International

At least 6,000 Venezuelans lined up at Peru’s northern border in hopes of entering the country before a deadline for acquiring residency, and another 4,000 were due to arrive in the next two days

Lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election, promising to clean up politics, shrink the state, and crack down on crime, in a dramatic swing away from the left in the world’s fourth-largest democracy

From the crime-ridden Central American cities to the low-growth countries in Africa and Asia, widespread poverty and inequality are the engines of international immigration

Sahle-Work Zewde replaces Mulatu Teshome Wirtu, who tendered his resignation to parliament earlier on Wednesday

With the country deeply polarized under President Donald Trump, the packages brought a new level of tension to November 6 political contests that will decide whether Democrats can challenge the majorities now held by Trump’s Republicans in Congress

Francis has promised to put more women in senior roles in those other 50 departments, yet more than five years after he was elected, there are only six women in such roles

Cameroonian President Paul Biya has won re-election by a landslide, extending his 36-year rule and cementing his place as one of Africa’s longest-serving rulers

Across the world, as the Jamal Khashoggi case dramatically shows, journalism and freedom of speech are threatened by authoritarian regimes, organized crime, corporations, and individuals interested in hiding their human rights violations, illegal profits and abuses

The murder of the journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul has crudely exposed the narrow limits of the reforms undertaken by Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman and the contradictions of Riyadh’s long alliance with the United States, as well as the regional disputes with Turkey

She denied prosecutors’ allegations that she was the head of a criminal group within her political party and a flight risk