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In a bid to kick start Jamaica's chronically stagnant economy, the Caribbean country is wooing its citizens living abroad to invest in the island of their birth

A Brazilian congressional human rights committee on Thursday approved legislation that would allow psychologists to treat homosexuality as a disorder or pathology

U.S. senators are urging Secretary of State John Kerry to order a review of aid for Honduras' police and military amid allegations of abuse and human rights violations

A bipartisan trio of key senators is demanding that President Barack Obama take more decisive action to stem the military advance by Syrian President Bashar Assad's forces.

Argentina's Supreme Court has struck down key elements of a judicial reform the government hoped would rapidly make the courts more responsive to majority rule.

Exploding shells set off a fire that was triggering explosions at a military depot in southern Russia, injuring about 30 people and causing the evacuation of more than 6,000 from a nearby village, investigators said.

Under the watchful eye of stern-faced American advisers, hundreds of U.S.-trained Jordanian commandos fanned across a dusty desert plain, holding war games that could eventually form the basis of an assault in Syria.

The Security Council president says the U.N. is likely to expand its peacekeeping force in the disputed Golan Heights with more troops and heavy weapons.

The daughter of a prominent Cuban dissident, who died in a car crash, said her family decided to seek refuge in the U.S. after facing continued repression in their home country.

A federal appeals court judge said it's time for President Obama and Congress to consider a different approach to the handling of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay Naval prison.

Italy's highest court on Tuesday explained why it reversed the acquittal of American student Amanda Knox -- saying the decision acquitting her of murder was full of contradictions.

Israeli and global leaders, local celebrities and Hollywood superstars celebrated under one roof to honor Israeli President Shimon Peres for his upcoming 90th birthday.

A new report said Tuesday that piracy affected more ships and sailors off the coast of West Africa than off Somalia's coast last year -- and totaled nearly $1 billion.

Many exchange shops closed in Damascus on Tuesday, fearing more chaos a day after the Syrian currency plunged to a new record low -- reflecting fears in the capital following a U.S. decision to arm rebel groups.

An eyewitness on Tuesday said that as many as 800 people were attending a funeral when a suicide bomber struck -- and killed nearly 30 people.

Massive protests that Egypt's opposition plans for June 30 are taking on a dangerous edge -- as opponents of President Mohammed Morsi feel that this may be the best and perhaps the last opportunity to drive him from power.

The host of the now-concluded G-8 summit, Britain's David Cameron, said Tuesday that it is "unthinkable" that Bashar Assad might play a role in Syria's future government.

President Barack Obama on Tuesday opened a 24-hour visit to Germany, the culmination of which will be a speech on Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate.

The committee monitoring U.N. sanctions against Libya said a son and daughter of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi violated a U.N. travel ban when they moved from Algeria to Oman.

Israel's prime minister said Tuesday that the international community must keep applying pressure on Iran, particularly because of the new election of a reformist president.

President Barack Obama said the opening of a Taliban political office in Qatar is an important first step toward reconciliation between the group and Afghanistan's government. But he says the process won't be quick or easy.

President Obama and French President Francois Hollande believe they have strong evidence of chemical weapon use by the Syrian government, and are discussing potential next steps to calm the violence in that nation's ongoing civil war.

British police said Tuesday that the chief foreign correspondent for The Sun has been charged with making corrupt payments to public officials -- in the latest of a series of bribery-related charges filed against members of the tabloid.

Prosecutors are investigating a Romanian pop singer's claim that she was beaten up by her manager-boyfriend after a dispute over money -- igniting a debate about domestic violence in the conservative European nation.

The widow of a banking executive who was murdered in Puerto Rico has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against his employer's CEO and other high-ranking officials.

The foreign ministers of Egypt and Ethiopia say their countries have agreed to start consultations aimed at resolving their conflict over Ethiopia's huge dam.

Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk says the world's three biggest shipping container operators have entered an alliance to reduce fuel consumption.

A Pakistani spokesman says a bomb blast at a funeral in northwestern Pakistan has killed 12 people.

State media say a bus carrying 35 people has plunged into a valley in western China, killing at least 11 people.

Russia is prohibiting all adoption by same-sex couples and also banning the adoption of Russian children by single people or unmarried couples.