Permanent cease-fire taking effect in Colombia under accord
By JOSHUA GOODMAN A permanent cease-fire took effect in Colombia on Monday, a major step in bringing an end to 52 years of bloody combat between the government and the…
Military and defense
Officials: Striking miners kill deputy minister in Bolivia
By CARLOS VALDEZ Striking miners in Bolivia armed with dynamite seized highways in a protest over mining laws and then kidnapped, possibly tortured and beat to death the county’s deputy…
S. Korea: Senior North Korean Korean diplomat based in London defects
By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG A senior North Korean diplomat based in London has defected to South Korea, becoming one of the highest Northern officials to do so, South…
Russian warplanes take off from Iran to target IS in Syria
By NATALIYA VASILYEVA and BASSEM MROUE Russian warplanes took off on Tuesday from a base in Iran to target Islamic State fighters and other militants in Syria, Russia’s Defense Ministry…
Rampaging South Sudan troops raped foreigners, killed local
By JASON PATINKIN The soldier pointed his AK-47 at the female aid worker and gave her a choice. “Either you have sex with me, or we make every man here…
Report offers details about Guantanamo detainees on way out
By DEB RIECHMANN Following a lengthy tug-of-war with Capitol Hill, the Pentagon has given a senator the first-ever, unclassified report detailing the suspected militant backgrounds of more than 100 detainees…
Kerry: Progress with Russia on Syria despite military doubts
By ROBERT BURNS and MATTHEW LEE U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said progress is being made with Russia on a potential military partnership that could strengthen a faltering truce…
Police give all-clear in Munich shooting; say suspect dead
By GEORGE JAHN, FRANK JORDANS and DAVID RISING An 18-year-old German-Iranian man opened fire in a crowded Munich shopping mall and a nearby McDonald’s Friday night, killing nine people and…