Afghan peace marchers arrive in Kabul as Taliban end ceasefireDozens of peace protesters arrived in Kabul on Monday after walking hundreds of kilometres across war-battered Afghanistan, as the Taliban ended an unprecedented ceasefire and resumed attacks in parts...
Colombia president-elect vows to unite nation, alter peace dealColombia’s President-elect Ivan Duque, who swept aside leftist Gustavo Petro in Sunday’s election, pledged to unite his South American nation after a divisive campaign but insisted he would change a l...
US lawmakers want to end ‘evil’ migrant family separationsDemocratic lawmakers vowed Sunday to end the “evil” separation of migrant children from their parents at the US border, as First Lady Melania Trump made a rare political plea to end the deeply controv...
Afghan Taliban frown at militants’ Eid ceasefire selfiesThe Afghan Taliban are angry at their members swapping selfies with soldiers and government officials during their three-day ceasefire, a senior Taliban official said on Monday, after the militants ro...
Once a symbol of Somoza-era torture, Nicaragua prison holds protestersFor days, Maria Magdalena Saldana has hooked a gold chain encircling her waist to the gate bulwarking one of Nicaragua’s most notorious prisons. And she vows to stay there — consuming nothing but wate...
Three dead as strong quake shakes Japan’s OsakaA powerful quake rocked Japan’s second city of Osaka on Monday, killing three people including a nine-year-old girl and injuring scores of others, according to an official tally. Television images sho...
‘Yugonostalgia’ drives iconic Yugo car tours“Join us comrade!” tourists are warmly greeted, as they climb into a vintage car that is no longer produced for a visit back in time to a country that no longer exists. As a symbol of the former Yugos...
Australia PM’s popularity rises, but party still lags: pollAustralian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s personal popularity is at its highest level in two years, an opinion poll showed on Monday, but his government still trails the opposition a month before c...
Turkey’s jailed pro-Kurdish candidate in first TV appearance for 20 monthsThe jailed presidential candidate for Turkey’s pro-Kurdish opposition made his first television appearance in over a year and a half on Sunday, giving a campaign speech ahead of next week’s elections....
Landslides, flash floods as monsoon batters southern MyanmarFlooding in southern Myanmar has caused a landslide at a famed Buddhist pagoda, submerged homes and displaced hundreds of people as monsoon rains batter the country. Several parts of Myanmar’s souther...
Trump adviser Roger Stone reveals new meeting with RussianSpecial counsel Robert Mueller is examining a previously undisclosed meeting between longtime Donald Trump confidante Roger Stone and a Russian figure who allegedly tried to sell him dirt on Hillary C...
Mexican presidential front-runner vows to consult public about airport’s futureMexican presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday that if he wins the July 1 election, he will aim to hold a public vote before taking office on whether to finish building a...
Israeli planes strike Hamas targets in GazaIsraeli warplanes on Monday conducted strikes against nine Hamas “military targets” in the northern Gaza Strip in response to incendiary kites being sent into Israeli territory, the army said. The att...
volcano search called off with nearly 200 unaccounted forAuthorities on Sunday called off a search for the nearly 200 people missing since Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted earlier this month, devastating the surrounding countryside. Officials have confirme...
Giuliani says Trump may consider pardons after Russia probeDonald Trump's lawyer Rudy Giuliani said Sunday the president might pardon his jailed, onetime campaign chairman and others ensnared in the Russia investigation once special counsel Robert Mueller's w...
Jewish artifacts disappear from Damascus in fog of Syria warJewish artifacts, including ancient parchment torahs from one of the world's oldest synagogues, have gone missing from the Syrian capital amid the tumult of ongoing civil war, with some precious items...
Plane, governor’s house torched in PNG violencePapua New Guinea has declared a state of emergency in its rugged Southern Highlands after an armed mob went on the rampage, torching a passenger plane and the local governor's house. Police said crowd...
In DC primary, minimum wage is the main topic of discussionThe mayor and congressional delegate may top the ballot in Washington, D.C.'s primary on Tuesday, but the real drama for voters has to do with waiters, waitresses, bartenders and busboys. Incumbent Ma...
S Korea holds war games to defend against JapanSouth Korea on Monday began two days of war games to practise defending the disputed Dokdo islands off its east coast -- against an unlikely attack by Japan. The drills come just days after President...
Spanish king’s brother-in-law turns himself in to serve prison sentenceThe Spanish king's brother-in-law was jailed Monday after losing an appeal against a graft conviction, the prison authorities said. Inaki Urdangarin, the husband of King Felipe's sister Cristina, ente...