El Salvador is facing an unprecedented surge in gang violence, prompting the government to seek new laws regulating prisons.
The global community fell far short of a 302,000 person resettlement goal set by the United Nations.
New laws reinterpreting Japan's 1946 constitution signal the dawn of a new era for the country's armed forces, and the World Health Organization ends its global Ebola warning.
A major U.N. meeting in April on the global drug program was supposed to embrace innovative new approaches, but more than 180 civil society groups say closed door negotiations in Vienna excluded post-prohibition ideas.
Data on new asylum seekers arriving in Greece disprove the stereotype that the overwhelming majority of migrants are men.
U.N. Staffan de Mistura said Syrian government and opposition negotiators will return to Geneva in April to begin discussions about the country's political future.
President Obama traveled to Argentina on Wednesday, applauding newly-elected president Mauricio Macri for his market liberalization and welcoming the country back to a global leadership role.
President Obama addresses the Cuban people in a historic televised address, touting human rights and making the case for a special revolutionary form of democracy on the island.
Obama continues his visit to Cuba and Donald Trump names five advisors on his foreign policy team.
The U.N.'s envoy to Syria says a three-week ceasefire and his style of indirect negotiations are preserving the fragile negotiations.
Political controversy grips Brazil and European Union leaders push to finalize a comprehensive migrant deal with Turkey.
21-year-old Otto Warbier is convicted by the North Korean regime and a new survey shows a huge slide in national happiness in Greece, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
The Treasury and Commerce Departments announce new regulations concerning Cuba and Myanmar gets its first civilian leader since the 1960's.
Vladimir Putin says his military has achieved its objectives in Syria, and new U.N.-brokered Syrian peace talks begin in Geneva.
Kim Jong-un goads the international community, and where in the world in Robert Mugabe?
Sky News claims receipt of internal Islamic State documents, new research reveals which gun laws save lives and Kosovo cracks down on tear gas use in parliament.
Four European countries close their borders to all asylum seekers, and a series of oil spills in the Peruvian Amazon is harming vulnerable indigenous communities.
A new report shows women making little progress entering the global workforce, the WHO strengthens the link between Zika and fetal malformations and Chinese exports drag down global markets.
The Pentagon rejects reports that it's building airfields in Kurdish-controlled Syria and the U.N. pursues diplomatic progress in Western Sahara.
Turkey cracks down on the press and presidential hopeful Ted Cruz proposes a reboot of Reagan's Star Wars missile defense plan to guard against North Korea.
Donald Tusk tells economic migrants to stop heading to Europe, and U.N. experts say the Flint water crisis is a "human rights" issue.