WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government approved a sale of sniper rifles to a deadly police unit in Brazil last year, ...

The president is struggling to handle the political fallout, as he attempts to reconcile international concerns over human ...

The raid against the Red Command drug trafficking gang saw thousands of officers battle heavily armed men who dropped ...

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

Brazil’s deadliest police raid left 132 dead in Rio de Janeiro as officers clashed with gangs using drones and explosives in ...

The police said they planned the raids for months and expected a high death toll. The city will host global leaders next week ...

At least 121 people were killed in Brazil in the deadliest police operation targeting organized crime and drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro's history, Brazil’s military police told ABC News on ...

Brazilian police say the death toll in a massive raid on a notorious drug gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to 119 killed, ...

BELEM, Brazil (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Tuesday his government will push for an ...

Brazilian police with support from Interpol have destroyed 277 dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River in ...

Brazil's president, Lula da Silva, confronts political challenges following a deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro that left ...

At least 132 people were killed in what authorities described as Brazil’s largest police operation against drug gangs, ...