In an ongoing parade of solidarity and support for the leader of Brazil, thousands of government supporters have come together to take part in marches in order to show their backing for President Dilma Rousseff.
An overloaded ferry carrying more than 200 people sunk off the coast of western Myanmar after being hit by a large wave Friday night. At least 47 people are feared dead.
The pope could be visiting his home country of Argentina next year as he plans to visit other South American nations around that time. However, the pope believes he will not be in office for the rest of his life but only a few more years.
The United States and Cuba have taken another step towards normalized relations after decades of a frozen relationship by re-establishing a direct telephone link for the first time in 15 years.
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.
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.
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.
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.
