Donald H. Harrison

Lima (dpa) – The new peace agreement which the Colombian government and the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) announced last week is better than the initial one, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said at a business forum Saturday on the sidelines of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Lima. The new agreement

Ottawa police have arrested a teenage boy after a spate of racist graffiti targeting religious communities across the Canadian capital, police chief Charles Bordeleau confirmed Saturday, according to the CBC. The youth appeared in court to face several charges, including uttering threats and mischief to religious buildings. Bordeleau, who spoke during a solidarity event at

Angela Merkel told her party Sunday that she wants to run for a fourth term as German chancellor in next year’s election, a move likely to be welcomed in many capitals around the globe. After months of feverish speculation, Merkel said at a meeting of her conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) that she would run for

Voters in Mali headed to the polls on Sunday for the first time since 2013, when international forces intervened to tackle rebel forces which threatened to split the country in two. Voters will elect 12,000 councilors in municipal elections throughout the country, two years later than originally scheduled. The election campaigning has been marked by

Polls opened early Sunday as French conservatives compete in a nationwide primary to be the nominee for the 2017 presidential election. The vote follows a campaign dominated by the flagging economy, immigration and Islamist extremism. Seven candidates are vying for the nomination, all but one of them are members of the opposition Les Républicains (formerly

Rescue forces work at a train accident site near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, India, Nov. 20, 2016. [Photo/Xinhua] NEW DELHI – In one of the worst railway tragedies in India in recent years, at least 91 people were killed and more than 150 others injured after an express train derailed in the northern state of