Italy’s highest appeals court has ruled stealing small amounts of food if you’re hungry is not a crime. ... More


Brazil's Senate has voted 55 to 22 to put President Dilma Rousseff on trial, which could lead to her impeachment.... More


Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took her battle to survive impeachment to the Supreme Court, in a last-ditch attempt to prevent the Senate from ousting her on Wednesday for alleged violation of budget procedures. ... More


Brazilian Vice President Michael Temer

Thousands of families belonging to Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST), occupied a massive 1,500 hectare farm, which is being targeted due to its alleged ties with country’s deeply unpopular Vice President Michael Temer. ... More


One of the Venezuelan names that stands out in the Panama Papers revelations is Edward Saade, the ex-chair of the Venezuela America Chamber of Commerce and Industry... More


Forty Ecuadorean economic entities and individuals, including right-wing opposition leader and wealthy banker Guillermo Lasso, have used Panamanian law firms, most notably the star of the Panama Papers... More


A Mexican judge has ruled drug lord Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán can be extradited to the United States to face trial.... More


Clashes erupted between French riot police and hundreds of demonstrators protesting against a government decision to bypass parliamentary approval for proposed labor reforms.... More


Greek police fired tear gas Tuesday to stop a fight between frustrated refugees waiting at a huge makeshift camp near the village of Idomeni on the northern border with Macedonia.... More


London Mayor Sadiq Khan

Sadiq Khan, the new mayor of London, has rejected “ignorant” U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s offer that he could be an exception to his proposed ban on all Muslims entering the United States.... More


Polls show that Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are more unpopular with voters than the candidates in any of the past 10 White House matchups.... More


Donald Trump has moved to take over the financial apparatus of the Republican National Committee, despite tensions within the party over his role as the presumptive presidential nominee. ... More


Canada has announced it will back a United Nations declaration to protect the rights of the world’s more than 370 million indigenous peoples.... More


The so-called Panama Papers scandal has widened as an international team of journalists published a searchable database of documents online.... More


At least 50 people have been killed in floodings and landslides caused by heavy rains in Ethiopia. ... More


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