Govt, rebels sign historic peace deal

After a half-century of combat that spilled blood across this South American nation, Colombians have embarked on a new, but difficult path to settle their political differences with the signing of a historic peace accord between the government and leftist rebels.

Police arrest ex-finance minister in graft probe

Brazilian police on Monday arrested Antonio Palocci, a powerful former finance minister and presidential chief of staff in recent Workers Party governments, as a sweeping anti-corruption probe hit even harder at the left-leaning party, known by its acronym PT.

King slashes salaries, bonuses of ministers

Saudi Arabia on Monday cut the salaries of cabinet ministers by 20 percent and froze the wages of lower-ranking civil servants in an intensified austerity drive to cope with lower oil revenues.

Lawyer had 2 weapons, thousands of rounds

A disgruntled lawyer wearing military-style apparel with old Nazi emblems had two weapons and more than 2,500 rounds of live ammunition when he randomly shot at drivers in a Houston neighborhood before he was shot and killed by police, authorities said.

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Clinton boosted as candidates rally support

Poll and experts suggest she is winner of first presidential debate - a battle of endurance

Few people have high hopes for Clinton or Trump presidency

Few US citizens are hopeful about either a Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton presidency, even as the US presidential race is heating up now, Gallup found in a poll released on Monday.

What they say

"I personally like Trump's character and the feeling that he's a fighter. But from today's performance, I think Clinton was more like a mature politician and Trump looked a bit like a misfit in this kind of setting."

African elephants suffer 'worst decline' because of poaching

The number of African elephants has dropped by around 111,000 in the past decade, a new report released on Sunday at the Johannesburg conference on the wildlife trade said, blaming the plummeting figures on poaching.

New African American Museum opens

President Barack Obama hailed the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, a long-awaited testament to black suffering and triumph in the United States.

A space odyssey nears an end

Once upon a time, two intrepid space adventurers called Rosetta and Philae set out from Earth to explore a comet far, far away.

Parents of students missing for 2 years live in classrooms

They turned classrooms at their children's college into dormitories, sleeping on the floor, but parents of 43 Mexican students missing since 2014 won't rest until they find them.