A police officer died Friday after being shot in the head the day before during a demonstration in the western Venezuelan state of Merida, the Attorney General's Office announced.

Hundreds of mourners turned out on Friday for a mass Hindu cremation ceremony on the Indonesian island of Bali, as documented by an epa photographer on the ground.

Colombian singer-songwriter Juanes captivated thousands of concert-goers in Nicaragua with a mix of songs from his latest album, "Mis planes son amarte," and his best-loved hits.

The United States' economy grew at an annual rate of 2.6 percent in the second quarter, the Commerce Department said Friday in its first provisional estimate.

International Sports Desk, Jul 28 (efe-epa). - Porsche announced on Friday its withdrawal from the FIA World Endurance Championship by the end of the season.

A new expedition to the International Space Station (ISS) is set to launch Friday from Baikonur Cosmodrome's Pad 1, where the first manned space flight began 56 years ago with lift-off of the capsule carrying Russia's Yuri Gagarin.