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...
Scottish independence: UK government ‘will not grant indyref2 co...
Theresa May's deputy has said the Scottish Parliament will not be given the power to hold a...
Racism row over Trieste half-marathon
Organisers of the Trieste half-marathon have reversed a ban on professional African athlet...
US jury awards $2bn damages in Roundup weedkiller cancer claim
A jury in California has awarded more than $2bn (£1.5bn) to a couple who said the wee...
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...
Syria conflict: Trump ‘committed to defeating IS’, says Lindsey Graham
A top Republican has said US President Donald Trump remains committed to defeating Islamic State (IS) in Syria, despite his plan t...
Polar vortex claims eight lives as US cold snap continues
At least eight people have died in the US Midwest as the region shivers in the grip of its worst cold snap in decades. An Iowa st...
George W Bush leads tributes to father with emotional eulogy at state funeral
George HW Bush has been celebrated with praise and loving humour as America bade farewell to the country's 41st president and the la...
Visually Impaired Photography Workshop Sponsored by Her Highness Sheikha Arwa Al Qassimi
This past summer, Sightsavers—a development organization that focuses on preventing blindness when it can be prevented, restoring s...
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...
Australia deports French man who was found with extremist propaganda
Rare painting by Dutch Renaissance artist Hieronymus Bosch found in Kansas
NHS fines for 1.7 million people overturned, watchdog finds
US issues treatment guidelines for infants exposed to Zika
Unicef Report Finds Female Genital Cutting to Be Common in Indonesia
