Cucuta, Colombia - Joimar Diaz and her husband had planned and saved for a year to move their two young children out of Venezuela. On the eve of their departure, massive protests rocked the

Caracas, Venezuela - Maria Rios woke up early on Thursday morning to make her monthly trip to the Venezuelan capital Caracas. There, she joined dozens of elderly Venezuelans who'd lined up outside banks to

The United States will return the first group of migrants seeking asylum in the United States to the Mexican border city of Tijuana on Friday, a spokesman for Mexico's president said on Thursday. In

Thousands have demonstrated in Greece's main cities and on the Macedonian border against a historic deal to normalise relations with Macedonia. Police said more than 2,000 protesters gathered outside parliament in central Athens, as

The US Senate on Thursday blocked two bills, including one piece of legislation backed by President Donald Trump, that were aimed at ending the record-long partial federal government shutdown.  The first was a Republican

A 24-year-old man has died of his wounds during protests in Sudan as thousands of demonstrators continued their protests across several cities, calling on longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir, to step down. Family members of

The United Nations special rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions has said she will travel to Turkey next week to head an "independent international inquiry" into the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

After years of turmoil, Venezuela's political crisis has escalated dramatically over the past few days. The head of the opposition-controlled National Assembly Juan Guaido declared himself interim president after the biggest protests against President

ALGIERS: An Algerian court has released a journalist a month after he was sentenced to one year in jail for taking part in an unauthorised protest, his lawyer said.Adlene Mellah, who heads the news

WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two Iranian militia groups operating in Syria. The Treasury Department also targeted two companies linked to the blacklisted Iranian airline Mahan Air and two aircraft.