The US Treasury Department on Thursday announced sanctions against three of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's stepsons, a Colombian businessman and six others for running a "corruption network" that profited from emergency food imports. The US has in recent months escalated sanctions...

The speaker of Tunisia’s parliament, Mohamed Ennaceur, said on Thursday said he would be the country’s temporary president, in line with the constitution. In his speech on national television, Ennaceur also called for unity after the death of Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid...

Sudanese protest leaders and their rebel partners have ended their differences over a power-sharing deal signed with the country's military rulers, vowing to work jointly for peace, a leading protest group said Thursday. On July 17, the umbrella protest movement signed a power-sharing...

Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello has announced he will resign Aug. 2, conceding power after nearly two weeks of furious protests and political upheaval touched off by a leak of crude and insulting chat messages between him and his top advisers. A crowd of thousands outside the governor's...