On the eve of the country's impeachment trial, 51 of the 54 Senators needed to permanently remove suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff from office had already committed to vote for impeachment when the vote is held next week... More

A new opinion poll in the United States shows over one-fifth of Americans do not support either Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton or her Republican rival Donald Trump.... More

A U.S. Guantanamo prisoner, one of several to be tortured using the now infamous CIA waterboarding technique, has made his first public appearance in 14 years via a video link at a military hearing.... More

In a powerful symbol of the crisis rocking Argentina’s local agricultural sector, fruit growers from the fertile agricultural region of Rio Negro donated more than 22,000 pounds (10,000 kg) of pears and apples in Buenos Aires’ main square ... More

A strong earthquake hit central Italy early Wednesday, killing scores and leaving large areas destroyed or damaged.... More

Pro-Palestine organizers and activists in Ecuador's capital, Quito, converged on the nation's second-largest bank, Banco del Pacifico, calling on it to end its contract with the British-based security company G4S.... More

Until as recently as last year, Peru’s national police force harbored a “death squad” that is responsible for the extrajudicial killings of at least 20 people over a four-year period... More

Relatives of the dozens of victims killed in a massacre at the hands of Mexican federal police in the state of Michoacan last year are renewing their appeals for justice after the release of a scathing report that concluded that 22 of the murders were tantamount to “arbitrary executions.” ... More