Last September, 43 college students went missing after a brazen attack on the buses they were riding in southern Mexico. Their families hold out hope that justice will eventually prevail.
Syrian Issa Hassan is one of the first to land in Mexico today as citizen pressure to do more mounts. Many countries in the region have had their own experiences with authoritarian rule and brutality.
Regional leaders appear to have clinched a deal between feuding military factions and restored the rule of civilian President Michel Kafando ahead of presidential elections due next month.
The Catholic Church has been playing an increasing role in providing basic services to Cubans 鈥� giving it leverage to push the government to improve human rights.
At least 17 were killed in the attack, making it the deadliest Taliban strike since miliants killed at least 20 people in a Shiite mosque in February.
Midway through his six-year term, President Enrique Pe帽a Nieto faces low approval ratings. But his reform agenda has been more successful than his popularity may suggest.
With the former president behind bars, disgruntled voters are choosing a replacement. A neophyte candidate polled first in Sunday's vote, and will contest a run-off on Oct. 25.
Leopoldo Lopez has already been in a military prison for the past 18 months. He was convicted of inciting violence in last year鈥檚 antigovernment protests.
Half of babies born to 15- to 19-year-old Hondurans are the result of rape. Advocates are pushing for a restoration of emergency contraception, which was banned six years ago.
The Supreme Court is weighing whether to decriminalize possession of small amounts of drugs. Many say current policy yields arbitrary sentencing, overcrowded prisons.
Kim Jong-un's regime gave South Korea 48 hours to stop broadcasting anti-North loudspeaker messages across the demilitarized zone.
Tens of thousands protested against President Rousseff on Sunday 鈥� the third time this year. Some fear a threat to democracy.
Party leader Thura Shwe Mann is the speaker of Myanmar's parliament and considered the main rival of President Thein Sein in upcoming elections. He also had built ties to Aung San Suu Kyi.
One of two shooters who fired on US Consulate in Istanbul is in custody, and far-left groups claims responsibility. Ten hurt in car-bomb attack at police station.
The horrific 2014 slaying of more than 120 children in a Peshawar school created pressure for terrorist suspects to be tried in military court.
A US Congressional delegation visiting Nigeria said the United States is ready to provide training for Nigeria鈥檚 military to defeat Boko Haram.
Honduras has the second highest rate of teen pregnancy in Latin America 鈥� a problem with long term social and economic consequences.
More than 50 journalists have been killed or disappeared in Mexico since 2011.
Jewish extremists are suspected in an attack that killed a toddler and injured three others. Both Israelis and Palestinians are calling it an act of terrorism.
More than 2 million people living in dry areas in Central America face hunger. Food security is starting to improve in some communities as farmers adopt alternative crops and more efficient water usage.
