By Jeffrey Collins THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBIA, S.C. _ An African-American church in South Carolina that was burned down by the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan […]

By Julie Pace THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ For President Barack Obama, it’s become an all-too-frequent ritual: honouring the victims of mass shootings in communities across […]

By Dalton Bennett And Shawn Pogatchnik THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CREIL, France _ Against the odds, Hamed Kouyate has achieved his childhood dream of escaping African poverty […]

By Meg Kinnard And Jonathan Drew THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, S.C. _ The first black president of the United States is coming to Charleston to eulogize […]

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti _ Haiti‘s prime minister warned Thursday that the Dominican Republic is creating a humanitarian crisis with its crackdown on migrants, noting that 14,000 people […]

JOHANNESBURG _ South Africa says it will consider withdrawing from the International Criminal Court as a “last resort” following a dispute over Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, […]

By Charles Babington THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ Congress is wrapping up President Barack Obama’s trade agenda, one day after handing him the big prize of […]

KINSHASA, Congo _ Congo’s president has inaugurated a new airport terminal building and control tower at the capital’s airport, nearly 60 years after it first opened. […]

By Jesse J. Holland THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHARLESTON, S.C. _ The site of a massacre a week ago, the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church is being […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) _ Caribbean tourism officials are pushing for a partnership with the U.S. government because of concerns that warming relations between the U.S. […]

(AP) Representatives of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence brought several boxes holding about 10,000 messages of support from people around the country to the […]

By Julie Pace THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama cleared the way Wednesday for families of American hostages to pay ransom to secure their […]