International

Bern, Switzerland (AFP) -- Swiss prosecutors are investigating 53 cases of possible money laundering as they look into FIFA's handling of bids for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, officials said Wednesday. Attorney general Michael Lauber said…

Athens, Greece (AFP) -- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras charged Tuesday the International Monetary Fund had "criminal responsibility" for Greece's debt crisis and called on the country's European creditors to assess the IMF's policies.…

Geneva, Switzerland (AP) -- Former FIFA executive committee member Chuck Blazer agreed to act undercover for US prosecutors and has been cooperating since at least 2011 in the government's investigation of soccer corruption. Blazer's…

Los Angeles, United States (AFP) -- A US civil rights activist resigned Monday from a post at the country's leading African American advocacy group amid allegations she is white but has masqueraded for years as being black. Rachel…

New York, United States (CMC) -- A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World Bank shows that millions of people in the Caribbean and the Americas do not have access to essential health services. The report says six…

Florida, United States -- United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials have nabbed a 38-year-old woman who travelled from Jamaica with over two pounds of cocaine hidden inside fried fish. The woman, whose nationality and…

Berlin (AP) -- The United Nations' human rights chief is urging European nations to accept more refugees and to do more to fight prejudice and discrimination against migrants once they arrive. Zeid Raad al-Hussein told the UN Human Rights…

Paris, France (AFP) -- The head of FIFA's audit and compliance unit said on Sunday that changes at the top of world football's governing body were "indispensable" following reports Sepp Blatter might go back on his decision to resign. "For…

(CNN) -- A U.S. plane carried out a strike inside Libya on Sunday, reportedly killing a key terror figure in North Africa, U.S. and Libyan officials said. The target was Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a veteran Islamist fighter affiliated with al…

Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia (AFP) -- Four Western tourists were ordered deported from Malaysia on Friday after pleading guilty to obscenity charges for taking nude photos on a popular climbing peak, an act some in the country blamed for causing…

Lyons, France (AFP) -- Interpol on Friday pulled out of a multi-million-euro deal with FIFA to promote "integrity" in sport, as the corruption scandal engulfing the world's football governing body left it increasingly isolated. The…

Rome, Italy -- Suriname was recognized on June 7 for its efforts in achieving the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target to halve the proportion of hungry people by a 2015 deadline, or bring it below the five percent threshold, according…

Seattle (AP) -- Dozens of government officials and researchers from a half-dozen US states and a few countries that have legalized marijuana or are at least thinking about it are gathering in Washington state this week for meetings focused…

Geneva, Switzerlad (AP) -- FIFA's top spokesman left his job Thursday, hours after Sepp Blatter was urged to do the same by the European Parliament. FIFA communications director Walter De Gregorio, closely tied to the embattled FIFA…

Florida, United States (CMC) -- The United States Customs and Border Protection Agency (CBP) says agents at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport in Florida have intercepted a passenger who arrived on a flight from Jamaica with 54…