Mexican authorities are in the midst of preparing Pope Francis' February visit to the country, where the head of the Roman Catholic Church is expected to draw huge crowds and where thousands of police officers will be assigned to protect the 79-year-old pontiff.
The opposition's new majority in Venezuela's National Assembly has led President Nicolás Maduro to double down on the socialist economic policies he has championed.
Marco Rubio and Chris Christie have embarked on their own private television battle, as the two GOP presidential hopefuls try to make inroads in the crucial early primary state of New Hampshire.
Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz on Jan.7 dismissed front-runner Donald Trump's suggestion that the Texan's Canadian birth could affect his constitutional eligibility to serve as president of the United States.
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The U.S. labor market is showing no signs of slowing down as the country's employers managed to add another 292,000 jobs in December, the latest data from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics reveal.
Mexico's drug war has raged with such intensity that the statistical life expectancy of the country's male citizens has dropped by several months, a new study revealed.
Cholesterol and sodium may have a tough time shedding their bad rap, but they are among ingredients that feature less prominently in the eighth version of the federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which were released on Jan. 7.
A Chinese court is set to hear a case that could help pave the way for gay marriage in the world's most populous country, which currently does not legally recognize same-sex unions in any form.
El Salvador plans to honor a Spanish judge's request who called for the arrest of more than a dozen former soldiers accused of killing six Jesuit priests in a widely reported atrocity during the Central American country's 1980-1992 civil war.
Marco Rubio is emerging more and more as the GOP's "establishment candidate" in the 2016 White House race, as party elders are looking for alternatives to controversial front-runner Donald Trump and Tea Party favorite Ted Cruz.
Republican White House hopeful Ted Cruz is accusing President Barack Obama of misleading Americans when he claims that his executive actions on gun violence are not aimed at taking people's weapons away.
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders did not hold back at a New York event on Jan. 5 and once again harshly criticized the financial industry along with his party rival Hillary Clinton, whose Wall Street ties the Vermont senator claims are far too cozy.
Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton seems to be having a hard time with her New Year's resolution of not talking about her GOP counterpart, Donald Trump.
GOP White House front-runner Donald Trump this week seemed to cast doubt on rival Ted Cruz's eligibility to serve as president of the United States, noting that the Texas senator's foreign birth could lead to litigation.
The governor of the central Mexican state of Morelos is blaming the violent death of a newly elected town mayor on a battle between several gangs, all of which are trying to gain control of local security forces.
Archaeologists may be closer than ever to deciphering the mystery of ancient Inca "khipus," or knotted string records, after they discovered several of the records at the the place where they were originally used.
His Senate colleague Lindsey Graham has called Ted Cruz "an opportunist" who talks "garbage," and the Texas senator and Tea Party favorite seems to have had a hard time making friends in Congress from the very beginning.
North Korea said on Jan. 6 that it had successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb for the first time. Officials across the globe immediately moved to condemn the move, while others openly doubted Pyongyang's claim.
Puerto Rico's government is readying for the legal fallout from its latest default on debt payments, with Gov. Alejandro García Padilla noting that the U.S. territory is trying to anticipate potential lawsuits but admitting that it would be "very hard (to be) 100 percent prepared."
In the new year's first national presidential poll, front-runner Donald Trump maintained an important lead over his fellow GOP White House hopefuls and garnered the support of 35 percent of the party's supporters.
Minority users are more prone to watching videos on Facebook than the general population, and that surprising statistic has helped the social network expand its video features over the past two years.
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The opposition to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Jan. 5 took control of the country's National Assembly, presumably initiating a period of heightened confrontation between the embattled socialist leader and those who have long fought the policies of Maduro and his late predecessor, Hugo Chávez.
The FBI is hoping to "peacefully" resolve the standoff with armed protesters who are occupying a federal building in a remote area of Oregon to try to draw attention to ranchers' rights.
