News

US wants UN inquiry into use of chemical weapons in Syria   The US wants a UN Security Council vote Tuesday on a US draft resolution to establish a new inquiry into who is to blame...

Trump Bails On Latin America Trip To Make 'Major Decisions' About Syria   President Donald Trump has canceled his first official visit to Latin America. The move cones as his administration evaluates the ongoing crisis in...

Trump furious after FBI seizes documents from his lawyer     The FBI raided Michael Cohen's offices and home in a search that was partly a referral by the office of the special counsel, Robert Mueller, who...

Colombia's FARC says peace process at risk after arrest of ex-rebel   Seusis Hernandez, known by his nom de guerre Jesus Santrich, was arrested for conspiring to export 10 tonnes of cocaine, worth $320 million, to...

Tuberculosis on the rise in Venezuela   The infectious disease is re-emerging at a time when the country is in the throes of an economic crisis, threatening to overwhelm a crippled health care system. The number...

Daughter of poisoned spy says she's recovering     Yulia Skripal said in statement released on Thursday by British police that her strength is growing daily and expressed gratitude to those who came to her aid. This is...

Americans remember Martin Luther King Jr, 50 years on   Thousands of admirers grateful for the civil rights icon's life and legacy mourned his loss and pledged to carry on his unfinished work to end racial...

Major fire breaks out at hospital in Istanbul, Turkey, patients evacuated     PATIENTS, some wheeled out in their sick beds, have been evacuated after a huge fire broke out in an Istanbul hospital. A HUGE fire has...

Brazil's Supreme Court rejects Lula's bid to avoid jail   Brazil's top court voted 6-5 to reject former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's petition to stay out of prison while appealing a corruption conviction. The...

German court sets bail for ex-Catalan leader   German prosecutors are seeking to extradite separatist leader Carles Puigdemont to Spain, where he faces trial for his role in organising an independence referendum. A picture of Carles Puigdemont...