By Michael Weissenstein THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HAVANA _ The Obama administration approved the first ferry service in decades between the United States and Cuba on Tuesday, […]

JOHANNESBURG (AP) _ Protesters in South Africa have blocked off the road leading to the Soweto home of the late Nelson Mandela, in a demonstration against electricity […]

BUJUMBURA, Burundi (AP) _ A Kenyan official says ministers from the East African Community have travelled to Burundi to help seek a solution for the political unrest […]

By Farai Mutsaka THE ASSOCIATED PRESS HARARE, Zimbabwe _ Nurses in Zimbabwe are refusing to work the night shift in the southern African nation’s public hospitals […]

KINGSTON, Jamaica _ (AP)  U.S. Navy hospital ship is bringing state-of-the-art medical care to Jamaica as part of this year’s goodwill mission in the Caribbean and Latin […]

BISMARCK, N.D. _ A federal jury in North Dakota is deciding the fate of a man accused in a Jamaican lottery scam that authorities say cost […]

By Hippolyte Marboua THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Armed groups in Central African Republic have agreed to release any children they are holding and not to recruit child […]

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic _ Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested 13 people suspected of causing several forest fires across the Caribbean country. Environment Minister […]

By Danica Coto THE ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico _ Smoking marijuana for medicinal purposes will not be allowed in Puerto Rico, but cannabis derivatives […]

By Michael Rubinkam THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Two Delaware teenagers sickened by a banned pesticide that was sprayed at the Caribbean resort where they were staying are […]

The United Nations says “it is possible, it’s horribly possible” that more allegations of sexual abuse of children by French and other soldiers in Central African […]