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...
Pittsburgh shooting: Multiple casualties at Squirrel Hill synagogue
BBC News Eleven people have been killed, officials say, in a gun attack on a synagogue ...
Migrant caravan: Girl dies in custody after crossing Mexico-US border
The Guatemalan girl, who arrived in the US last week as part of a group of migrants, died ...
US mail bombs: Cesar Sayoc charged after campaign against Trump critic...
BBC News A 56-year-old man has been arrested in Florida in connection with a mail-bombing...
Gunman kills five people in bank in Sebring, Florida
A gunman has killed five people at a bank in Florida, police say. They say officers responded after a man called police from ins...
Mount Etna erupts in Sicily amid dozens of tremors
Europe's most active volcano, Mount Etna in Sicily, erupted on Monday, with officials reporting more than 130 earthquakes of up to...
Felicity Huffman: Desperate Housewives star charged in exam cheating scheme
Desperate Housewives star Felicity Huffman is among at least 40 people charged in a US college cheating scam, according to unseale...
Venezuela: Thousands join rival rallies as power cuts continue
Rival demonstrations are taking place in Venezuela in response to calls by opposition leader Juan Guaidó and President Nicolás M...
Algeria army urges removal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Algeria's army chief of staff has demanded President Abdelaziz Bouteflika be declared unfit to rule after weeks of protests agains...
Pope’s year-end message warns about ‘tyranny of evil’
VATICAN CITY – In the final hours of 2015, Pope Francis is encouraging humanity to hang on to recollections of good deeds, so that...
Michael Kovrig arrest: Canadian held in China ‘not allowed to turn lights off ‘
US Secretary of State Pompeo visits Iraq amid Iran tensions
Ethics committee raises alarm over ‘predictive policing’ tool
Australia deports French man who was found with extremist propaganda
