Colombian Nobel Prize winner says a "ray of hope" for Syria, Sudan
"What, at first, seems impossible, through perseverance may become possible even in Syria or Yemen or South Sudan"
Turkish karate group seeks asylum in Germany
A police spokesman could not say on what grounds they sought asylum
Solomon Islands scrambles to reach areas hit by second major quake
"We still don't have that much detail but we know people are really affected by what's happened"
A cart driver rests in front of a building which collapsed following this week's strong earthquake in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia
A cart driver rests in front of a building which collapsed following strong earthquake in Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia, December 10, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
A woman sits in a temporary shelter at a mosque following this week's strong earthquake in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia
A woman sits in a temporary shelter at a mosque following strong earthquake in Meureudu, Pidie Jaya, Aceh province, Indonesia December 10, 2016. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside
Germans see refugees as biggest problem despite falling numbers
Chancellor Angela Merkel's popularity has waned since migrants started arriving in large numbers last summer
Syrian government forces press attack in east Aleppo
Syrian military source says army and its allies have recaptured 32 of east Aleppo's 40 neighbourhoods, about 85 percent of the area
Texas reports four more cases of Zika spread by local mosquitoes
The four patients live in very close proximity to the first case
Microcephaly quadrupled in Colombia this year due to Zika -report
Report also suggests that Zika virus infection in the first months of pregnancy poses the greatest risk of microcephaly
UN General Assembly demands truce in Syria, end to Aleppo siege
"This is a vote to stand up and tell Russia and Assad to stop the carnage," U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Samantha Power