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Three Maryland men presenting themselves as pastors targeted church members and other investors in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded victims out of more than $28 million, according to a federal indictment unsealed Friday.

The Carter Center, an organization founded by former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, has worked for decades to ensure fair elections in Africa, Latin America and Asia.

Tanzanias main opposition parties are alleging sabotage by authorities after dozens of candidates for parliament were disqualified for the October elections.

Two people were killed when a small plane crashed Friday into a Florida public storage building, officials said.

Mexican comic actor Manuel Valds, known by his nickname El Loco or The Crazy One, has died at the age of 89, the national association of actors announced Friday.

Thousands of people took part in a march in Washington on Friday to denounce racism, on the anniversary of the march in 1963 where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr made his historic 'I Have a Dream' speech.

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling says she is returning an award from a human rights group linked to the Kennedy family after the president of the organization criticized her comments about transgender issues.

A Tesla driver, whose car was on Autopilot mode, was watching a movie on his phone when he crashed into a sheriffs deputy car, the North Carolina State Highway Patrol said.

Herbalife, a Los Angelesbased health and nutrition company, bribed Chinese government officials for a decade to grow its overseas business and falsified accounting records to cover up the payments, U.S. prosecutors said Friday in announcing corruption cha...

Restrictions on movement because of the coronavirus have put the brakes on the search for thousands of disappeared people across Latin America, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Friday.

Thousands of people gathered to march in Washington on Friday to denounce racism and protest police brutality on the anniversary of the march in 1963 where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr made his historic "I Have a Dream" speech.

Mali's West African neighbours said on Friday that sanctions they imposed over a coup there were needed to stamp out the "disease" of military takeovers, and that the officers who engineered the power grab should return to barracks.

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, facing a nearly threeweek popular uprising since a disputed election, threatened on Friday to cut off European transit routes across his country if sanctions are imposed.

The Philippines largest TV network broadcast its final newscasts Friday to millions of provincial viewers with announcers tearfully bidding goodbye after lawmakers voted to reject its license renewal.

A tanker that rescued 27 migrants at Maltas request three weeks ago, was still awaiting permission Friday to bring them to land, and supplies aboard were reportedly running low.

Mauro Lucio Costa wanted to do the right thing for the world's largest rainforest.