The U.S. military has confirmed that it has lost contact with an unarmed Predator drone that had been flying over northwestern Syria and which forces loyal to dictator Bashar al-Assad claim to have shut down.
Fidel Castro upped the ante in the row between the United States and Venezuela on Tuesday when he warned that the government of embattled President Nicolás Maduro was prepared to confront U.S. "threats and impositions."
A three-hour-long hostage situation at a Tunisian museum left 19 dead in the capital city of Tunis. A three-hour-long hostage situation at a Tunisian museum left 19 dead in the capital city of Tunis, according to The Guardian.
According to Argentine authorities two Paraguayan men who were trying to get across the border with a 19th Century gold ingot worth more than $2m have been arrested.
The military exercises around Venezuela are meant to show Venezuela's strength in the face of new U.S. sanctions and accusations. Troops and civilians have been mobilized throughout the nation, practicing invasion drills as well as conducting marches.
The latest round of talks between U.S. and Cuban negotiators ended after just one day on Tuesday, and participants did not disclose how much progress they had made in their attempt to restore diplomatic relations between Havana and Washington.
The U.K. has begun looking for contractors to help develop a laser weapon for the country. Though only a prototype, the project will help launch the U.K.'s laser weapons program.
A street-art initiative brought a group of graffiti artists from Mexico and around the world to transform Mexico City into a hub of urban protest, making the country's social and political issues a permanent visible topic, Fusion reports.
Hundreds of thousands of protesters took the the streets on Sunday in more than 150 Brazilian cities to demand the ouster of Dilma Rousseff, the country's recently re-elected president. The demonstrations followed popular outrage over a sprawling corruption scheme.
President Maduro was given the power to rule by decree until the end of 2015. Though the ruling party views it as a necessity in the face of U.S. aggression, the opposition says it only gives President Maduro more power and distracts the people.
Archbishop Romero of El Salvador, killed in 1980 for his work for the poor in the war-stricken nation, will be beatified in May after decades of appealing to the Vatican.
Rogelio Contreras Rivera, a 20-year-old musician belonging to the group "Los Kumbiamberos RS," was killed in the night from Saturday to Sunday after several men kidnapped him from the stage of a Monterrey bar where the band was performing.
