Henrique Meirelles, a former finance minister in unpopular President Michel Temer's government, joined Brazil's presidential race Thursday, promising market reforms to rebuild the battered economy. Meirelles, 72, is offering Brazil continuity after a tumultuous few years that saw the...

 Exiled opposition leader Moise Katumbi, who is seeking to return to the Democratic Republic of Congo to contest elections, will be refused entry to the country, Ghislain Robert Lubara, mayor of his former stronghold of Lubumbashi said Thursday. The former governor of the...

(HRW)- The de facto authorities of two areas of northeast Syria are unlawfully restricting the movement of people who escaped from Islamic State (also known as ISIS)-held areas in displacement camps, Human Rights Watch said today. Authorities from the Syrian Democratic Council, a...

Zimbabwe's ruling party signaled victory in the presidential election Thursday, telling the opposition a day after deadly violence that "we should all lose graciously," while an anxious country awaited the results, which the electoral commission said would come out "very soon."...