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Trump to impose sanctions over Turkey's detaining of pastor   Tensions rise between Turkey and the US over Andrew Craig Brunson, who was charged by a Turkish court with committing crimes, including spying for terrorist groups. American...

Canada to legalise recreational use of marijuana   Canada will become the second country in the world to make marijuana legal nationwide when the bill is signed into law in September, making it legal for Canadians...

Cosby and accuser were lovers, his lawyers say   Bill Cosby opted not to testify and his lawyer said the relationship he and his accuser had was that of lovers who had enjoyed secret "romantic interludes." Bill Cosby's trial...

Peru is hotbed for Venezuelan dissidents By Jim Wyss   Lima, Peru As a parade of Venezuelan opposition figures took the stage in a Peruvian suburb this week, more than a thousand of their exiled countrymen burst into...

US military rushes to defuse looming crisis in Kirkuk after Iraqi army advances Martin Chulov in Erbil, Julian Borger in Washington and Saeed Kamali Dehghan in London   US commanders actively trying to mediate between two sides...

Millions of eggs removed from European shelves over toxicity fears Daniel Boffey in Brussels   Recalls in Germany, Netherlands and Belgium and criminal inquiry launched as tests show high levels of insecticide fipronil. Millions of eggs are...

Peru president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns amid corruption scandal Dan Collyns in Lima   Secret video recordings link government to vote buying. Congress about to hold second impeachment vote on 79-year-old. ...

Vintage plane crash in Switzerland kills all 20 on board   JU-Air's JU-52 HB-HOT aircraft crashed in the Swiss Alps, killing all 20 people on board, police said. A general view of the accident site of a...

Right-wing candidate Duque wins Colombian presidential election   Ivan Duque becomes Colombia's youngest president in Sunday's run-off election, beating leftist Gustavo Petro following a campaign fought largely over the future of the government's peace deal with...

Central American migrants in Mexico determined to go to US border   Mexico City authorities say that of the 4,841 registered migrants receiving shelter in a sports complex, 1,726 are under the age of 18, including...