Reuters (UK)
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 07:20
It was not immediately clear if Tuesday's ruling by a Bogota tribunal could be appealed or over-ruled by Santos. The city has had two stand-in mayors since Petro left
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 06:17
South Sudan has sent troops to secure a United Nations base after armed civilians fired on displaced tribespeople sheltering there, in an attack that killed at least 58, the president's spokesman said.
Friday, April 18, 2014 - 13:34
The adviser at the Tunisian embassy was taken on Thursday, becoming the second Tunisian diplomat to be kidnapped in the Libyan capital within a month.
Friday, April 18, 2014 - 13:33
The Friends of Yemen group pledged around $7.9 billion in aid in 2012, but most of the funds have been delayed because of technical issues and lagging approvals by donor heads of state, a Yemeni government minister previously told Reuters.
Friday, April 18, 2014 - 12:22
Chinese Public Security Minister Guo Shengkun's remarks at a meeting with counterparts from the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) could lead to fears of further restrictions by states that critics say already try to silence dissent.
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 09:32
Separately, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said “tough issues” faced the Islamic republic and the six major powers in negotiating a permanent accord to resolve the decade-old nuclear dispute but that it was still possible by a late July deadline.
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 08:45
The stoppage will come at an awkward time for President Juan Manuel Santos, who is up for re-election a few weeks later, on May 25.
Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 05:17
Justice Minister Ricardo Perdomo blamed a faction of the country's Barrio 18 gang for ordering attacks against government troops, saying there had been 60 so far this year.
Wednesday, April 16, 2014 - 07:47
“I am optimistic” that a deal will be reached in three months, he told Reuters in Abu Dhabi. “There is the political will to get an answer,” he added as he boarded a plane back to Tehran on Tuesday.
Tuesday, April 15, 2014 - 11:05
Nigeria will go ahead with the hosting of a World Economic Forum on Africa in its capital Abuja next month, despite a bomb attack on the city's outskirts on Monday that killed 71 people, the Nigerian hosts of the high-profile event said.