Brazilian Indigenous groups have staged a protest outside presidential offices in Brasilia, demanding that interim President Michel Temer set aside land that would be guaranteed protection from large agricultural exploiters.... More


The Brazilian Foreign Ministry, under coup leader Michel Temer, said it wants to reduce government expenses. ... More


Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez has responded to a letter directed against Venezuela by the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro.... More


The Ecuadorean government has asked the United States for Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, for its citizens after last month’s devastating earthquake.... More


U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has promised that he will force Mexico to pay for his wall at the U.S. border by halting remittances sent by Mexicans in the U.S. to family.... More


Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is visiting the earthquake-stricken coastal provinces of Esmeraldas and Manabi. These two provinces were the most affected by the April 16 earthquake that measured 7.8 degrees on the Richter scale and killed at least 661 people.... More


Three French investigators and a technical expert from Airbus arrived in Cairo early on Friday to help investigate the fate of a missing plane with 66 passengers on board, which disappeared as it approached Cairo on a flight from Paris on Thursday.... More


NATO weighs deploying sophisticated AWACS surveillance aircraft to Iraq and Syria to fight Daesh, but observers believe it is aimed at Russia which is carrying out airstrikes in support of the Syrian government. ... More


More than 300 groups in Europe have urged the EU to hold Israel accountable for its human rights violations and join a global campaign for boycott of Israeli products.... More


The French parliament has extended the post-attacks state of emergency for two months to cover the prestigious European football games the country is to host.... More


WikiLeaks activist Jacob Appelbaum said Hillary Clinton will make life difficult for Julian Assange due to “bitterness” over the organization's leaks.... More


More than 1,000 striking employees of the Verizon telecommunications company have held a protest march in Washington DC against the US company’s new employment plan.... More


French demonstrators have set ablaze a police car in the capital, Paris, in a move to vent their outrage at police violence exercised against opponents of the contentious government-proposed labor reforms. ... More


The death toll from devastating landslides triggered by massive torrential rains has risen to nearly three dozen in Sri Lanka. ... More


A U.S. B-52 strategic military plane has been destroyed after crashing at the U.S. airbase in the Western Pacific island of Guam. ... More


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