Benefits for gay spouses of United Nations employees will no longer be determined by the staffers' home countries' laws on same-sex unions, meaning the international organization will apply the same rules to all legally married couples.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been invited to make a state visit to Washington. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been invited to make a state visit to Washington.
The singer of the local band "Los Plebes de Arranke" was found dead on Saturday morning in Tijuana, Baja California. The body of Rogelio Brambilla Lizárraga was discovered in a car parked in the city's Montebello neighborhood; he had been shot multiple times with guns of at least two different calibers.
In Colombia the populist form of artistic expression is seeing an increase. Murals have long been a preferred way for Latin American artists to voice their political opinions, and right now in Colombia, Colombia is seeing an increase in the populist form of artistic expression, according to The Associated Press.
Mogherini, the highest-ranking EU official to visit communist Cuba for several years, expressed hope that the two sides could sign an agreement by the end of 2015.
This past weekend, thousands of students from around the country rocked out and rallied together in St. Petersburg, Florida at the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' Concert for Fair Food. Determined to be heard and get their point across, the students also used the stage as their platform to declare a nationwide student boycott of fast-food chain, Wendy's.
Brazil could very well be host country for the 2017 Pro Bowl game. The large Latin American country has a growing number of NFL fans, and the league is interested in broadening in its game.
As Venezuela cannot afford to repair or replace radiotherapy machines, doctors are forced to conduct radical mastectomies in cases where radiation could help a patient, if it were available.
The Treasury Department has announced Tuesday that, in an effort to improve diplomatic relations with the communist island nation, dozens of Cuban companies have been removed from a U.S. blacklist of terror supporters and narcotics traffickers
The airline's Airbus A320 is belived to have crashed in French Alps after sending a distress signal but there is, as of now,no known cause for the crash. All passengers are believed to be dead.
Hundreds protested the naming of Juan Barros as bishop of the diocese of Osorno at the city's cathedral. Protesters said he had knowningly covered up for a priest who abused various teenagers.
Tourists in Cuba tend to appreciate its "unique character (as) one of the world's last remaining bastions of Communism," and many who fear the country will soon be "Americanized" due to warming relations with the United States are flocking to the island to take in the traditional flair.
The list provides addresses and other personal information and calls for "lone wolf" attacks on U.S. troops at home. The Pentagon is currently investigating but has asked military personnel to secure their online presence as well as their families'.
