Dozens of former FARC fighters abandon ‘reincorporation’ village in Colombia after death threats
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Dozens of former guerrilla fighters and their families were forced to abandon their village in southern Colombia on Tuesday,...
Cleanup hopes for neighbors of Mexico’s ‘toilet bowl’ wastewater dam
On the banks of a wastewater dam in central Mexico, under a dense cloud of mosquitoes, Yury Uribe is finally seeing hope after...
Philippines Says Ex-Mayor Alice Guo Who’s Linked to Money Laundering Seen in Indonesia
(Bloomberg) -- The Philippines said a former local official embroiled in alleged money laundering through China-centric online casinos has left the country, and...
British billionaire among missing people after storm in Italy sinks superyacht
British billionaire Mike Lynch is among the six missing passengers of the Bayesian, Lynch’s 184-foot superyacht, which sank off the coast of Sicily,...
Top Thai Opposition Party Seeks to Rein in Constitutional Court’s Power After Political Upheaval
(Bloomberg) -- Thailand’s biggest opposition party will push to curb the sweeping power of the Constitutional Court, which this month caused fresh upheaval...
Putin makes surprise trip to Chechnya amid Ukraine’s cross-border incursion
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday made an unscheduled trip to Chechnya, a mainly Muslim republic within the Russian Federation,...
French Caretaker Government Readies Stable Budget for Next Year
(Bloomberg) -- France’s caretaker government is preparing a stable budget for next year that would help the country meet a target to narrow...
A Dutch woman is rescued and 2 people are missing after a small plane...
BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) — A small plane crashed into Lake Malawi on Tuesday with three people onboard, the government in Malawi said. A...
Missing Scissors Shut Down Japan’s Second-Largest Airport For Two Hours
A missing pair of scissors brought an international airport in Japan to a standstill last Saturday. The unusual security situation at New Chitose...
Russian forces claim another town captured in east Ukraine
Russia's military says it has captured a small town in eastern Ukraine called Niu-York, as part of its push towards big population centres...
