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FARC leader wanted in US suspends hunger strike   Prosecutors in New York accuse partially-sighted Santrich of conspiring to ship 10,000 kilograms of cocaine to the United States while serving as a senior member of the...

Rouhani visits Austria to save Iran deal   Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his government will not abandon the nuclear deal as it is beneficial for Iran, calling the US withdrawal "illegal." Iran's President Hassan Rouhani arrives...

HIV patients in Venezuela struggle to get necessary drugs   The combination of a chronic medicine shortage and the world's highest inflation means that it's almost impossible for the average Venezuelan to get hold of the...

Rouhani says US pressure to stop Iranian oil may affect regional exports   "It has no meaning for Iranian oil not to be exported, while the region's oil is exported," says Iran's President Hassan Rouhani ahead...

Uber wins London licence to avoid ban   The new licence is subject to strict conditions and comes with a warning to prove it had changed to retain its right to operate in London, the heart...

Former James Bond actor Roger Moore dies, aged 89   Moore, who played 007 in more films than any other actor, was one of the last of the old-style movie stars. Photo by: AP (Archive ) Roger George...

US orders migrant parents to vacate with children or without them – report   NBC reports the Trump administration is giving some parents, who were separated from their children after entering the US illegally, the option...

Building collapses in Marseille, no word on casualties Local mayor Sabine Bernasconi said the collapsed building was in poor condition and had been subject to an evacuation order, but she could not rule out that...

Donald Trump orders Pentagon to plan grand military parade David Smith in Washington President reportedly seeks parade in model of France’s Bastille Day celebration, prompting one veterans’ group to call him ‘a wannabe banana republic strongman’ ...

Israel to join US in quitting Unesco   Israel has said it will join the US in pulling out of the UN's cultural organisation Unesco, after US officials cited "anti-Israel bias". Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised...