Associated Press
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 00:00
Washington provided more than $2 billion in assistance to Colombia's military when most of the killings occurred, but U.S. lawmakers are currently withholding at least $10 million in military aid over objections to the new law.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 00:00
A U.S.-chartered oil exploration ship seized by the Venezuelan navy in Caribbean waters disputed with neighboring Guyana was escorted into port at Venezuela's Margarita Island.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 00:00
Brazilian officials say that all government employees will start using an encrypted email service in an effort to stop foreign spies from intercepting emails.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 00:00
Gomez is believed linked to bands led by Rodrigo Tovar and Salvatore Mancuso and is being investigated in three killings, the most recent in 2000.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 00:00
A ship carrying five American oil workers is expected to touch shore in the coming hours after Venezuela intercepted the U.S.-chartered vessel in disputed waters off the coast of Guyana.
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 - 00:00
In 2002, 80 families led by the Landless Rural Workers Movement, better known by its Portuguese initial MST, occupied Chafik's property in the Jequitinhonha River valley, one of the poorest regions of Brazil. Two years later, gunmen opened fire on their c
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 09:35
An Iranian semi-official news agency reported Thursday that an armed group has killed five members of the elite Revolutionary Guards in a Kurdish area near the Iraqi border.
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 08:45
Morocco on Thursday announced a government reshuffle on the eve parliament's reopening that sees the Islamists giving up the key foreign affairs portfolio to a party known for its close ties to the palace.
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 08:44
U.N. diplomats say the Security Council has agreed to proposals by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to destroy Syria’s chemical weapons by the target of mid-2014.
Friday, October 11, 2013 - 07:27
The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday to help end violence in the Central African Republic, which it said is threatening stability in the volatile region and beyond.