So this is the situation. You have on one side the bad guys, who hold all fire power and are increasingly more willing to use it; the bad gu...

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Colombia's  Constitutional Court ruled  that the various terms of the country's peace deal with rebel group the FARC -- once all of ...

A magnitude 4.4 earthquake centered in northern Oklahoma has shaken the state, with reports of it being felt hundreds of miles away. The U...

Brazil's Supreme Court approved an investigation into allegations that President Michel Temer encouraged a business executive to pay a j...

U.S. President Donald Trump said he would designate Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations. He made the comment in an interview wit...

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