Voters across Britain went to the polls today in a historic referendum known as Brexit to decide whether to leave or remain in the European Union.... More
A masked and armed man has been shot dead by German police after he stormed a cinema complex in Viernheim town, near the city of Frankfurt.... More
Granting more clemencies would help fight mass incarceration, according to a letter signed by 41 criminal justice activists, lawyers, and law professors and sent to U.S. President Barack Obama Tuesday.... More
Intellectuals from around the world are gathering in Quito, Ecuador this week to amplify the international call for Julian Assange’s release and for his nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, along with whistleblowers Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden.... More
The International Monetary Fund is warning the United States to tackle poverty, downgrading its forecast for the country’s economy this year.... More
The Colombian government and the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) have reportedly agreed to a bilateral ceasefire agreement, marking an important step in the negotiations to end 50 years of war.... More
As protests led by the militant CNTE teachers' union in Mexico continue, the country's doctors are joining in the job action, calling for a national strike today, Wednesday, to protest a neo-liberal reform to the health system imposed by President Enrique Peña Nieto.... More
Social media has been flooded with messages of support for the protesters killed in the violent clashes with Mexican police over education reform.... More
The interim president of Brazil, Michel Temer, used his Twitter account to attack President Dilma Rousseff, tweeting that she may be using the presidential plane "to denounce the coup" in the country, and in the process, the 'president' admitted the reality that prevails in Brazil.... More
Brazil’s suspended house speaker Eduardo Cunha, who spearheaded the scheme to oust suspended President Dilma Rousseff, presented a request for habeas corpus to the Supreme Court Monday as he looks to guard himself against being booted from his post over massive corruption charges.... More
The United Nations Special Committee on Decolonization met on Monday to discuss arguments in favor of and against Puerto Rican sovereignty. ... More
The French government has lifted a ban on a planned protest march against unpopular labor reforms in the capital, Paris, only a few hours after the imposition of the prohibition.... More
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow will take adequate measures to counter NATO's increasingly “aggressive rhetoric.” ... More
Sweden has asked to question WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, where he has been holed up for four years, the Guardian reports.... More
The UN children's agency, UNICEF, said in a report that refugee children in Germany lack access to school for months.... More
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