By Graham Dunbar THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ZURICH _ Swiss prosecutors opened criminal proceedings into FIFA’s awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, only hours after […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) _ Guyana’s prime minister says Cuba has pledged to help revive the South American country’s sluggish sugar industry. Moses Nagamootoo says Cuba will send […]

By David McFadden THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti _ Joseph-Marc Carel knows the danger of ferrying passengers on his small motorbike, sometimes two at a time, […]

By Rodney Muhumuza And Tom Odula THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KAMPALA, Uganda _ Several Kenyan police officers were killed in an attack Monday night by suspected Somali […]

By Cara Anna THE ASSOCIATED PRESS For months, the U.N.’s top human rights officials knew about allegations of child sexual abuse by French soldiers in Central […]

By Michelle Faul THE ASSOCIATED PRESS LAGOS, Nigeria _ Nigeria’s outgoing government has agreed to pay a debt of $800 million to resolve a months-long fuel […]

By Christopher Torchia THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JOHANNESBURG _ The rhino’s rescuers gave her a name: Hope. Poachers in South Africa had darted the rhino with a […]

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP)_ A former president of Guyana has been released on bail after being charged with inciting racial hatred. Bharrat Jagdeo was not required to […]

By Thomas Adamson THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CANNES, France _ It may be the most topical film at Cannes _ but “Mediterranea” _ a searing account of […]

PARAMARIBO, Suriname _ Suriname’s President Desi Bouterse is betting that Monday general elections to choose the South American country’s next Parliament will keep him and his […]

By Steve Peoples THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul reaches out in his most direct way yet to African-Americans in a new […]