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ATLANTA - Expressing pride in his own record of peace, former President Jimmy Carter warned that President Donald Trump should steer clear of any military action involving Syria or other world hot spo...

JOHANNESBURG - A new annual report on the death penalty calls sub-Saharan Africa a “beacon of hope” amid a decline in executions worldwide. Twenty countries across sub-Saharan Africa have ...

HALIFAX - A bill proposing changes to how Nova Scotia’s electoral map is drawn will proceed without amendments despite objections from Acadian groups. The Liberal majority on the legislatureR...

BEIJING - China’s government on Thursday denied President Xi Jinping’s promise of market-opening measures this week was aimed at settling a tariff dispute with Washington and said negotiat...

LONDON - Longtime British rock icon Cliff Richard’s case against the BBC’s coverage of a police raid at his home has begun in a London court. Richard is suing the broadcaster for its cover...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia has kicked off its first-ever fashion week with designs by Middle Eastern, Brazilian, U.S. and Russian designers, as well as shows by internationally renowned label...

PARIS - The director of the Cannes Film Festival called the Harvey Weinstein “an earthquake” - but he said that the quality of films, not gender quotas, remains the top factor in selecting...

LONDON - The international chemical weapons watchdog on Thursday confirmed Britain’s finding that a former Russian spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent, as Russia continued to d...

SRINAGAR, India - The girl, just 8 years old, was grazing her family’s ponies on a chilly January day in the forests of the Himalayan foothills when she was kidnapped. Her raped and mutilated bo...

PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of - Beachfront, five-star hotels? Skyscrapers just blocks from Kim Il Sung Square? North Korea is racing forward with major development projects s...