The United Nations says that three-quarters of South Sudan’s population is in need of humanitarian aid following several days of internal conflict.... More


The U.S. Republican Party is expected to formally endorse Donald Trump’s proposal to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border.... More


U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is facing questions about a federal lawsuit in which a woman accuses Trump of raping her in 1994 when she was only 13 years old.... More


British Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has apologized on behalf of the Labour Party for its role in pushing Britain into the Iraq War.... More


Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes

A half dozen women have spoken out about being sexually harassed by Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes.... More


The vast majority of Americans say they feel afraid if one of the presumptive U.S. presidential nominees — Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton — is elected to the White House. ... More


A tropical storm has swept across China’s southeastern province of Fujian, killing nearly 70 people.... More


Former London Mayor Boris Johnson

In Britain, Prime Minister Theresa May took office on Wednesday. One of her first appointments was former London Mayor Boris Johnson as foreign secretary.... More


Mexican Minister of Education Aurelio Nuño Mayer said Wednesday that he will revise the education reform that has been at the center of intense CNTE-led protests, but that he will only consult the rival SNTE union.... More


A highway blockade in support of Mexico’s striking teachers is increasingly gaining popular support in the capital of the southern state of Chiapas, La Jornada reported on Wednesday.... More


Bolivian and Argentinean state-owned oil companies signed an agreement Wednesday for exploring and exploiting hydrocarbons in Charagua in the Bolivian Amazonian department of Santa Cruz.... More


Around 4,000 Argentinean tourists who travelled to Chile at the weekend were now stuck there as the Cristo Redentor border crossing was closed due to heavy snow, local media reported on Wednesday.... More


Russia has lambasted NATO for expanding its presence in the Baltic states near Russia, saying the U.S.-led alliance is fomenting a Cold-War atmosphere.... More


Protests in Puerto Rico against the controversial U.S. Federal Control Board ostensibly aimed at helping the island tackle its crippling $73 billion debt crisis are still going strong... More


The United States Africa Command, or AFRICOM, has sent about 40 soldiers to South Sudan’s capital of Juba to facilitate the evacuation of U.S. embassy personnel.... More


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