Europe
Colombia celebrates FARC rebel ceasefire
War-weary Colombia celebrated the start of a FARC rebel ceasefire after a half-century of hostilities, with hopes still high that its fragile ...Greek banks reopen amid calls for more talks
Greeks queued outside banks on Monday as they reopened three weeks after closing to stop the system collapsing under a flood of ...Cuban flag raised in US after 54 years
The Cuban flag was raised over Havana’s embassy in Washington on Monday for the first time in 54 years as the United ...Greece repays about 4.2 billion euros to European Central Bank
Greece repaid the European Central Bank on Monday, the bank said, clearing a key obligation worth about 4.2 billion euros with one ...Comedian throws money at Blatter during FIFA media conference
A British comedian disrupted a news conference by Sepp Blatter on Monday, showering the FIFA president with fake money.Dozens die in Turkey blast near Syria border
An explosion outside a cultural center in the Turkish town of Suruc near the border with Syria killed at least 31 people ...Merkel defends treatment of weeping Palestinian girl
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday defended her treatment of a crying teenage Palestinian refugee following a storm of protest on social ...FARC free abducted Colombian soldier
FARC guerrillas on Sunday freed a Colombian soldier after holding him for nearly two weeks, the president said, on the eve of ...Formula 1 driver Jules Bianchi dies nine months after crash in Japan
French Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has died from head injuries he suffered in a crash at last October\'s Japanese Grand Prix, ...Dozens flee homes as wildfires rage in Greece, PM urges calm
Forest fires fanned by strong winds and high temperatures broke out around Athens and in other parts of southern Greece on Friday, ...




