Associated Press
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 00:00
Residents expelled the national police six years ago and set up a community police force that patrols with sticks and machetes, and officials said the community had low crime rates.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 00:00
Documents leaked by Edward Snowden indicate the National Security Agency spied on Brazil's state-run oil company, the private computer networks of Google and a company that facilitates most of the world's international bank transfers.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 00:00
In an unexpected turn, President Enrique Pena Nieto is proposing sweeping new social programs for Mexico, including the first nationwide pensions and unemployment insurance.
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 00:00
Few had expected the president, whose centrist Institutional Revolutionary Party is known for its close ties to business, to go so far.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 11:52
The Chinese president visits Central Asia this week amid concerns that a U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan could mean a destabilizing exodus of foreign radical fighters into homelands closer to China's borders.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 07:41
It makes Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, a veteran, Western-educated diplomat, Iran’s top nuclear negotiator.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 00:00
Pinera also criticized Chile's judicial system and the media for being complacent about abuses committed after Gen. Augusto Pinochet seized power.
Friday, September 6, 2013 - 00:00
President Michel Martelly was eager two years ago to fulfill a campaign goal of reviving Haiti's national army, which was disbanded in 1995 because of its abusive past. But he backed off under pressure from the U.S. and other governments.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 09:47
At least 49 people have been killed and hundreds wounded in series of car blasts mostly in Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad on Tuesday, medical and security sources said.
Thursday, September 5, 2013 - 08:59
The interior minister removed the head of the country's prison authority yesterday amid reports he facilitated meetings between detained Islamists.