The US says it will hold direct peace talks with the Taliban after more than 10 years of war in Afghanistan. The first formal meeting between US and Taliban representatives is expected to take place next week in Doha, Qatar, where the Taliban have just opened their first official overseas...
Tens of thousands of Brazilians have again taken to the streets of the country's largest city of Sao Paulo to demand better governance, less corruption and reversal of a recently imposed rise in the cost of public transport. The protests were mainly peaceful, though there were incident...
G8 leaders meeting in Northern Ireland have backed calls for Syrian peace talks to be held in Geneva as soon as possible. The leaders agreed on the joint statement on Syria after lengthy discussions at the end their two-day summit. The seven-point document says that any future tr...