Brazil's Senate has voted to hold an impeachment trial for suspended president Dilma Rousseff, pushing her one step closer to dismissal from office. Following a nearly 20-hour debate on Wednesday, 59 senators voted in favor of the impeachment and 21 against. ... More
The U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of nearly $1.5 billion in munitions -- including 130 Abrams battle tanks and 20 armored recovery vehicles and other equipment -- to Saudi Arabia. ... More
As the Brazilian Senate prepared to vote on suspended President Dilma Rousseff’s impeachment trial Tuesday, the coup-imposed government of Michel Temer built a wall outside the National Congress to keep protesters from reaching the area. ... More
In the United States, former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders said: "To many Brazilians and observers the controversial impeachment process against Dilma Rousseff more closely resembles a coup d'etat." ... More
Fifty Republican national security officials, including former top aides or Cabinet members to President George W. Bush, have signed a letter declaring Donald Trump unfit to be president. ... More
Thousands of campesinos poured into the streets of Mexico City to celebrate the birthday of the iconic Mexican Revolution leader Emiliano Zapata and to demand more federal government support for infrastructure and development in rural areas, local media reported.... More
As Hillary Clinton attempts to seal Henry Kissinger's endorsement, documents reveal how he undermined Jimmy Carter's human rights agenda in Argentina. ... More
A top American Nazi leader says the rise of Donald Trump yields a “real opportunity” for white supremacists in the 2016 presidential election. ... More
U.S. war resisters who went to Canada to avoid serving in Iraq and Afghanistan are asking Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to allow them to remain in the country. ... More
The Global Footprint Network has calculated the date each year since 2006, and each year it is earlier and earlier. ... More
A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the oil giant Chevron in a case that dates back more than 20 years, blocking one of Ecuador's indigenous communities from collecting a judgment of nearly $8.6 billion for environmental damage to the Amazon rain forest. ... More
Hundreds of Palestinians detained in Israeli jails have launched a hunger strike, protesting in solidarity with Bilal Kayed, who has be detained without trial, as well to call attention to poor prison conditions. ... More
The state of Israel will be spying on hundreds of activists and organizations in the country and in the Palestinian West Bank, as part of a new task force charged with eliminating foreign activists from the country who support the Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment Movement, or BDS, against Israel.... More
United Nations-sponsored peace talks to end Yemen’s 16-month-old war have ended without a deal. The conflict in Yemen has left thousands dead since Houthi rebels took over the capital Sanaa in January 2015, kicking out a government supported by Saudi Arabia. ... More
U.S. Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren has denounced Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s economic vision he outlined in a speech to the Detroit Economic Club. ... More
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