In the U.S. State of Florida, a jury has found a former Chilean army officer liable for the murder of folk singer and activist Víctor Jara in 1973.... More


Bolivia has launched a campaign against the H1N1 virus after a surge of cases in 2016.... More


Brazilian Interim President Michel Temer

Three quarters of Brazilians reject Senate-imposed interim president Michel Temer while suspended President Dilma Rousseff has a lower disapproval rating than before the impeachment, according to an IPSOS poll published Monday.... More


Israeli military forces have once again raided the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Israeli-occupied Old City of Jerusalem and engaged in scuffles with a group of Palestinians there. ... More


At least 14 people have been killed and 32 more wounded in a bombing attack at a mosque in western Baghdad. According to police and medical sources, an attacker detonated his explosive vest at the mosque in the capital’s western suburb of Abu Ghraib early on Tuesday.... More


Lawyers working on the case of Edward Snowden, the National Security Agency whistle-blower, are ramping up pressure on U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration for a presidential pardon. ... More


Ecuador's Foreign Minister Guillaume Long said he has received threats from British diplomats, while they continued to refuse to cooperate with the asylum case of Julian Assange. ... More


Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has announced on that it has downgraded Britain’s AAA credit rating by two notches to AA, while warning of more downgrades in the coming months as the country was taking steps to leave the EU following a referendum last week.... More


Thousands of Mexican protesters have taken to the streets in the capital in support of the country's teachers' union. ... More


A gigantic Chinese ship hauling a staggering number of 9,472 containers has become the first vessel to officially pass through the expanded Panama Canal.... More


U.S.-trained Honduran forces had the murdered Indigenous activist Berta Caceres on a hit list, and many who resisted orders to kill have now disappeared, according to a report published by The Guardian.... More


In Brazil, analysts warn that government cutbacks to Brazil's pioneering social housing program, which has provided homes for several million people, will undermine property rights and increase inequality in the South America's largest economy.... More


Soccer Icon Diego Maradona

Legendary soccer star Diego Maradona criticized Argentinean President Mauricio Macri in an interview on the local Canal 5 Noticias, saying the South American country is "on its knees"... More


Spain's acting Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy claims he has the right to form the government after his ruling conservative party won the most seats in general elections. ... More


Member nations of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), including forces from the US, have launched a large-scale military exercise in westerns Ukraine.... More


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