Beneath the mud and rock that engulfed the small Guatemalan town of Santa Catarina Pinula last week, search crews have found entire families who died huddled together after they were buried alive.
The United States said on Monday it had imposed sanctions on four people affiliated with Islamic State and another militant group, including two Russian nationals and a Briton.
Torrential rainfall that South Carolina's governor called a once-in-a-millennium downpour triggered flooding in the southeastern U.S. state on Sunday, causing at least eight deaths in the Carolinas.
Just like her iconic character in the Hunger Games, Jennifer Lawrence takes to Donald Trump in the same way Katniss Everdeen takes to President Snow. And it's a political stand that she and her Hunger Games co-stars make no secret of.
Russia bombed Syria for a third day on Friday, mainly hitting areas held by rival insurgent groups rather than the Islamic State fighters it said it was targeting and drawing an increasingly angry response from the West.
Amid reports that those killed at an Oregon college on Thursday were targeted because of their Christian faith, Rev. Franklin Graham has warned that persecution of believers is not just pervasive in the Middle East, but in our own country as well.
China's President Xi Jinping told the United Nations on Sunday that all Chinese women have the opportunity to excel, touting his government's record on women's rights as the United States slammed Beijing and others for jailing women for their views.
Hurricane Joaquin could hit the New York metropolitan area as a tropical storm on Tuesday, potentially following the destructive course of Hurricane Sandy in 2012, weather forecasters said on Thursday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron said his administration would not make reparations for the country's role in the Caribbean slave trade, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
Colombia cannot punish Marxist guerrillas for war crimes as severely as some would like if the country wants a peace deal to end a 50-year conflict that has killed nearly a quarter million people, President Juan Manuel Santos told Reuters on Wednesday.
Pope Francis dove into some of the United States' thorniest political debates during his historic visit by urging the world's wealthiest nation to welcome immigrants, to end homelessness and do more to address climate change.
After years of inaction, federal prosecutors in Argentina are pursuing criminal charges against perpetrators of religious persecution against an evangelical church in Rio Tercero, Cordoba.
Pope Francis has urged Congress to follow the "Golden Rule" in dealing with immigration and the refugee crisis around the world and challenged the United States to recognize the importance and beauty of a traditional family structure.
Pope Francis told Congress on Thursday that the United States should reject hostility to immigrants and treat them humanely, directly addressing a thorny subject that is dividing the country and stirring debate in the 2016 presidential campaign.
Pope Francis on Wednesday urged the United States to help tackle climate change and touched on other divisive U.S. political issues such as immigration and economic inequality on his first visit to the world's richest nation.
Right now, there are massive wildfires are burning in Northern California with the Valley Fire and Butte Fire. The areas have been declared a major disaster by the president, and for those affected by them, there are places to find relief.
A former Chinese judge will arrive in Vancouver at 7:45 p.m. tomorrow, Sept. 23. Li Jianfeng served 11 years in a Chinese prison for "subverting state power" after using his position as a judge to aid vulnerable groups and human rights advocates.
National Security Advisor Susan E. Rice met today with leaders and representatives of civil society organizations to discuss the potential impact of China's draft foreign non-governmental organization (NGO) law on international NGOs and civil society in China.
Pope Francis arrived on his first visit ever to the United States on Tuesday, bringing to Washington a message that its power and wealth should be used to serve humanity.
Some 50 world leaders, more than a third from Europe, are set to pledge thousands of troops and police, equipment or training for United Nations peacekeeping missions during a summit that will be chaired by U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday, a U.S. official said.
Mike Huckabee has called President Obama's guest list for Pope Francis' welcome this week "classless" and said the White House's decision to invite transgender activists, a gay bishop and supporters of abortion and euthanasia is a "new low for an admin that will go down as most anti-Christian in American history."
On a special anniversary for him, Pope Francis celebrated Mass in east Cuba on Monday on the last full day of a trip where he has been praised for aiding rapprochement between the communist government and the United States.
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday an ebb in violence in eastern Ukraine was not enough to bring peace and demanded Russia withdraw heavy weapons the alliance accuses it of providing in support of separatists.
U.S. national security adviser Susan Rice issued a stern warning to China on Monday ahead of President Xi Jinping's visit that state-sponsored cyber espionage must stop, calling it more than an irritant and a critical factor in the future of U.S.-China relations.