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...
Thailand votes in first post-coup election
About 50 million voters are heading to the polls in Thailand for the first general election since the 2014 coup. Thailand has be...
US mail bombs: Cesar Sayoc charged after campaign against Trump critics
BBC News A 56-year-old man has been arrested in Florida in connection with a mail-bombing campaign aimed at critics of US Presiden...
Children die as foreign powers circle over Yemen’s shattered land
More than three years into Yemen’s war, the horrifying statistics induce a sense of hopelessness: 57,000 people killed, 14 million ...
Brumadinho dam collapse: ‘Little hope’ of finding missing in Brazil
About 300 people are missing after a dam collapsed at an iron ore mine in south-eastern Brazil, officials say. The break caused a...
G20: US and China agree to suspend new trade tariffs
The two men met in Buenos Aires after the G20 summit for their first talks since a trade war erupted this year. China says they ag...
France protests: PM Philippe suspends fuel tax rises
PM Edouard Philippe said that people's anger must be heard, and the measures would not be applied until there had been proper debate ...
Syria conflict: Trump ‘committed to defeating IS’, says Lindsey Graham
Iran offers prisoner swap for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
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
