Argentina's central bank chief resigned on Wednesday after a long tussle with the economy minister and was replaced with a regulator seen as sympathetic to the interventionist stance of a government fighting one of the world's highest inflation rates.
The Palestinians have drafted a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an end to Israeli occupation by November 2016, which they have shared informally with Arab states and some council members, U.N. diplomats said on Wednesday.
President Barack Obama issued a presidential memorandum that would allow children from various regions, including Central America, to apply for asylum for the 2015 fiscal year.
On Tuesday, Panamanian President Juan Carlos Varela publicly asked for answers from Alejandro Moncada Luna, a former chief justice of the Supreme Court, after a local newspaper reported that he bought millions of dollars worth of property in cash.
Recently, Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera announced his plan to combat violence against women in his country, which reportedly has some of the highest rates of male violence in Latin America.
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.
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the United Nations General Assembly to refute the "brazen lies" spoken by other world leaders at the same UN podium.
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.
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.
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.
