A US Chamber of Commerce delegation is visiting in Cuba for the first time since 1999 in order to "assess the economic changes" on the communist-run island.

Trinidad and Tobago launches the first nationwide online learning project with Coursera

Egypt's former military chief is heading for an overwhelming victory in a presidential election marred by a low turnout, early vote counts show.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is a fugitive who should return to the US to face justice.

The US House of Representatives approves a bill to introduce sanctions against Venezuelan officials involved in human rights abuses.

A relative of the cane toad, which has devastated wildlife in Australia, has invaded Madagascar and could cause ecological disaster, scientists warn.

The US Navy describes as "speculative" claims that underwater pings thought linked to the missing Malaysian plane were probably not coming from the jet.

International medical aid teams are to arrive in eastern Sierra Leone to try to deal with an outbreak of the deadly and highly contagious Ebola virus.