Obama announces lifting of U.S. sanctions on Myanmar

Russia under pressure to stop devastating Aleppo bombardment


MOSCOW/BEIRUT Russia said on Friday that a draft U.N. resolution for a truce in the Syrian city of Aleppo was unacceptable, as Moscow faced growing international pressure to stop a devastating bombardment of the city backed by Russian air power.




Colombia's Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize in boost for troubled talks


OSLO/BOGOTA Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to end a 52-year-old war with Marxist guerrillas, a surprise choice and a show of support days after voters rejected a peace deal he signed with the rebels.




Heavy toll weighs on Misrata after battle for Libya's Sirte


MISRATA, Libya Next to the rusting shell cases outside Misrata's museum of Libya's 2011 uprising is a new addition: a scaffold used by Islamic State in Sirte to display bodies of executed prisoners, mounted on a would-be suicide bomber's captured truck.