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Relatives and friends of Cubans arrested during the unprecedented recent protests on the island said authorities are carrying out summary trials at a time when Cuba's government is receiving criticism from international groups and governments, including t...

Mexico's Navy in the port city of Veracruz was loading food and medicines onto a ship bound for protesthit Cuba, the Veracruz mayor's office said on Thursday, in what appeared to be a show of support for the Communistrun island.

Russia and China failed on Thursday in a bid to get the U.N. Security Council to strip some powers from an international envoy overseeing implementation of a 1995 Bosnia peace accord and shut down the envoy's office in one year.

Police have not revealed details about the incident out of respect for the grieving family.

The head of the WHO acknowledged last week that it was premature to rule out a potential link between the pandemic and a leak of the coronavirus from a Chinese lab. Zeng called the theory a rumor that goes against science.

Louisiana House lawmakers Wednesday failed to overturn Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards veto of legislation banning transgender athletes from school sports teams, a significant blow to Republicanled efforts to enact the new law in an historic veto session...

Mark Carney, who has led central banks in two Group of Seven countries, dismissed speculation he would enter Canadian politics, saying on Tuesday he would not contest an election expected soon.

A former infrastructure minister and a former prime minister have advanced to the second round of Sao Tome and Principe's presidential election, the electoral commission said on Monday.

Investors who lost fortunes in the failure of a multi billiondollar nuclear reactor construction deal in South Carolina will soon begin to see their portions of a $192 million settlement, under a recently approved distribution.

The proposed PolyMet coppernickel mine in northern Minnesota encountered a setback Monday when the state Court of Appeals ordered regulators to revisit a critical air emissions permit given to the project.

Colombian President Ivan Duque on Monday announced reforms to the nations police forces that are meant to improve accountability and decrease human rights abuses, following weeks of protests in which officers were accused of killing at least two dozen dem...

In Rhineland-Palatinate state alone, one of the worst-hit regions in western Germany, police reported 110 dead, up from 98 previously.

Thai sisters Ariya and Moriya Jutanugarn won the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational on Saturday, shooting their second 11under 59 in bestball play for a threestroke victory over defending champions Cydney Clanton and Jasmine Suwannapura.

Over the past several days the floods, which have mostly hit the German states of Rhineland Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia and eastern Belgium, have cut off entire communities from power and communications.

Pakistan was placed on the grey list by the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force (FATF) in June, 2018 and was given a plan of action to complete it by October, 2019. Since then the country continues to be in that list due to its failure to comply with...

Streets and houses were submerged by water in some areas, while cars were left overturned on soaked streets after flood waters passed. Some districts were completely cut off.