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...
Russia ‘paved way for Ukraine ship seizures with fake news drive...
The Kremlin launched a year-long disinformation campaign to soften up public opinion befor...
Motörhead frontman Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister dies at 70
Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister, frontman of the British heavy metal band Motörhead, has died at ...
Finland basic income trial left people ‘happier but jobless’
Giving jobless people in Finland a basic income for two years did not lead them to find work, researchers said. From January 2017...
Ukraine-Russia sea clash: Merkel rules out military solution
On Sunday Russia fired on three Ukrainian ships sailing towards the strait between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov, and seized thei...
Ethics committee raises alarm over ‘predictive policing’ tool
A computer tool used by police to predict which people are likely to reoffend has come under scrutiny from one force’s ethics...
Utrecht shootings: Hunt for gunman after attack on tram
A gunman has opened fire inside a tram and at several other locations in the Dutch city of Utrecht, authorities say. Several peop...
Tory leadership: Johnson says party on ‘final warning’
BBC News : Boris Johnson, the front-runner in the Tory leadership race, has said the party risks being "dismissed" if it does n...
US unleashes sanctions on Iran, hitting oil, banking and shipping
BBC News The Trump administration reinstated all sanctions removed under the 2015 nuclear deal, targeting both Iran and states t...
Crystal to refurbish historic SS United States to its former glory
Gray urges Toulouse to usurp Leinster in battle of Champions Cup royalty
