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The U.S. is heaping new pressure on Russia to change course and support international action in Syria, warning that intransigence by Moscow may lead to open civil war that could spill across the... more

Samoa says it will release 35 prisoners as an act of forgiveness as it celebrates its 50th anniversary of independence.Samoa's head of state made the announcement Friday as he spoke to thousands... more

Their fingers were stiff from the cold, and two musicians got altitude sickness. But the performance atop a Himalayan peak in Nepal was inspired by a sensational view as they laid claim to the... more

Leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador appears to be gaining ground going into the final month of Mexico's presidential race, polls indicated Thursday, and analysts said student protests might be... more

An opposition senator's decision to seek exile in the Brazilian Embassy aims to embarrass President Evo Morales ahead of an Organization of American States' meeting in the Andean country,... more

An armed man in Brazil has heisted an 18-carat gold-plated vibrator selling for $4,000 at a luxury sex shop.Police say he walked into the Erotica Luxo store in Brasilia, tied up a clerk and took... more

Syria on Thursday blamed up to 800 rebel fighters for the massacre in central Syria last week that killed more than 100 people, nearly half of them children, in its most comprehensive explanation... more

The European Union urged Spain on Thursday to come clean on how it plans to finance the overhaul of its banking sector, warning that uncertainty over this has contributed the recent market turmoil... more

A Brazilian court has rejected a request from prosecutors that Shell Brasil SA and chemical company BASF SA deposit $500 million into a fund for workers allegedly contaminated at an agricultural... more

An electricity company developing a $7 billion project to power central Chile by damming Patagonian rivers is threatening to suspend its work until the government helps create public support for... more

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Syria Thursday to stop its attacks, saying U.N. observers monitoring the cease-fire were not there to watch the killing of innocent people."We are... more

Four men have confessed they killed a Swiss woman after she began to investigate the finances of an orphanage in northern Haiti, a police official said Thursday.Carl-Henri Boucher, a police chief... more

The tiny Caribbean island of Montserrat no longer wants the United Nations to list it as a colony.Premier Reuben Meade says the island of 5,000 people is an overseas British territory by choice... more

Venezuela's military bombed 36 clandestine airstrips in the South American country's southern plains during May as part of an effort to shut down air routes used by drug smugglers, a top... more

New commercial satellite images suggest that Iran has demolished two buildings at a military site where it is suspected of trying to erase evidence of a nuclear arms program, a U.S.... more

Guilty or not, Saturday's verdict in Hosni Mubarak's trial will likely deepen Egypt's polarization. Political tensions are already simmering in a heated runoff for president pitting the ousted... more

A private intelligence firm says the Somali militant group al-Shabab has threatened to bring down Kenya's skyscrapers within two weeks, a warning that followed a bomb attack in Nairobi's city... more

Egypt's notorious emergency law expired Thursday, ending 31 years of broad powers to detain and arrest for a police force accused of severely abusing its far-reaching authority.Since former... more

Saying yes could mean dooming Ireland to more long, hard years of austerity. But saying no could mean national bankruptcy next year.Ireland's debt-burdened voters confronted an existential dilemma... more

The French journalist newly freed by Colombian rebels says he has no plans to leave the conflict-scarred South American country he's called home for a decade.Romeo Langlois told a news conference... more

The swaggering gunmen operate as hired muscle for the Syrian regime, clutching rifles and daggers as they sweep through towns and villages, sometimes after regular military troops have pulled... more

Security forces will not hesitate to use lethal force to restore order, said Tunisia's Interior Minister on Thursday, following a string of violent incidents around the country in recent weeks.His... more

The politician who led Lesotho for the last 14 years could soon be leading the opposition after his party failed to win a majority in parliament in weekend elections in this mountainous southern... more

Banners signed by a cult-like Mexican drug gang say that cartel members launched firebombing attacks on a PepsiCo. subsidiary because they believe the snack company let law-enforcement agents use... more

Prime Minister David Cameron's handling of Britain's tabloid phone hacking scandal faces new criticism after a minister assigned to make an impartial decision on a takeover deal by Rupert... more