Officials warned a new route for a high-speed passenger train would be a disaster. The first trip proved them right.

A new provision in the Republican tax plan will also benefit Sen. Bob Corker, who just agreed to vote for it.

All the first lady’s nephews wanted to do was raise a few million dollars in a cocaine deal. Many members of the Venezuelan regime’s elite were doing it. What could go wrong?

Rallies outside Argentina's Congress have turned violent, with as many as 150 people reportedly injured. Opponents of the proposed pension reform bill say it would reduce payouts for 17 million Argentinians.

A senior government official has ruled out a new presidential election in Honduras, as protests broke out across the country following an official declaration that President Juan Orlando Hernandez had won re-election.

The Tunisian revolution, considered the catalyst for the movement that became known as the Arab Spring, began seven years ago. Today, Tunisia is still struggling to achieve democratic reforms and economic growth.

Boko Haram militants have killed four people in an attack on a food convoy carrying aid to displaced civilians in Nigeria. Some 8.5 million people in the conflict region are in need of humanitarian aid.

Charges against a former Politburo member are taking the Southeast Asian country’s anti-corruption drive to a new height

Rex Tillerson has edged away from an earlier offer to negotiate with North Korea, saying talks cannot commence until Pyongyang dials back its belligerence. A “sustained cessation of North Korea’s threatening behaviour” must precede negotiations, the US Secretary of State told the UN Security Council, adding that “North Korea must earn its way back to the table”.