VENEZUELA-POLITICS CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela's outgoing congress has promoted a judge who drew international criticism by handing down a long prison term to opposition leader Leopoldo...

A French official says a new, possibly final draft of a landmark global deal to fight climate change has been completed after late-night negotiations and will be presented to world negotiators outside...

Fears are mounting that Islamic State terrorists could destroy an ancient Roman site in Libya which they have seized in their march towards the capital Tripoli and move closer to the West, Italian and...

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he telephoned Muammar Gaddafi and tried to persuade him to leave Libya as the Arab Spring erupted in 2011. Blair said Friday he was not trying to...

A little girl from Schenectady's Christmas wish is coming true. Sa'fyre Terry was the only survivor of a 2013 arson that took the lives of her father and three siblings. She also suffered severe...

CANADA-SYRIAN REFUGEES TORONTO — The first Canadian government plane carrying Syrian refugees arrives in Toronto where they will be greeted by Prime Minister Justin Turdeau, who is pushing...

Geneva police were "actively searching" for suspects in connection with an investigation into the Paris attacks last month, Swiss security officials said Thursday. Geneva's security department...

German police have arrested five South Koreans on suspicion of murder following the death of a relative in an exorcism ritual in the city of Frankfurt, prosecutors said Thursday. Officers...

CONGRESS-BERGDAHL WASHINGTON — House Republicans claim the Obama administration misled Congress about the effort to release five Taliban detainees at Guantanamo Bay for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe...

Boxing great Muhammad Ali on Wednesday criticized Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the United States, calling on Muslims "to stand up to those...