Donna Hrinak and Julia Sweig discuss the U.S.-Brazil bilateral relations and prospects for cooperation on a range of global challenges.

With the Senate poised to consider comprehensive 'cybersecurity' legislation this month, a bevy of questions need answers.

The small Asian nation of East Timor goes to the polls over last remaining presidential candidates, Taur Matan Ruak and Francisco Guterres.

The right-wing fanatic who confessed to killing 77 people in a bomb-and-shooting massacre went on trial in Oslo on Monday, defiantly rejecting the authority of the Norwegian court.

United Nations ceasefire monitors say they are optimistic as they arrive in Syria.

Afghanistan's Interior Minister said a man arrested claimed the Pakistan-based Haqqani network was behind attacks in Kabul and other cities that left dozens dead and scores wounded. The battle in the capital lasted 18 hours.

Winding down his three day trip to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia, President Obama sought to offer hope for fresh start with Cuba, saying the U.S. would welcome the communist-run island's transition to democracy.

Syrian troops shelled rebel neighborhoods in the central city of Homs Sunday, activists said, killing at least three people hours before the first group of UN observers were to arrive in Damascus to shore up a shaky truce.

Beijing doubles the trading band of the yuan to one percent, as it pushes to reform and liberalise its financial system; signals comfort with economy.

Standing alongside Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, President Barack Obama proclaimed a free trade agreement between their countries as a 'win-win.' He said the trade pact can be fully enforced next month.

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., thinks the number of people involved in the Secret Service scandal in Colombia might be higher than initial reports suggest.