Obama Praises Colombia’s Peace Efforts With Rebels and Seeks Big Aid Increase
WASHINGTON — President Obama welcomed President Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia to the White House on Thursday for a buoyant celebration of the $10 billion, 15-year American effort to help Colombia vanquish its violent drug cartels and end its festering guerrilla war. It was also a chance for tw...
5 Czechs Who Were Missing in Lebanon Arrive Home
PRAGUE — Five Czechs who had been missing in Lebanon since July and presumed kidnapped arr...
Motörhead frontman Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister dies at 70
Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, frontman of the British heavy metal band Motörhead, has died at ...
Toxic Loans Around the World Weigh on Global Growth
Beneath the surface of the global financial system lurks a multitrillion-dollar problem that...
Scottish trials to stop sea eagles stealing lambs
BBC News : Potential methods to deter Scotland's growing sea eagle population from stealing lambs are being trialled. After be...
Russian rescue amid deadly blaze on two cargo ships off Crimea
At least 11 people have died in a fire involving two Tanzanian-flagged cargo vessels in the Black Sea near the Kerch Strait, autho...
Mission Shakti: Space debris warning after India destroys satellite
The acting US defence secretary has warned that the testing of anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons can create a "mess" in space after In...
Venezuela crisis: White House ‘will respond to threats against diplomats’
The US has warned Venezuela that any threats against American diplomats or opposition leader Juan Guaidó will be met with "a sign...
Nottingham Prison inmate cuts prison officer’s throat
A prison officer had his throat cut by an inmate at HMP Nottingham, the Ministry of Justice has said. A prison officer had his ...
MI6 battling to stop Trump releasing top secret files
MI6 chiefs in Britain are secretly battling Donald Trump to stop him publishing classified information linked to the Russian electio...
Sudan crisis: Military council arrests former government members
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