Spain's second high-speed rail disaster this year, a crash in which one train struck another from behind, killing 68 people, has raised fresh concerns about the safety of the country's rail network.

The United Nations General Assembly approved a Cuban-sponsored resolution Wednesday calling for an end to the U.S. embargo, but support lessened.

Hong Kong leader John Lee apologized Thursday and said his housing secretary resigned after an investigation into the city’s deadliest fire in decades found inadequate regulatory oversight.The massive fire that broke out last November engulfed seven buildings in an apartment complex in a northern suburban district,

Cuauhtemoc Cardenas, founder of the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) addresses supporters during a rally against the privatization of the state-oil monopoly Pemex at Zocalo Square in downtown Mexico City November 17,

Brazilian Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro and his family have arrived in Miami, where the U.S. government will grant them entry visas after he refused to comply with Brazil’s order to surrender his passports. NBC News’ Carlos Curbelo explains how Bolsonaro was granted entry and its impact on U.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called Canada “the most European of non-European countries” early in President Donald Trump’s trade war

A British far-right agitator was found guilty in London on Wednesday of harassing two journalists and causing a fear of violence. The man, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, who goes by the n

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime reports a sharp rise in poppy cultivation and opium production in Afghanistan over the past year. It marks the first significant increase since the