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...
In Russia, more than 6,000 people have been evacuated after a military depot caught fire. Thousands of shells and millions of rounds of ammunition were being stored at the site in the Samara region, south-east of Moscow. Five people were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds, and 34...