked for more flexibility in the U.S. troop withdrawal schedule.
The Tunisian tourism industry is being dealt another blow as the sites where many "Star Wars" scenes were filmed are used by terrorists crossing into Libya. The region is where the planet world of Tatooine was filmed.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's approval numbers have benefited from the Obama administration's decision to declare his South American country a threat to U.S. national security, a local poll suggests.
Benefits for gay spouses of United Nations employees will no longer be determined by the staffers' home countries' laws on same-sex unions, meaning the international organization will apply the same rules to all legally married couples.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been invited to make a state visit to Washington. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been invited to make a state visit to Washington.
The singer of the local band "Los Plebes de Arranke" was found dead on Saturday morning in Tijuana, Baja California. The body of Rogelio Brambilla Lizárraga was discovered in a car parked in the city's Montebello neighborhood; he had been shot multiple times with guns of at least two different calibers.
In Colombia the populist form of artistic expression is seeing an increase. Murals have long been a preferred way for Latin American artists to voice their political opinions, and right now in Colombia, Colombia is seeing an increase in the populist form of artistic expression, according to The Associated Press.
Mogherini, the highest-ranking EU official to visit communist Cuba for several years, expressed hope that the two sides could sign an agreement by the end of 2015.
This past weekend, thousands of students from around the country rocked out and rallied together in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Concert for Fair Food. Determined to be heard and get their point across, the students also used the stage as their platform to declare a nationwide student boycott of fast-food chain, Wendy's.
Brazil could very well be host country for the 2017 Pro Bowl game. The large Latin American country has a growing number of NFL fans, and the league is interested in broadening in its game.
As Venezuela cannot afford to repair or replace radiotherapy machines, doctors are forced to conduct radical mastectomies in cases where radiation could help a patient, if it were available.
The Treasury Department has announced Tuesday that, in an effort to improve diplomatic relations with the communist island nation, dozens of Cuban companies have been removed from a U.S. blacklist of terror supporters and narcotics traffickers
