August 25, 2016 US anti-whaling group to stop interfering with Japanese Sea Shepherd Australia said Thursday that a legal settlement involving the conservation group's U.S. founder will not affect its anti-whaling campaign in the Southern Ocean.
August 25, 2016 Colombia, leftist rebels putting final touches on peace deal Negotiators for Colombia's government and leftist rebels are putting the final touches on a historic peace deal that they hope to announce in the coming hours.
August 25, 2016 A timeline of Colombia's conflict with largest rebel group Key developments in the half-century of hostilities between Colombia's government and the country's largest rebel movement, which have announced a peace agreement: ___ — May 1964: Rebel leader Manuel Marulanda, alias "Tirofijo," founds Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, known as FARC.
August 25, 2016 AP EXPLAINS: How Colombia conflict developed over decades As Colombia's government and leftist rebels in Havana put the final touches on a historic peace deal, The Associated Press explains how the conflict began and developed over the decades, eventually culminating in a plan to end the half-century guerrilla conflict.
August 24, 2016 The Latest: Magnitude 6.1 quake rattles Rome, central Italy The Latest on the earthquake in central Italy (all times local): 5 a.m.
August 24, 2016 US and Japan seek emergency UN meeting on North Korea test The United States says it has requested an emergency meeting of the U.N.
August 24, 2016 Attack underway at American University in Afghan capital The president of the American University in the Afghan capital says a militant attack is underway on the campus.
August 24, 2016 Canadian Mounties allow officers to wear hijab Canada's national police force recently permitted its women officers to wear the hijab.
August 24, 2016 Kerry in Saudi Arabia for meetings on Yemen war impasse U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has arrived in Saudi Arabia for meetings with the kingdom's senior royals and talks on Yemen's stalled peace process.
August 24, 2016 Turkey in cross-border operation to free IS-held Syrian town Turkey's and the U.S.-backed coalition forces on Wednesday launched an operation to clear a Syrian border town from Islamic State militants, the office of the Turkish prime minister said.
