Justice Breyer robbed at West Indies vacation home

Venezuela

Capriles says he’s ready for the election fight against Chávez

A day after winning the opposition primary, Henrique Capriles Randoski said he has the support of the peopl...

Americas

Details remain before free trade accords with Panama, Colombia can go into effect

Jose Fernandez, U.S. assistant secretary for economic and business affairs, says details for implementation...

DEFENSE

Obama budget trims Southcom funding

Defense Department proposes cutting Southcom’s 2013 budget by not quite 4 percent

Haiti

Leaders of Caribbean Community, U.N. Security Council arrive in Haiti

Leaders of the 15-member Caribbean Community, of which Haiti is a part, joined U.N. Security Council membe...

VENEZUELA

Henrique Capriles wins opposition primary

In the first unified opposition primary, Venezuelans chose Henrique Capriles Radonski, a state governor, to...

United Nations

U.N. Security Council travels to Haiti

A delegation arrives Monday in Haiti at a time when the relationship between Haitians and the U.N. peacekee...

VENEZUELA

Venezuelans choose Capriles to oppose Chávez

Venezuelans turned out in force for the first ever unified opposition primary. All candidates in the five-m...

Venezuela

Venezuelan polls close amid vote to choose Chávez rival

Venezuela

Venezuela’s Capriles favored in Sunday’s primary election

Argentina: UK sent nuclear sub to Falklands

Argentina said Friday it has information that Britain sent a nuclear-armed submarine to the South Atlantic ...

Israel OKs tourist center in tense Arab area

The Israeli government says it has given a hardline Jewish group permission to build a new archaeological c...

Report: Moroccan gets 3 years for anti-king video

A Moroccan court has convicted a student of "violating the sacred values" of the kingdom and sentenced him ...

Colombian priests hire hitmen in alleged suicide

Colombia's prosecutors office says two Catholic priests hired hitmen to kill the priests themselves when at...

Iraq-born Islamist cleric in Norway terror trial

Norwegian prosecutor Geir Evanger says an Iraqi-born cleric faces up to 20 years in prison for allegedly ma...

IOM says Sudanese deal struck over resettlement

The International Organization for Migration says Sudan and South Sudan have signed a deal allowing half a ...

Court activism sign of power shift in Pakistan

A newly assertive Supreme Court is taking on the Pakistani government and army in a series of high-profile ...

Uganda seizes ivory, animal parts at border

Officials in Uganda say they have seized nearly 360 pounds (162 kilograms) of ivory and other animal parts ...

4 soldiers killed in Senegal's restive south

A military spokesman says four soldiers have been killed by separatist rebels in the country's restive south.

Maldives museum reopens minus smashed Hindu images

The Maldives' national museum reopened Tuesday without some of its most valuable exhibits a week after a mo...

Bangkok blast wounds Iranian attacker, 4 others

An Iranian man carrying grenades blew off his own legs and wounded four civilians in Bangkok on Tuesday aft...

Turkish troops kill 15 rebels, suffer 2 losses

A clash in Turkey's mostly Kurdish southeast has left 15 Kurdish rebels and two Turkish soldiers dead, offi...

Federal budget

Republican-controlled Congress won’t pass Obama’s budget

President Obama’s budget proposal contains tax hikes on the wealthy, but have no chance of passing t...

2012 U.S. SENATE RACE

Connie Mack talks ‘thugocrats,’ touts top congressional support in Hialeah

Senate candidate Connie Mack touts the support of Miami’s top Republican Hispanic leaders, who credi...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Lawmakers cast symbolic vote for Haitians

The Florida Senate departed from its relative silence on immigration issues Monday, passing a memorial tha...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

State Sen. Gary Siplin: political survivor in state capitol

State Sen. Gary Siplin is a Democrat who cuts deals with Republicans and brings home dollars for his inner-...

JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS

Miami federal judge likely to be confirmed, but in messy process

The judicial nomination of Adalberto Jose Jordan is being held up in the Senate over a dispute involving ot...

Obama's budget frames election choices, doesn't solve long-term problems

President Barack Obama's proposed federal budget is more campaign commercial than governing document.

Politics

Obama’s reversal of fortune

Despite Obama’s vow, the 1 percent will fuel campaign 

Broward County

Convicted Commissioner Josephus Eggelletion’s prison release may be delayed

Political scene

Miami-Dade commissioner tries to change Head Start vote

When Miami-Dade commissioners voted last month to outsource the county’s Head Start program for pre-...

Political scene

Portion of Miami Commission meeting takes place en español

Change for seniors can be a challenge, and their worries about a new company providing transportation servi...

2012 FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

Tallahassee tax cuts put squeeze on cities

As the Florida Legislature pushes business-friendly tax cuts, local governments are being left with the bi...