Brazil

Brazil's new 22-minister cabinet is staffed with seven ex-military officers

Bolsonaro, former army captain turned lawmaker openly admires Brazil’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship

63-year-old former paratrooper and deputy for past 27 years pledged to uphold the constitution

Israel asserts all of Jerusalem is its capital and is keen to see embassies move there to bolster that claim

Just before his arrest, transactions amounting to $9 million were detected in Faria's accounts

Deus is accused of sexually abusing hundreds of women under the pretext of treating them

Faria’s fame is boosted by supposedly miraculous surgeries he claims to perform with his hands & without anaesthesia

Police are investigating complaints by more than 450 women who came forward since Globo TV and O Globo aired news

Donor was 45-year-old woman who died from stroke

Amazon rainforest represents more than half of Earth's remaining rainforest with 60 per cent found in Brazil

Ambassador suggests Brazil can help Pakistan in renewable energy sector

Franco, charismatic city council member in Rio de Janeiro was shot dead along with her driver on March 14

Lula is credited during his two terms as president with lifting millions of Brazilians out of poverty

New reforms will not lead to mass immigration, adding that most workers would not seek to settle down in Japan

The president elect runs the risk of provoking commercial retaliation from Arab states

United States moved its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May, sparking fury among Palestinians

The move from Tel Aviv is the latest controversial announcement by the former army captain

The former army captain has alarmed many with vows to sweep political opponents off the map

Children are provided a VR headset and a 3D animated adventure story, where armoured heroes fight bad guys

His lead seems insurmountable over his leftist rival Fernando Haddad ahead of the October 28 run-off

Using the hashtag #EleNao, or #NotHim, to drum up support for a series of international protests against Bolsonaro

On October 7, Brazil will go to the polls to choose a new president

By mid-day 41 of the 105 escaped prisoners have been recaptured as security forces locked down the state capital

Legalizing of gun ownership gains momentum following knife attack on presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro

A twist in what was already Brazil’s most unpredictable election since the country’s return to democracy

Nation's president calls it a 'tragic' loss of knowledge and heritage

The widely expected decision removes a cloud hanging over Brazil’s most uncertain election in decades

Peru, Colombia and Brazil meet in Colombian capital Bogota for a summit to discuss how to cope with the influx

Local restaurant owner stabbing and beating sparks the outburst of anger

Lula govern Brazil for two terms from 2003-2011 and left office with a record approval rating of 87 per cent

Politicians linked to the murder of high-profile Brazilian lawmaker and black rights activist Marielle Franco

Brazil reduced its emission from deforestation in the Amazon rain-forest by 610 million tonnes of carbon dioxide

First to be re-appointed after World Cup elimination since Claudio Coutinho in 1978

Brazil superstar admits that after his nation's quarter-final defeat he couldn't look at a football

Every day, the newspapers carry stories about favela residents being shot

Young press program teaches Brazilian students to combat misinformation

More than 2,300 children are separated from their parents

Lula convicted of accepting a seaside apartment as a bribe from Brazilian construction company

Says pain is great because we knew we had a chance to go far, to make history

Red Devils will now play Deschamps’ France for a spot in World Cup final

South American giant’s hopes to secure their sixth title came to close in 2-1 loss

Belgium will need their frontman firing if they are to get better of tournament favourites

Brazilian police said Tuesday it was investigating the murder of six members of the same family in Rio de Janeiro

Brazil star striker scores one, creates another to help team enter quarters

Martinez’s men booked their place in the last eight with a last-gasp 3-2 win over Japan

This is seventh World Cup running that Brazil have reached last eight

Tite’s men may have flair players like Coutinho, Neymar but their success is built on not conceding goals

The rivalry between Germany and Brazil is behind one of the largest rifts among football fans in Lebanon

Five-time winners become favourites after Germany knocked out in group stages

Ghost of mental breakdown in 7-1 capitulation against Germany still haunts side