A U.S. military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a surprisingly light sentence Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for at least a 30-year sentence to deter would-be terrorists.
Two men convicted in the 2005 killing of American nun and rainforest defender Dorothy Stang will be allowed to spend Brazilian Fathers' day at home, court officials said Thursday.
Tropical Storm Hernan gained strength on Thursday as it churned far off Mexico's Pacific coast.
Brazilian police say they've recovered two stolen paintings but have yet to find a missing Picasso from a Sao Paulo art museum heist in June.
Venezuela has sent 70 million liters (18.5 million gallons) of diesel fuel to support Paraguay's incoming president.
A team of legal experts in Lisbon is sifting through nearly 30,000 pages of police evidence on the disappearance of Madeleine McCann and passing information to the British girl's family who have hired private investigators, one of their lawyers said Thursday.
Riot police used tear gas Wednesday as they blocked hundreds of Venezuelans protesting what they call new moves by President Hugo Chavez to concentrate his power. The demonstrators said a blacklist barring key opposition candidates from elections and a series of socialist decrees are destroying what's left of their democracy.
A military jury gave Osama bin Laden's driver a stunningly lenient sentence on Thursday, making him eligible for release in just five months despite the prosecutors' request for a sentence tough enough to frighten terrorists around the globe.
Mexican cement maker Cemex SAB de CV says it may sell 16 concrete-pipe manufacturing facilities in Australia to reduce its debt.
The decrees declared by Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez:
Charges have been filed against 20 Guantánamo prisoners, in addition to Salim Hamdan, who was convicted by a jury Wednesday, and David Hicks, who pleaded guilty in March 2007. A look at some of those charged:
Guyana police have issued arrest warrants for two Brazilians accused of killing a U.S. missionary couple in 2005, authorities said Wednesday, the first charges brought in the case.
President Felipe Calderon named his pro-business former chief of staff as economy secretary on Wednesday as the country battles rising inflation and falling remittances from Mexicans working abroad.
Cambodia's genocide tribunal has been hit by new corruption allegations, compelling foreign donors to withhold more than $300,000 from the proceedings pending a review of the claims, officials said Wednesday.
Mexico is protesting the execution of one of its citizens in Texas despite a world court ruling for a new hearing, expressing concern for the rights of other Mexicans detained in the United States.
Scientists say they have begun tagging thousands of sharks off Mexico's Pacific Coast in the hopes of preventing new attacks on humans.
Alberto Achacaz Walakial, one of the last surviving members of the nomadic Kaweskar tribe that once plied the waters off Chile's Patagonian coast, has died of blood poisoning, local media reported on Tuesday.
Argentine steel maker Siderar on Tuesday announced that second-quarter earnings jumped 167.5 percent over the same quarter last year, citing an increase in the price of its raw material inventories.
Venezuela's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a list barring hundreds of candidates suspected of corruption from running in elections is constitutional, despite complaints that it singles out opponents of President Hugo Chavez.
A Mexican soldier has won his job back six years after he was kicked out of the military for testing HIV positive.
