Talks between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (known by its Spanish abbreviation, ELN) are resuming after three years. The talks being held

Last week 60 South African Post Office (SAPO) employees marched to Parliament in Cape Town demanding that their medical aid and pension fund contributions be

Zimbabwe is proposing changing the terms of a $3.5 billion compensation deal signed with former white farmers two years ago, after twice missing agreed-upon payments.

Irene Cara, known particularly for her musical contributions to the phenomenally popular 1980s movies Fame and Flashdance, has died. She was 63. According to her

Retired bishop and longtime Hong Kong democracy advocate Cardinal Joseph Zen was convicted of failing to register a fund providing aid to antigovernment protesters. The

A ceasefire to the fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been declared by the leaders of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Angola and

Municipal workers in Saudi Arabia’s second-largest city rushed to pump water and clear damage on Friday after flooding from torrential rains killed at least two

China is increasingly grappling with the consequences of its “Belt and Road” initiative, including corruption, resentment, political instability and violence. In April a woman blew

This week the Pentagon issued a warning to Turkey, that the country’s airstrikes against Kurdish forces in North-eastern Syria were endangering U.S. troops and might

Three women were among 12 people flogged in front of thousands of onlookers at a football stadium in eastern Afghanistan, having been found guilty of