Presumptive U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has a slender national lead over her Republican rival Donald Trump in the race for the November 2016 election.... More


A vote on whether to remove Brazil's suspended president Dilma Rousseff from office will be postponed until five days after the Olympic Games.... More


The United States Senate voted on Wednesday to advance a controversial bill to address Puerto Rico’s crippling US$70 billion debt crisis, just days before the Caribbean island is poised to default on a US$1.9 billion debt payment.... More


Panama's ex-president Ricardo Martinelli

A judge in Panama has asked Interpol to help arrest the country's ex-president Ricardo Martinelli over charges of embezzlement and illegal spying on political rivals, police said.... More


Thirteen Mexican artists released a video to calling on Mexican authorities to use dialogue instead of violence to resolve social issues, after a police crackdown on a teacher strike led to 12 killed in the state of Oaxaca.... More


U.S. Joint Base Andrews, the military facility near Washington, DC that is home to the U.S. president's plane, was placed on lockdown on Thursday because of reports of a gunman at large and personnel were told to shelter in place.... More


Egypt has temporarily opened its border with the besieged Gaza Strip to allow Palestinians with urgent need to cross in and out of the enclave.... More


At least 20 civilians have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries in a roadside bomb attack in Somalia. ... More


A number of major companies have raised the prospect of moving their headquarters out of Britain following the country’s decision to leave the European Union. ... More


The Israeli regime has placed 65 children in Jerusalem under house arrest in the first half of 2016.... More


A Spanish court has recommended that Catalonia's former leader be tried for staging a non-binding independence referendum in 2014 in breach of a legal order, potentially fueling separatist discontent in the wealthy northeastern region.... More


Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promised to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, saying that it is damaging to the United States.... More


Bolivian President Evo Morales accused the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of having financed illegal activities by selling confiscated drug in Bolivia.... More


A second meeting between striking Mexican teachers and the government in Mexico City wrapped up on as authorities called on unions to end the blockades in the southern state of Oaxaca, the Mexican news agency Notimex reported.... More


The delegations of the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia have met with representatives of Indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities to help ensure that their rights are protected and respected in the forthcoming peace agreement.... More


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