UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday praised the "total commitment" of Colombia's government and former FARC rebels to peace-building, as the military blamed a smaller rebel group for bombing an oil pipeline.
North and South Korea began talks Monday on appearances by Pyongyang's state-run artistic performers at next month's Winter Olympics in the South, after the North agreed to attend the Games.
A 7.3 magnitude earthquake shook southern Peru on Sunday, killing at least two people and injuring 65, the South American country's civil defense agency said
The Philippines raised the alert level for the country's most active volcano twice in 24 hours Sunday, meaning that a hazardous eruption is possible within days.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sought to drum up EU pressure on North Korea on Sunday in Sofia, while pledging to boost economic cooperation with Bulgaria and the Balkans.
US President Donald Trump on Monday issued an order blocking Singapore-based chip maker Broadcom Limited's proposed purchase of its US rival Qualcomm, citing national security concerns.
Young women with the BRCA gene mutation that prompted actress Angelina Jolie's pre-emptive and much-publicised double mastectomy are not more likely to die after a breast cancer diagnosis, scientists said on Friday.
North Korea has stepped up tunnelling at its main nuclear test site, a US think tank said, even as tensions cool on the peninsula following the resumption of long-stalled inter-Korean dialogue.
Italian coastguard service said Thursday 264 migrants had been rescued from a boat off the coast of Calabria, where traffickers have increasingly been using smaller boats recently.
Japan's prime minister on Friday headed to the Baltic states and other European nations as he seeks to drum up support for his hawkish stance on North Korea.
Sporadic unrest continued to shake parts of Tunisia on Thursday, as authorities said more than 600 people had been arrested in a week of protest as anger at austerity measures boils over on the streets.
Authorities in southern California said on Thursday that dozens of residents were still unaccounted for after powerful mudslides that have killed 17 people, including four children, and destroyed homes in a region already pummeled by massive wildfires.
Armed robbers launched a spectacular raid on the world-famous Ritz hotel in Paris on Wednesday, making off with an estimated four million euros worth of jewels, the latest in a string of high-profile heists in the French capital.
Canada is bracing for a possible US withdrawal from the tripartite North American Free Trade Agreement, a source said on Wednesday, ahead of the next round of negotiations due to start in Montreal later this month.
Britain plans to eliminate all avoidable plastic waste within 25 years, Prime Minister Theresa May will announce on Thursday as part of long-term plans for the environment.
The heads of seven southern European states pledged on Wednesday to up their efforts to tackle one of the most stubborn thorns in the EU's side: flows of migrants from war-torn and impoverished countries.
A powerful and shallow 7.6-magnitude earthquake hit the waters off the coast of Honduras late Tuesday, triggering tsunami threats and advisories for nearby Caribbean shores, though there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
President Donald Trump took command of a high-profile White House meeting on immigration on Tuesday, coaxing Republican and Democratic lawmakers toward a compromise on the fate of undocumented migrants who came to the United States as children.
Chinese authorities battling to prevent an environmental disaster after a collision between an Iranian tanker and a cargo ship said on Wednesday no major oil spill has been detected, but 31 sailors remained missing.
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