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September 23, 2016

Wounds heal slowly in Colombian town engulfed by rebels

It's a sweltering afternoon and two young women cool off with a juice at a bright green-painted store and watering hole as ...

September 23, 2016

Russia FM: Cease-fire agreement must be preserved

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday laid the blame for a "bleeding Middle East and North Africa" on the U.S.

September 23, 2016

Colombia rebels unanimously approve peace accord with govt

Leaders of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia pledged their unanimous support on Friday to a peace agreement reached ...

September 23, 2016

UN Security Council backs nuke test ban implementation

With U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry invoking North Korea's latest nuclear explosion as a "reckless act of provocation," ...

September 23, 2016

The Latest: Congo FM insists elections will take place

The latest on the high-level U.N. General Assembly meetings (all times local): 9:30 p.m. Congo's foreign minister insists ...

September 22, 2016

Afghanistan signs draft peace deal with prominent warlord

Afghanistan's government signed a draft peace deal on Thursday with a designated "global terrorist" after lengthy ...

September 21, 2016

Another big cable company says it wants to do cellphones too

A day after cable giant Comcast said it planned to start selling cellphone service , rival Charter says it wants to have a ...

September 21, 2016

Paris Climate Change agreement passes key threshold

Thirty-one countries formally joined the Paris climate change pact Wednesday, bringing the total number of countries ...

September 21, 2016

US grants Airbus, Boeing a chance to sell airplanes to Iran

The U.S. government granted aviation giants Airbus and Boeing permission on Wednesday to sell aircraft to Iran following last ...

September 21, 2016

World leaders rage against neighbors on 2nd day of UN debate

World leaders from Pakistan to Ukraine unleashed their regional grievances Wednesday, taking the stage of the U.N.

September 21, 2016

US flies bombers over South Korea again in show of force

The United States on Wednesday flew a pair of supersonic bombers over ally South Korea for the second time in as many weeks ...

September 19, 2016

Egypt says it's in talks with China over $4B loan

An Egyptian Cabinet minister says the government is negotiating a $4 billion loan with China. Minister of International ...

September 19, 2016

Kenya: World court has no jurisdiction in Somalia dispute

Kenya says that the International Court of Justice has no jurisdiction in a case filed by Somalia covering a dispute over ...

September 18, 2016

Obama, Netanyahu to meet Wednesday on sidelines of UN summit

President Barack Obama plans to meet this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while both are in New York for ...

September 17, 2016

Colombia's FARC kicks off last congress as guerrilla army

The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia kicked off its last conference as a rebel army Saturday as it looks to transition ...

September 16, 2016

Senator says Israel made a mistake by signing security deal

The Republican senator who oversees the U.S. foreign aid budget said Friday that Israel made a mistake by signing a new $38 ...

September 16, 2016

Obama hosting political, business leaders for trade event

President Barack Obama will meet with a variety of political and business leaders as he continues to push for approval of the ...

September 15, 2016

US current account trade deficit narrows to $119.9 billion

The deficit in the nation's broadest measure of trade fell in the second quarter to the smallest amount since the final three ...

September 14, 2016

US, Israel sign massive military aid deal; $38B, 10 years

The United States on Wednesday signed an unprecedented new security agreement with Israel that will give the Israeli military ...