Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Thursday a ceasefire with the country's FARC guerillas has been extended until December 31 but that he hopes to have "a new agreement" for peace before that date.
The UN General Assembly has appointed Antonio Guterres as the new secretary-general of the United Nations, in a shift towards a more high-profile leadership of the world body.
Millions of Thais donned black on Friday as the grieving nation prepared to hold traditional Buddhist ceremonies for revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej, whose death leaves the country facing an uncertain new era.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will travel to Haiti on Saturday to visit areas devastated by Hurricane Matthew as a UN funding appeal for the Caribbean nation drew few donors.
The longest-reigning monarch won the devotion of his subjects with his commitment to their welfare
Samsung on Friday said the crisis over its exploding Note 7 smartphones would cost another US$3 billion-plus in lost profit over the next two quarters, but hoped expanded sales of its other flagship handset would help cushion the impact.
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch died after 70 years on the throne, the Royal Household Bureau has announced.
Envoys from nearly 200 nations meet in Kigali on Thursday to discuss ridding the world of HFCs, gases introduced to save the ozone layer only to unwittingly assail Earth's climate.
France's ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy and former prime minister Alain Juppe will face off on Thursday in a televised debate ahead of a primary widely seen as the main battle for the presidency.
New Zealand, one of the 10 non-permanent Security Council members, has presented a draft resolution demanding an end to air attacks in Syria's battleground city of Aleppo.
Mexico and Canada on Wednesday launched a task force to improve conditions for Canadian-owned mines in the Latin American nation, where security problems and protests have affected operations.
Twelve people have died in the north of Myanmar's Rakhine state in clashes between armed men and troops, state media reported on Wednesday, in a sharp escalation of violence in the restive region.
Embattled presidential hopeful Donald Trump lashed out against "disloyal" Republicans in a ranting tweetstorm on Tuesday, deepening a split that threatens the future of the 162-year-old party.
At least 473 people are now known to have died as Hurricane Matthew leveled swaths of southern Haiti last week, officials have said, as hard-hit communities struggled to rebuild homes and access food and clean water.
Europe’s post-Brexit future, and the East Asian ramifications of next month’s US presidential election, dominated today’s opening ceremony of the 17th World Knowledge Forum, the largest business conference in Asia.
The Colombian government and the country's second-largest rebel group, the ELN, announced they would launch negotiations on October 27 in Ecuador's capital, with President Juan Manuel Santos predicting "total peace".
Haiti faces a humanitarian crisis that requires a "massive response" from the international community, the United Nations chief said, with at least 1.4 million people needing emergency aid following last week's battering by Hurricane Matthew.
Russia and Turkey have signed an agreement to build a gas pipeline under the Black Sea, as President Vladimir Putin and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to intensify relations after a bitter crisis.
The US government reiterated its request that construction of an oil pipeline in North Dakota be paused, while authorities consider the impacts of its route on a Native American tribe.
