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Colombian peace deal critic to face fiery leftist in presidential runoff   Conservative Ivan Duque, who wants to overhaul a peace deal with Colombia’s Marxist rebels, won Sunday’s first-round presidential election, setting up a runoff next...

Yulia Skripal says recovery from poisoning 'slow, painful'   The daughter of ex Russian spy Sergei Skripal, has appeared on camera since the pair were found slumped on a bench in Salisbury, UK. The incident is...

Turkey condemns Greece for granting asylum to putschist   A former Turkish soldier who fled with seven others to Greece after a failed coup attempt in 2016 should be granted asylum, a Greek court has ruled,...

Venezuela's Maduro seeks oil output boost as he is sworn in   Maduro, sworn in after an election viewed by the international community as a sham, has promised to free some political opponents and admitted US...

Cholera outbreak kills 12 in northeast Nigeria – health officials   A woman takes an oral cholera vaccine in a hospital. But cholera vaccines are not always effective and never long lasting. (Reuters) A cholera outbreak has...

Trump says summit with North Korea still possible   US President Donald Trump says a planned summit with the North's Kim Jong-un could still take place on June 12 in Singapore, just a day after he...

Trump cancels North Korean summit, citing 'tremendous anger'   US President Donald Trump called the cancelled summit "a missed opportunity" and said someday he still hoped to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. A man walks past...

Executive Order Prohibiting Certain Additional Transactions with Respect to Venezuela Foreign Policy Issued on: May 21, 2018     By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of...

  Sergei Skripal discharged from Salisbury hospital Steven Morris and Patrick Wintour Russia demands access to poisoned former spy and daughter to ensure they do not want help.   Sergei Skripal pictured before the attack. Photograph: Rex/Shutterstock Moscow has demanded...

Crime rate sours in Venezuela   Rising crime rate is one of the many challenges being faced by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who won his second six-year term in office in a disputed election on Sunday. Venezuelan...