President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a new law that increases penalties and expands enforcement tools intended to combat organized crime in Brazil.

Prince William has received shocking update from Brazil days before his visit to Rio de Janeiro, where he will present awards ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A massive police raid targeting a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro left at least 121 people dead, ...

A witness says residents brought down body after body - some mutilated - after the massive police raid which has left at ...

Rio de Janeiro police on Tuesday carried out their deadliest-ever raid against a major criminal faction, Comando Vermelho, or ...

Police in Rio de Janeiro have been accused of decapitating a teenager and hanging his head from a tree during the deadliest ...

After the deadly Rio police raid, the UN is asking the operation be probed as it is increasingly criticised over its use of ...

The operation starting on Tuesday saw armed officers move into the Complexo do Alemao and Penha favelas in Brazil’s most ...

Families of the dead decried what they described as executions by police, while the state government hailed a successful ...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump described his face-to-face with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday as a ...

Families of the dead decried what they described as executions by police, while the state government hailed a successful ...