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Rebels in Colombia from the National Liberation Army say they are ready to overcome outstanding differences with the government and initiate stalled peace talks.

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Scotiabank has filed a lawsuit against Puerto Rico's government seeking repayment of a multimillion-dollar loan despite a debt moratorium imposed amid an economic crisis.

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake hit western Nicaragua near the capital Wednesday, causing at least one death, injuring five people and destroying some homes, authorities said.

Former Peruvian spy chief Vladimir Montesinos has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for "disappearing" a professor and two students in 1993.

The Russian military said Wednesday it's ready to resume contacts with its U.S. counterparts over the situation in Syria, even as U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry threatened to cut all cooperation with Moscow on Syria unless an onslaught on Aleppo ends.

Israel's Shimon Peres was widely admired around the world as a peacemaker and visionary, but the view in the Arab world was more complex: Memories linger of another Peres, who built up Israel's military might, waged war in Lebanon and promoted policies seen as harmful to the Palestinians.

Germany's Foreign Ministry says a woman who was kidnapped in Syria while she was pregnant and the baby she gave birth to in captivity have been set free.

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Despite arm-twisting and vocal opposition from nuclear powers like the United States, six non-nuclear countries are pressing forward with an effort to adopt a nuclear ban treaty through the United Nations.

When lecturing FIFA on ethics, English soccer leaders look like the moral arbiters of the game.

Swiss voters granted new powers Sunday to the country's intelligence services, allowing them to track internet activity, snoop on email and tap phones to better fight spies, criminal hackers and violent extremists.

French President Francois Hollande says the European Union wants to keep working with Britain once it leaves the trade bloc, but only under "very well defined criteria." Speaking alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday, Hollande said neither the EU nor Britain would benefit from a "vague relationship." Merkel added that despite the Brexit decision, the remaining EU nations are "determined" to work on economic development within the bloc.

Amnesty International says Nigeria is trying to muzzle dissent by arresting and intimidating journalists and protesters.

A Rwandan academic who is accused of participating in this country's 1994 genocide has arrived home following his extradition from the United States.

Doctors Without Borders says an internal investigation into the bombing of a hospital in Yemen by the Saudi-led coalition shows that the airstrike was aimed at a vehicle carrying people wounded from a previous attack.

Politics in Georgia is heating up after there was a fight-fight between politicians on live TV for the second time in a week.

Two former nuns who met in a convent have been joined in a civil union in a ceremony in a small town in northern Italy.

Tropical Storm Matthew formed Wednesday in the eastern Caribbean and lashed several islands with heavy wind and rain.