Earth is nearing the peak of its current solar cycle, and scientists have identified a potential health risk that extends far ...

One was a fisherman struggling to eke out a living on $100 a month. Another was a career criminal. A third was a former ...

Representatives of European, Latin American and Caribbean nations will meet Sunday in Colombia to try to strengthen ties amid ...

None of the 117 people killed by police were among the 69 suspects named by prosecutors in the complaint providing the basis ...

Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys. Rifle shots cracking in heavy crossfire. Helicopters and weaponized drones firing from above. Soldiers in military gear engaged in violent combat.

The U.S. government approved a sale of sniper rifles to a deadly police unit in Brazil last year, overriding concerns from ...

Ten years after Brazil’s worst environmental disaster, the Indigenous Krenak people are still mourning what they call “the ...

The Rio de Janeiro police unit that purchased the guns, known as BOPE, played a central role in a raid last week that left ...

A powerful tornado in Brazil’s southern state of Parana killed six people and injured more than 400 others Friday night, ...

By Ricardo Brito, Luciana Magalhaes and Fabio Teixeira RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -The governor of Rio de Janeiro has touted ...