European Union leaders will call at a summit next week for the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) to agree in April to substantially boost funds available to the International Monetary Fund, draft conclusions of the meeting showed.
In what first appeared to be prison brawl between criminal gangs, the Zetas stabbed, cut the throats and bludgeoned to death at least 44 inmates affiliated with the rival Gulf Cartel on Sunday, said Governor Rodrigo Medina of Nuevo Leon state.
A large natural gas find off the northern coast of Venezuela is changing the way gas in the Caribbean Basin is being sought.
After Lionel Messi's four goals against Valencia last night set yet another goal-scoring record, take a look back at five of his best goals.
The U.S. State department issued a new 2012 travel warning and map for visitors to Mexico earlier this month. Alarming as some of the figures may be, there are still plenty of spectacular spots across Mexico that are not to be written of over safety concerns.
At least 44 inmates were killed during a prison riot near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey on Sunday.
The incident comes nearly a week after the deadly blaze in Honduras' prison that killed more than 350 inmates. Mexico's prisons are long known to be overcrowded and a majority of the inmates are usually gang members.
Japan and China are committed to help resolve the European debt crisis through the International Monetary Fund once euro region members take additional steps themselves according to Japanese Finance Minister Jun Azumi.
It was going to be another win for rookie Jeremy Lin, who had already helped his Knicks win the last seven games. But tonight, it was not in the cards for Lin, as he found himself surrounded by Hornets. The Knicks lost to the New Orleans Hornets, 89-85.
Japanese conglomerate Mitsui MOEX Offshore will pay $90 million for the BP Gulf Oil Spill of 2010 in what is the first settlement ahead of the liabilities trial expected to start in 10 days.
The Airport Council International has announced the list of the top airports in the world.
The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion has been declared the world's hottest pepper following months of research by the experts at New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute. It is a golf ball-sized pepper, which mean heat topped more than 1.2 million units on the Scoville heat scale. Some fruits from some individual plants reached two million heat units, according to The Associated Press.
The Trinidad Moruga Scorpion reigns as the hottest pepper on the planet, according to research from New Mexico State University's Chile Pepper Institute.
Bruce Beresford-Redman, the former producer of Survivor accused of killing his wife during a family vacation in Cancun, Mexico, will stand trial in that country, Los Angeles station KNBC TV reports.
From her latest GQ spread to pregnancy rumors, sitcom turned screen star Jennifer Aniston has created quite the buzz. But how do you know what is true and what isn’t? If you’re feeling out of the loop and need some clarity on the “Friends” actress, here are five of the most popular Jennifer Aniston rumors floating around cyber space:
Labs whose experiments on dangerous pathogens are funded by the U.S. government must follow specific rules to keep the microbes from escaping, but those rules are not enforceable for researchers working with private funds. Outside the country, security and safety requirements vary widely, experts say.
A massive fire swept through an overcrowded prison in Honduras and killed more than 350 inmates, including many trapped inside their cells, officials said on Wednesday.
The hunt for elusive drug cartel leader Joaquin Guzman, known as El Chapo, got a shot in the arm Tuesday with the arrest of infamous meth producer Jaime Herrera in Mexico's Pacific coast state of Sinaloa.
Paulo Rodrigues, the editor-in-chief of a newspaper in southwestern Brazil, was the second journalist to be murdered in Brazil in four days.
Just one day after a 5.6-magnitude earthquake hit northern California, two other earthquakes hit nearby early Valentine's Day: a 5.1-magnitude quake in northwest Mexico and a 3-magnitude earthquake in southern California.
Chesapeake Energy Corp is seeking as much as $12 billion from assets sales and joint ventures to cope with a cash crunch amid rising debt and tumbling gas prices.
Sergio Jesus Rico, an engineer from Mexico's National Polytechnic Institute, has been nominated for a prestigious 2012 world water prize for his invention of solid rain. It hydrates crops by turning water into gel with potassium polyacrylate, a chemical that can then attach directly to plant roots and water them.
