Turkey's Family and Social Policy Ministry has begun the procedure to ban "Minecraft" from the country. Its report found the game promotes violence and could cause "social isolation."
With hot and sticky conditions, residents in Brazil often find themselves taking multiple showers per day. But, a historic drought is threatening to cause Brazilians to cut down their bathing time.
The body of a missing female mayoral candidate was found decapitated on Wednesday in Guerrero, a notorious gang- and drug-ridden southwestern state in Mexico.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, the country’s first female president, has just signed a new law that seeks to set tough new penalties for the murder of women and girls.
Colombia's military will halt bombing raids against the FARC as Bogotá continues peace talks with the leftist guerilla. President Juan Manuel Santos said he had made the decision in response to commitments kept by the rebels.
Relations between the United States and Cuba may have warmed since the two countries announced plans to restore full diplomatic ties in December, but Havana did not hold back on Tuesday when it called new U.S. sanctions against Venezuela, its closest ally, "arbitrary and aggressive,"
Mexican singer Gerardo Ortíz broke off a performance he was giving on Sunday in Texcoco, Mexico, after gunshots were heard during the concert. The lights went out at the local Rodeo de Texcoco, and spectators ran and sought cover, apparently afraid to be hit by a bullet.
The Dutch justice minister and his deputy, Ivo Opstelten and Fred Teeven, resigned on Monday after acknowledging that they misled parliament about a deal worth millions of dollars that prosecutors had struck with a well-known drug trafficker 15 years ago.
Vice President Joe Biden said on Monday that the letter 47 Republican senators sent to Iran's leaders was "beneath the dignity of an institution I revere." Led by Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, the lawmakers had cautioned Tehran that any deal it strikes with the United States on its nuclear program needed congressional approval.
Three well-known French athletes, five film crew members, and two Argentine pilots died when their two helicopters crashed in northern Argentina during the filming of a reality TV show.
President Barack Obama issued an executive order Monday addressing the “unusual and extraordinary threat” by Venezuela towards U.S. national security and foreign policy.
Puerto Ricans upset with the administration of the island territory's governor, Alejandro García Padilla, are asking the federal government for "an investigation (into) what has been done with the people's money over the last two years." In a petition on the White House Web site, a Guaynabo resident said García Padilla needed to be removed by Congress.
Faced with food shortages and an uncertain economy, Venezuela, as part a plan to initiate the rationing of food, will install 20,000 fingerprint scanners at supermarkets across the socialist country.
Mexican movies experienced success in 2014, selling a total of $725.3 million in box office sales. Mexican movies experienced success in 2014, selling a total of $725.
The Solar Impulse 2 aircraft departed from an airstrip in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, early Monday morning for a five month long trip around the world.
Two tourists from California have been fined after carving their initials unto one of the Colosseum's walls, which they did not think was "so serious."
As people celebrate Women's Day on Sunday, the United Nations warned that the gender pay gap will not close in seven decades across the world if it continues to reduce at its current rate, The Guardian reports.
