Colombia captures ELN rebel chief

Colombian authorities have captured a military leader of the ELN, the only rebel group left operating in the country after a peace deal struck with the bigger FARC, Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas said on Thursday.

Sudan says to push for full lifting of US sanctions

Sudan said on Thursday it would press on with efforts to achieve a full lifting of US sanctions against Khartoum, even as it hoped Washington would reverse its decision to extend a decades-old trade embargo.

May faces fight over Brexit law to end EU membership

Prime Minister Theresa May's government published a draft law on Thursday to formally end Britain's membership of the European Union, but opposition parties and the leaders of Scotland and Wales threatened to block what they called a "naked power-grab".

Former Brazil leader Lula gets nearly 10 years in jail for graft

Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison for graft on Wednesday (Jul 12) - a stark fall from grace for the iconic leftist leader, and the latest twist in a sprawling political corruption probe engulfing Latin America's largest economy.

EU, Russia play up ties but trade barbs over Syria

EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday said both sides could co-operate on key international issues but traded barbs over Syria at the same time.

28 inmates killed in Mexico prison riot

Rioting inmates at a Mexican prison slit their rivals' throats and beat them to death Thursday, leaving 28 dead in the latest explosion of violence in the country's often lawless jails.

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