Mexico's central bank has decided to raise its interbank interest rate by one-half percent to 5.25 percent, citing "a more complex world economic panorama, caused among other things by the U.S. elections." Thursday's decision was the second time in as many months the Bank of Mexico has raised the rate.
Four Mediterranean Sea shipwrecks in the past 2 1/2 days have caused about 340 migrants to die or go missing, making 2016 the deadliest year on record for asylum seekers risking the dangerous voyage to Europe, a migration organization said Thursday.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said Thursday he might follow Russia's example and withdraw from the International Criminal Court, where his critics say he could be charged over the thousands killed in his war on drugs.
The Russian military launched long-range bombers from an air base in southern Russia for the first time in a year to strike targets in Syria, two U.S. officials told Fox News on Thursday.
A Polish prosecutor pursuing a Nazi crimes investigation of a Minnesota man says experts will compare the man's photos with that of a Nazi commander to make sure they are the same person.
Pope Francis' surprise pick for cardinal, American Archbishop Joseph Tobin, says the U.S. church has four difficult years ahead as it insists on providing a refuge to migrants and refugees during a Donald Trump administration.
Many Czechs have used the anniversary of their country's 1989 anti-communist Velvet Revolution to voice their opposition or support for President Milos Zeman.
The Royal Canadian Geographic Society says its choice for Canada's national bird epitomizes the best of the country's national traits: smart, hardy and friendly.