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Cuba’s first transsexual public official has taken office after being elected earlier this month to the municipal government of the city of Caibarien in the province of Villa Clara.

In France, election results show Jean-François Copé has defeated François Fillon to lead the Union for a Popular Movement, or UMP.

The U.N. International Court of Justice ruled Monday that Colombia has sovereignty over several disputed islands in the Caribbean also claimed by Nicaragua.

Some unnamed sources hoped that Svetlana Alliluyeva, who came to the U.S., would inspire other dissatisfied Soviets to escape.

Save the Children estimates 200k kids will be living in unsuitable conditions and may succumb to the cold as winter approaches.

Now in week two of the conflict, negotiations in Cairo have broken down, as the death toll in Gaza climbs to 100.

Honor killings are widespread in India, among all ethnic groups and religions, but especially so in rural Bihar.

Columbia’s Farc rebel group announced Monday during peace talks in Havana with the government that it will cease hostilities with the military for two months.

In a letter to Obama Monday, almost 100 House Republicans said Rice intentionally misled Americans in the days after the Benghazi attack.

Ohio lawmakers are attempting to - once again - defund Planned Parenthood and pass the controversial Heartbeat Bill, while stalling sex education legislation.

In a new interview with GQ, Rep. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) discusses his love for rap music, and why the genre has faltered.

The rebel group M23 launched an offensive against Goma, where DR Congo troops and U.N. peacekeepers are mounting a resistance.

Lance Gilman, the owner of infamous Nevada brothel Mustang Ranch, won an election for county commissioner despite the nature of his business.

The veteran reporter was sent flying forward as he avoided a nearby artillery round.

After legalizing recreational pot, the states look to head off a federal crackdown.

Friends say Paula Broadwell is "devastated" by the fallout from the Petraeus scandal.

The man who paid girls to attend Silvio Berlusconi's infamous bunga bunga parties has been kidnapped -- and released, possibly for a giant ransom. No one knows.

Barack Obama's friendly kiss of Aung Sang Suu Kyi may not have intended to offend, but public displays of affection are discouraged across Asia.

San Francisco may have to put its clothes back on after a public nudity ban gets voted on Tuesday.

Newt Gingrich and Bobby Jindal have been intensely critical of Mitt Romney's claim that the Obama campaign gave voters "gifts" -- in the form of funding -- in exchange for votes.

Tea Party favorite West refuses to concede to Dem Murphy, despite a recount that showed he lost by a bigger margin than originally recorded.

GOP govs were waiting to see what a President Romney would do to Obamacare. Now they are mulling the law's insurance exchanges.

For the Shiva Sena Hindu nationalist movement, the death of the organization's founder means an uncertain future.

The latest presidential election and cable TV news coverage underscored the extremely polarized state of politics in the contemporary U.S.

As former possessions of the British Empire, India and Ireland have enjoyed long political and cultural links.

U.S. President Barack Obama Monday lauded the courage of fellow Nobel Peace laureate and Myanmarese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has relentlessly fought for establishing democracy in the former pariah country.

In his historic visit to Myanmar Monday, U.S. President Barack Obama hailed the country’s shift to democracy and pushed for further reforms.

Eleven civilians, including nine members of a family, were killed Sunday in the deadliest single strike by the Israeli air force since the cross-border firing started Wednesday between the Palestine Hamas and Israel in the Gaza strip, news agencies reported.

A wave of suicides prompted a law offering two-year protection for needy families. But no one knows what will happen if the economy fails to recover.