Explainer: Why are the Amazon fires sparking a crisis for Brazil – and the world?
A record number of fires ravaging the Amazon has drawn international outrage because of the rainforest’s importance to the global environment and prompted Brazilian President...
Bolivia president does about-face and will now accept aid to put out wildfires
Bolivian President Evo Morales did an about-face on Sunday and said he was now open to international aid to fight the blazes that have engulfed...
Iraq Shi’ite groups say two fighters killed by strikes near Syria border
Iraqi Shi’ite paramilitary groups said on Sunday two of their fighters were killed in strikes by unmanned aircraft close to the Syrian border in Anbar...
IsraeI says struck Iranian targets in Syria
Israel’s military struck inside Syria late Saturday, and said it hit Iranian and Shi’ite forces that were preparing to launch “killer drones”. Lucy Fielder reports....
Protest chaos grips Hong Kong with tear gas, water cannon and pouring rain
Police fired water cannon and tear gas in running battles with brick-throwing anti-government protesters in Hong Kong on Sunday, the second day of violent clashes...
Merkel’s Bavarian allies call for German climate bond
Germany’s Christian Social Union (CSU), the sister party of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU), are planning to launch a climate bond to help fund...
Exclusive: Iran says it will not negotiate missile work, wants to export more oil
Iran wants to export a minimum of 700,000 barrels per day of its oil and ideally up to 1.5 million bpd if the West wants...
Trump dangles ‘very big’ trade deal in front of Brexit Britain
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday said he and President Donald Trump were “gung-ho” about a post-Brexit trade deal but cautioned the United States...
Trump, Abe say U.S. and Japan have agreed in principle on trade deal
The United States and Japan agreed in principle on Sunday to core elements of a trade deal that U.S. President Donald Trump and Prime Minister...
Violent deaths of Venezuelans in Colombia on the rise: report
An average of one Venezuelan died violently in Colombia each day in the first seven months of 2019, Colombia’s forensic science institute said in a...