October 13, 2016 Colombia extends ceasefire with rebels President Juan Manuel Santos announced on Thursday that he is extending a ceasefire with Colombia's largest rebel movement in a bid to give more time to efforts to save a peace deal rejected by voters.
October 13, 2016 Palestinians push for UN membership and against settlements The Palestinians say they are sounding out members of the U.N.
October 13, 2016 Brazil's Silva to stand 3rd trial in corruption probe Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will face corruption charges in connection with an alleged scheme involving the construction giant Odebrecht.
October 13, 2016 HRW accuses Saudi-led coalition of war crimes in Yemen An international human rights group says that the Saudi-led coalition's bombing of a packed funeral in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, this week constitutes an apparent war crime and that the remnants of missiles found at the site of the attack showed that they were American made.
October 13, 2016 'Extremely dangerous' Hurricane Nicole lashes Bermuda Hurricane Nicole roared across Bermuda on Thursday, pummeling the resort island with winds up to 115 mph that snapped trees and peeled off roofs.
October 13, 2016 Mexican state to fund inspection of site where remains found A woman who has spent 12 years searching for her daughter in a northern Mexican state says the governor has promised to devote resources to inspect a site where thousands of bone fragments have been found.
October 13, 2016 Airstrikes hit rebel-held neighborhoods of Syria's Aleppo Syrian opposition activists are reporting more than a dozen airstrikes on rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo.
October 13, 2016 Pope on migrant kids: Integrate, don't repatriate Pope Francis has denounced the forced repatriation of unaccompanied children migrants who flee wars and poverty, saying countries should try to meet their needs rather than return them to uncertain futures back home.
October 13, 2016 EU-Canada trade deal at mercy of Belgian region Wallonia, which is not even a country, is proving how difficult it is for the European Union to set policy for its 28 nations.
October 13, 2016 King Bhumibol was Thailand's soft-spoken anchor for 70 years King Bhumibol Adulyadej, revered in Thailand as a demigod, a humble father figure and an anchor of stability through decades of upheaval at home and abroad, died Thursday.
