Church leaders, including the Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, Cardinal Orani Tempesta, and the heads of the Bishops’ Conference ...

Police in Brazil have dramatically increased security ahead of Prince William's arrival in Rio following the city's bloody ...

Dozens of residents from several favelas gathered outside the state government headquarters on Wednesday, shouting “assassins” and waving Brazilian flags stained with red paint, a day after Rio’s dead ...

Killed As Police Seize Huge Arsenal Of Weapons ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left ...

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva called for action against organized crime that does not endanger police or civilians, as ...

State police said the raids targeting a major drug gang had been planned exhaustively for more than two months, and were designed to drive suspects into a forested hillside where a special operations ...

After what is being criticized as Brazil’s latest example of the excessive use of force, at least 50 bodies of mostly topless ...

Brazilian police and soldiers have launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro, arresting 81 ...

Police raids in Brazil have killed more than 100 people, including four officers, making it the deadliest police operation in ...

The police operation was one of the most violent in Brazil’s recent history, with human rights organisations calling for ...

PARIS (AP) — Two suspects in the Louvre jewel heist have “partially” admitted their participation and are believed to be the ...