A landslide piled into one of Colombia's busiest highways Wednesday, killing at least six people and leaving an "undetermined" number missing and feared buried, authorities said. The huge mass of brown earth swallowed up a section of road located several kilometers (miles) outside second...

As a tense, divided country barrels toward Election Day, Americans say they are worried about the possibility of violence flaring up after the country votes for a new president next month. Half of likely voters say they are at least somewhat concerned about violence either on Election Day or...

More than 20 people were injured and 39 were detained at anti-government protests in Venezuela on Wednesday, the head of a local rights group said. The injuries included three people who were shot in the northwestern city of Maracaibo, said Alfredo Romero, on a day of nationwide protests...

(The Guardian )- The Gambia has announced its withdrawal from the international criminal court, accusing the tribunal of the “persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans”. The announcement late on Tuesday came after similar decisions this month by South Africa...