Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund and one-time contender for the French presidency, on Monday went on trial for sex charges. Prosecutors accuse Strauss-Kahn of aggravated pimping and involvement in a prostitution ring operating out of luxury hotels.
An Egyptian court on Monday confirmed the death sentences of 183 supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood who were convicted of playing a role in the killings of 16 policemen in the town of Kardasa in mid-2013.
A top United States diplomat visited Sri Lanka Monday for the first time since the country gained new leadership and promised support for the country's new government.
According to a recent report, Latin American cities claim 43 of 50 top spots for the highest homicide rates in 2014. The world's most dangerous cities were chosen based on the number of murders per capita, but the high number of fallen bodies also addresses a distinct abundance of drug cartels, wildfire corruption, traffickers, heavily armed factions and street gangs.
The former bodyguard has testified that Cabello has links to the Cartel de los Soles drug-trafficking group. However, the Venezuelan government has denounced Salazar and has called the allegations another attack against the regime.
Nine people in Puerto Rico have been charged in killing a United States correctional officer in a drive-by shooting in 2013, according to the Associated Press.
A former Los Alamos National Laboratory scientist was sentenced to five and a half years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty in trying to help Venezuela develop a nuclear weapon.
Tens of thousands of politically motivated Spaniards marched through Madrid on Saturday in order to display their solidarity of young radical leftist party.
