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Haitian President Jovenel Moise was shot dead by gunmen with heavycaliber weapons in his private residence overnight on Wednesday, sparking an international outcry amid fears of a descent into chaos in the impoverished Caribbean nation.

A twoweek COVID19 lockdown in Australia's largest city of Sydney will be extended for another week in a bid to contain an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta virus variant, local media reported on Wednesday.

Malian authorities have sought an international arrest warrant for the son of ousted President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, two legal sources in Mali said on Tuesday, in a case linked to the disappearance of a journalist in 2016.

The U.S. government on Tuesday extended Yemeni eligibility for a humanitarian program that grants deportation relief and work permits to immigrants already in the United States who cannot safely return to their home countries.

Hong Kongers in Canada are banding together to help the latest wave of immigrants fleeing Beijing's tightening grip on their city.

A white police officer who fatally shot Sam DuBose, a Black motorist, in Cincinnati in 2015 won't face federal civil rights charges following a fouryear review, authorities said Friday.

The Biden administration is exploring having three Central Asian countries temporarily provide refuge from the Taliban for thousands of Afghans who worked with U.S. forces now that American troops are withdrawing after 20 years, three sources familiar wit...

OPEC+ will resume talks on Monday after failing to reach a deal on oil output policy for a second day running on Friday because the United Arab Emirates blocked some aspects of the pact.

An Azerbaijan court on Friday sentenced 14 members of Armenia's armed forces to jail terms, finding them guilty of illegally crossing the border between the two countries.

Mexicans living abroad sent home a record amount of money in May, topping $4.5 billion in a month for the first time, Mexicos central bank said Thursday.

The woman who was with a Black man when he was fatally shot by members of a U.S. Marshals Service task force during an arrest attempt last month said through her attorneys Thursday that the law enforcement officers were not in uniform and did not identif...

Efforts among a handful of states to hold police accountable for brutality and misconduct are expanding Thursday as New Mexico opens the door to civil rights lawsuits against government agencies in state court.

A victim of torture by Chicago police officers under the command of convicted perjurer Jon Burge has filed a federal lawsuit against city officials and Cook County prosecutors, lawyers for Jackie Wilson announced Wednesday.

A top Venezuelan businessman close to President Nicolas Maduro's government has sued the U.S. Department of Treasury, alleging he's the victim of a false campaign identifying him as a international narcotics kingpin.

New York City election officials created doubt about the integrity of the city's mayoral primary Tuesday when a failure to clear old data from a computer system led to inaccurate vote tallies in the closely watched contest.

U.S. officials will close four emergency facilities set up to house record numbers of migrant children crossing the Mexican border alone but cautioned Tuesday that minors were still arriving.