Bolivia election monitor to begin ‘binding’ audit on contested result
The Organization of American States (OAS) will begin a “binding” audit of Bolivia’s fiercely contested presidential vote, which sparked nationwide protests and allegations of fraud...
Chile withdraws as host of trade and climate summits
Chile has withdrawn as host of the APEC trade summit in November and the COP25 climate summit in December after several weeks of violent unrest,...
‘We heard screams’: Swedish nurses who saved British man bitten by shark
A Swedish couple recounted to journalists on Wednesday (October 30) the critical moment when they saved the lives of two British tourists following a shark...
Turkish parliament to respond U.S. House votes: Erdogan says
Turkey’s parliament will respond to U.S. resolutions recognizing the mass killings of Armenians as genocide and calling for sanctions against Turkey over its military operation...
Hariri ready to be Lebanese prime minister again but with conditions: source
Saad al-Hariri is ready to return as prime minister of a new government, a senior official familiar with his thinking said, on condition it includes...
Lebanon’s protesters turn on their leaders, breaking taboos
In the protests sweeping Lebanon, nothing is sacred....
Small relief for Biogen in MS drug approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved Biogen Inc’s new oral drug to treat multiple sclerosis, offering the drugmaker some relief as its...
Critics unload on Trump administration biofuel proposal
Representatives of both the oil and corn industries unleashed criticism of the Trump administration’s proposed biofuels plan for next year during a public hearing on...
Turkey sees YPG withdrawal incomplete; joint Russian patrols to start Friday
Turkey has information that the Kurdish YPG militia has not completed its withdrawal to 30 km (18.64 miles) from the Turkish border in northeast Syria,...
EU sees risk as inmates possibly radicalized in prison walk free
Thousands of inmates about to be freed from European prisons at the end of their terms may have been radicalized as Islamist militants in detention...