An appeals court in Mexico has revoked organized crime charges against one of the key suspects in the disappearance of 43 college students two years ago, after the man claimed he was tortured by police and soldiers.
Four Puerto Rico police officers have been charged with civil rights violations and obstruction of justice in the latest hit against a department undergoing a federally mandated overhaul.
The death toll in the crash of a Mexican police helicopter has risen to five after another detective died of injuries, a day after the four others on board were killed when the aircraft went down Tuesday.
The U.S. special envoy for South Sudan is calling for a "reconstruction" of the power-sharing agreement in the country's peace deal, just a year after the United States pressured both sides to sign it.
A Russian fighter jet zoomed within just 10 feet of a US Navy spy plane over the Black Sea on Wednesday, the latest in a string of daring maneuvers involving Russian aircraft and the US military, a senior defense official confirmed to Fox News.
Uruguay's government said Wednesday that it is searching for another country to take a former Guantanamo detainee who is threatening to die on a hunger strike if he is not allowed to reunite with his family abroad.
Zimbabwe's human rights commission is accusing the ruling party of denying opposition supporters access to government-funded food aid in some districts ravaged by drought.
The son of the president of Equatorial Guinea is being sent to trial in France after a years-long investigation into alleged misspending of millions of euros of public funds.
Turkey's deputy prime minister says authorities have foiled close to 230 Kurdish rebel attacks in the past few weeks, including 19 would-be suicide bombings.
A man carrying a knife attacked two police officers in the Molenbeek neighborhood of Brussels on Wednesday, but the officers were wearing bulletproof vests and suffered only bruises, prosecutors said.
Russian airline companies have cancelled dozens of flights and four airports are planning brief closures as Russia hosts massive military exercises in the south and the annexed Crimean peninsula.
Venezuelans are marching in cities across the country Wednesday to demand authorities allow a recall referendum against President Nicolas Maduro to go forward this year.