about 1/3 less are voting in this years elections than in the previous one, in 2010 Brazil is seeing the lowest population of registered teen voters for the upcoming October election, according to reports.
Argentina has played host to an important conference on LGBT tourism and has led the way in Latin America toward acceptance, thereby benefitting economically.
This Sunday 500 Yazidis killed and 300 kidnapped into slavery by ISIL. Iraq's human rights minister Mohammed Shia al Sudani announced Sunday that at least 500 Yazidis been killed and about 300 had been kidnapped by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant or ISIL.
A medical school in the Caribbean may prove to more competitive now than in recent memory. Some doctors are having a second chance at getting into medical school, and the opportunity lies in the Caribbean.
France to join U.S., U.K. in delivering humanitarian airdrops to Yazidis in northern Iraq France announced Sunday it will join the aid efforts to send supplies to northern Iraqis trapped by Islamic State militants, joining the multinational effort that includes the U.
Patient Zero in the latest Ebola outbreak in western Africa is reported to be a 2-year-old boy who died last December in Guinea in a village that borders Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Palestine announced it would accept a 72-hour cease-fire Sunday in order to allow peace talks to progress with Israel, who refused to attend the talks if violence continued.
15 militants killed, 7 injured, and aid given to those stuck above IS groups are all the success stories from the two days of air strikes by the US in Iraq
On Friday, the World Health Organization declared that the latest outbreak of Ebola is an international public health emergency as the number of deaths caused by the epidemic continues to soar in West Africa.
The Network in Defense of Humanity, founded by Bolivian President, Evo Morales, created the To Defend Palestine manifest, a petition that is being signed by writers, political leaders, artists and journalists worldwide.
World leaders speak out about failure of Gaza ceasefire talks, more death and more injuries after Hamas and Israelis continue to fight. 48 ceasefire gave UN agencies time to asses the effects of the month long offensive with record numbers of death and property destruction.
Argentina petitions Int'l Court of Justice over debt default dispute. ICJ can do nothing unless the US consents to the Court's jurisdiction in the case. Argentina defaulted on 91 percent of its bond debt when the Court ruled it had to settle with all debt holders. But Obama could intervene on behalf of Argentina, as Bush did previously under certain presidential privileges.
Russian troops and armor have gathered along Ukraine's borders. Russia threatens to escalate the situation in Eastern Ukraine by hinting at sending forces over the border.
U.S. began firing on Iraq to protect U.S. personnel and Iraqi religious minorities U. S. President Barack Obama said Saturday that he has no specific timetable for an end to airstrikes in Iraq, which began Friday, according to USA Today.
