By Darlene Superville THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama will lead the welcoming committee for Pope Francis when he […]

GREENVILLE, S.C. _ Helen Burns Jackson, the mother of civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, has died. She was 92. The Rev. Jesse Jackson told The Associated […]

JOHANNESBURG(AP) _ A South African foundation says retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has left a Cape Town hospital after receiving treatment there. The foundation, named after Tutu […]

By Hippolyte Marboua THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BANGUI, Central African Republic _ International peacekeepers who commit crimes must be punished, the U.N. human rights chief said on […]

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic _ An Insel Air flight en route to Miami was forced to make an emergency landing Wednesday in the Dominican Republic when […]

By Abdi Guled THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOGADISHU, Somalia _ A day after Islamic extremists overran an African Union military base in Somalia, shaken residents of an […]

By Erica Werner THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama is just one Senate vote shy of being able to declare success on the Iran […]

By Christopher Torchia THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OLIFANTSVALLEI, South Africa _ One American bow and arrow hunter who travelled with his wife to a South African wildlife […]

NASSAU, Bahamas (AP)_ The Bahamas has unveiled a new national park to help protect the winter homes of endangered Atlantic Coast shorebirds. The Joulter Cays National […]

EORGETOWN, Guyana _ U.N. officials are visiting the South American country of Guyana to help settle a border dispute with neighbouring Venezuela. The office of Guyana […]

By Bashir Adigun THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ABUJA, Nigeria _ Nigeria’s former national security adviser pleaded not guilty Tuesday to charges of possessing weapons illegally. Sambo Dasuki […]

ROSEAU, Dominica (AP)_ International aid has been pouring into Dominica following the devastating passage of Tropical Storm Erika but the government says it still faces a […]