The suspect in an apparent assassination attempt against Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was arrested last year for "improper use of a weapon", police have told CNN.

China has warned the United States it will take "counter-measures" after the Biden administration approved more than $1.1 billion in arms sales to Taiwan.

Russians are preparing to say farewell to the last leader of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachev, on Saturday in a funeral that has been snubbed by President Vladimir Putin.

Grieving parents marched in the streets of Mexico City last week, in their first protest since the release o a shocking Mexican government report that blamed the country's military and police for the disappearance of 43 students, nearly eight years ago.

The Iranian Navy seized two US Navy maritime drones in international waters in the Red Sea on Thursday.

After more than 50 days, he's back.

Three people have died and several others in Argentina have become sick after developing pneumonia with no clear cause, the World Health Organization said Friday.

On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the US unemployment rate had ticked up to 3.7% in August, an increase that surprised economists who had expected it to remain at July's 3.5%.

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