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Brazil's beauty extends way beyond sun, sand and samba. In the interior state of Minas Gerais, Brazil's heartland beckons.

In his election campaign, Donald Trump was lauded by fans -- and hammered by critics -- for saying out loud what many regular voters were thinking.

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama will visit United States President-elect Donald Trump after his inauguration, he told reporters on Wednesday.

There may be horses for courses but it seems there are also horses just for women.

Russia hopes to resume dialogue and bring relations with the US "back to a constructive course," according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov, who said it would be "hard to make them worse."

NATO has a big problem. And it's not President-elect Donald Trump. In the end, the alliance knows how to talk to him and it knows how to influence the security apparatus that sits round any president. No, the real challenge for NATO can be summed up in one word: Brexit.

The US government has identified a suspect believed to have been involved in the planning of ISIS attacks that rocked the French capital a year ago and Brussels, Belgium, in March.

A new movie documentary reveals Usain Bolt's highs and lows before making history at the Rio 2016 Olympics -- and one of his closest confidantes suggests a future in Hollywood is not out of the question for the world's fastest man.

Colombia's government and the FARC rebel group will sign a peace deal on Thursday, President Juan Manuel Santos has announced, following the collapse in October of a previous agreement to end the five-decade insurgency.

Five years ago, some young thrill-seekers went underground in London.

At least three people in Panama have died and four are missing as Hurricane Otto churns toward eastern Central America, Panamanian President Juan Carlos said.

Throughout the primaries and general election campaigns Donald Trump repeatedly criticized the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) as being a terrible deal for America. Now, as President-Elect, Trump has committed to withdrawing from the TPP immediately upon assuming office.

Beyond extending priests' ability to forgive abortion, the pontiiff may be signaling, after the American election, that Catholics should widen their focus to refugees and poor, writes Heidi Schlumpf.

The US State Department issued a travel alert Monday urging US nationals to exercise caution at holiday festivals, events and outdoor markets in Europe in the coming weeks, a day after French security services thwarted an ISIS-linked plot.

The strong earthquake and resulting tsunami in eastern Japan Monday did not result in significant damage or casualties, but it did produce an interesting and rare phenomenon known as a "tidal bore."

For Abdelrahman al-Azy the task was brutal but the justifications were simple. As a member of ISIS, he must follow the instructions of his local emir or commander. The order: to help kill a man in cold blood.

Russia faces "a number of challenges" before it can be readmitted to the World Anti-Doping Agency's program, the drug-testing body says.

Meetings between President-elect Donald Trump and the Japanese prime minister as well as a subsequent meeting with business partners from India are raising questions about how difficult it may be to untangle Trump's worldwide properties once he is sworn in.