Dozens of people gathered Thursday at Plaza de Bolivar in Bogota to follow on two giant screens the signing of the new peace agreement between the Government and the FARC in Teatro Colon.
One of the prosecutors investigating a massive corruption scheme centered on Brazilian state oil company Petrobras said here Thursday that members of the lower house of Congress were using the legislative process to try to shield implicated lawmakers from punishment.
Some Asian nations are watching anxiously as Donald Trump prepares to take up the presidency, but for at least one major power in the region, India, the changing of the guard in Washington could strengthen ties.
The scramble to shape his administration underway, President-elect Donald Trump's team has simultaneously begun turning its attention to raising tens of millions of dollars for festivities related to his Washington inauguration.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and FARC Commander Rodrigo Londoño Echeverry, better known as "Timochenko," signed the revised peace agreement Thursday in Bogota, ending a 52-year-old internal armed conflict.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is the most partisan agency in the federal government in terms of donations to candidates, according to campaign finance data.
Voters chose Donald Trump, but now he hopes to return the favor with a looming far-reaching decision that could impact the lives of Americans on a range of hot-button issues for another generation.
Just in time for Thanksgiving, President-elect Donald Trump continued stocking his cabinet on Wednesday, naming three new nominees – including one-time rival Dr. Ben Carson, who’s set to head the department of Housing and Urban Development.
Forest fires are affecting 10 regions in Peru, including four protected natural zones in the northern provinces of Cajamarca, Lambayeque and Tumbes, the Sernanp national protected areas service reported on Wednesday.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a prayer that the nation will begin to come together after one of the most acrimonious campaigns in decades.
Haiti's Provisional Election Council warned Wednesday that it will sanction candidates who declare themselves to be winners without waiting for the Nov. 28 publication of official results from the national elections last weekend.
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer said Wednesday on “Special Report with Bret Baier” that by picking Betsy Devos as Education Secretary, "this is Donald Trump's way of saying that he is serious about school choice. Republicans talked about it, have talked about it for 30 years."
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday denied claims by the opposition that his government has withdrawn from a Vatican-mediated dialogue aimed at resolving the Andean nation's political crisis.
Officials settled a deadlocked race for a spot on a city council in suburban Salt Lake City by drawing names from a pilgrim hat and flipping a coin — a decision-by-chance that Utah and a number of other states allow to break ties in elections or appointments.
President Obama on Wednesday fulfilled the White House tradition of pardoning a Thanksgiving turkey amid a somber message about second chances and so many bad jokes, he said his two daughters decided to skip it.
President-elect Donald Trump selected a charter school advocate and GOP donor from Michigan on Wednesday to be education secretary. Betsy DeVos becomes the second woman chosen to fill a spot in Trump's Cabinet.