Colombia embarks on path to peace with historic accord
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ After a half-century of bloody combat and four years of tense peace negotiations, now the hard work begins. With the signing of a historic…
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Democrats press talks as showdown vote looms on funding bill
By ANDREW TAYLOR Democrats opened a last-minute push Tuesday for new talks on must-do legislation to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend, fight the Zika virus and help…
Ahmadinejad allies say Iran leader told him not to run again
By AMIR VAHDAT Close allies of Iran’s former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose presidency was marked by confrontation with the West, said Monday that the country’s supreme leader recommended he not…
Syrian foreign minister says cease-fire agreement ‘not dead’
By Philip Issa Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem said in a TV interview broadcast Monday that an internationally-brokered cease-fire for Syria is still viable, as rescue workers in Aleppo cleaned…
Debate Night: Clinton, Trump set for high-stakes showdown
By JULIE PACE After months of tangling from afar, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will confront each other face-to-face for the first time in Monday night’s presidential debate, laying out…
In battle for Iraq’s Mosul, many forces with many motives
By SUSANNAH GEORGE and LEE KEATH An unlikely array of forces is converging on the city of Mosul, lining up for a battle on the historic plains of northern Iraq…
China begins operating world’s largest radio telescope
By GILLIAN WONG The world’s largest radio telescope began searching for signals from stars and galaxies and, perhaps, extraterrestrial life Sunday in a project demonstrating China’s rising ambitions in space…
New Smithsonian museum chronicling black history opens
By JESSE J. HOLLAND and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Centuries of struggles and strife, decades of planning and pain, and years of hoping for a place that African-American history can call home…