The world has gained a rare glimpse inside one of Brazil’s most notorious slums where people brandish guns and grenades like fashion accessories and sell drugs in open-air markets for “insane” prices.

The Milano Cortina Winter Olympics staged a unique opening ceremony that combined elements of the co-host cities, seeking to reflect both city and mountain life.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 5 -- From the school balcony, Marcos Cunha had an unobstructed view of Santa Marta, the Rio de Janeiro neighborhood that had been giving his fellow police officers so much trouble ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Police exchanged fire with gunmen Thursday when they raided one of Rio de Janeiro's slums to arrest alleged ...

She started sniffing glue at age six to ease the hunger of life in a Brazilian slum. She got her first revolver when she was 11. Now 54, Raquel de Oliveira, once the first lady of the drug trade in ...

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MANILA: As night falls in Manila, the Philippine capital, few of the 700 families living in the sprawling portside shanty town known as Market 3 dare to venture out of their homes. The crime-ridden ...

Bangladesh state minister Ishraque Hossain has sparked a social media debate after a video showed him carrying a pistol during a raid on a suspected drug den in Dhaka.

In the outskirts of Nakuru City, off the Nakuru-Marigat Road, is Hilton Estate, a little known informal settlement tucked between London Estate and Nakuru's largest dumpsite, Gioto. Many families here ...

Their professionalism and skill is only exceeded by their admitted corruption. <br><br>Meanwhile, the narcotics industry is alive and well in Rio's slums; estimates are that in some areas of the ...