The leader of Mexico's biggest opposition party is stepping aside temporarily to seek a congressional seat next year at which time he could resume his post as party leader.
The death toll from Japan's worst volcanic eruption in decades is likely to rise to around 46 after as more victims were discovered on the ash-covered summit, media said on Wednesday.
How the umbrella became a symbol of Hong Kong's Occupy movement The umbrella emerged as a symbol of the protest in Hong Kong mostly due to weather, but it has since become a mascot for pro-democracy protestors.
Spanish constitutional court suspends Catalonia's independence vote The Spanish Constitutional Court sided with the federal government in Madrid, halting all campaigning and other preparations for the upcoming vote on Catalonia's independence.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa declared Argentina in contempt of court in a hearing on Monday over its failure to pay hold-out investors. Griesa said he would decide on sanctions at a later date, but investors had requested daily fines of $50,000 and payment towards some of the holdouts' legal fees.
Tens of thousands of pro-democracy protesters extended a blockade of Hong Kong streets on Tuesday, stockpiling supplies and erecting makeshift barricades ahead of what some fear may be a push by police to clear the roads before Chinese National Day.
Earthquake strikes remote Andean village At least eight people died in a magnitude 4. 9 earthquake that struck southern Peru on Sunday morning. The earthquake caused 45 homes to collapse in the remote village of Misca in the Andes Mountains, according to a report from the BBC.
Second politician killed in Mexico in two weeks The week after a Mexican congressman was murdered, a regional politician was killed by gunmen on Sunday at a hotel restaurant in Acapulco.
The Dominican Republic looks like it's ahead of the curve when it comes to fighting hunger, and the United Nations praised the island nation Monday for its efforts.
China finally gets the Xbox One The youth (and adults) of China can finally legally play an imported video game system after Xbox One debuted in the country Monday.
Change in power could lead to security pact with U.S. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in as president of Afghanistan on Monday in the first transfer of power in that country since the removal of the Taliban.
Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly's General Debate, Guatemala's foreign affairs minister said the influx of undocumented immigrant children to the United States should not be considered a crime.
The Ebola outbreak, which began earlier this year in Guinea and is the worst in recorded history, has reportedly claimed the lives of more than 3,000 people in West Africa.
Pakistani opposition leader Imran Khan on Sunday took the campaign to unseat Nawaz Sharif to the prime minister's home base of Lahore, where tens of thousands of people roared their support for change.
The far-right National Front won its first ever seats in France's upper house of parliament on Sunday, as President Francois Hollande's Socialist party lost its Senate majority.
Afghanistan inaugurates its first new president in a decade on Monday, swearing in technocrat Ashraf Ghani to head a power-sharing government just as the withdrawal of most foreign troops presents a crucial test.
The European Commission will accuse Apple Inc of benefiting from illicit state aid inIreland, based on preliminary findings of an investigation into tax deals, the Financial Times reported citing people familiar with the matter.
