By Nedra Pickler THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama awarded the Medal of Honor Tuesday to two World War I Army soldiers who may […]

By Christopher Torchia THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE TOWN, South Africa _ Against a backdrop of exclusive, sea-view apartments in Cape Town, South African and American researchers […]

By David McFadden THE ASSOCIATED PRESS KINGSTON, Jamaica _ A number of rank-and-file police officers in Jamaica walked off the job in a wage dispute with […]

By Gerald Imray THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE TOWN, South Africa _ While Africa’s senior teams have struggled to make an impact at the World Cup, the […]

JOHANNESBURG(AP) _ Conservationists say the elephant population in Mozambique has dropped nearly 50 per cent in the last five years because of poaching, but cite good […]

JERUSALEM (AP)_ Israeli lawmakers are looking to take steps to prevent online defamation after an Israeli public servant killed himself over an accusatory Facebook post. An […]

By Sylvie Corbet THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS (AP)_ The French president’s office says judicial authorities in France and Central African Republic are co-operating to investigate allegations […]

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 […]