United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed UN envoy Jean Arnault of France to head the organization’s political mission in Colombia. It will monitor and verify a future peace deal between the Colombian government and the FARC.
North Korea said on Jan. 6 that it had successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb for the first time. Officials across the globe immediately moved to condemn the move, while others openly doubted Pyongyang's claim.
Long Walk to Freedom, the upcoming Nelson Mandala biopic based on Mandela's 1994 autobiography, gives a detailed account of the brave South African's life as a lawyer, an activist, a prisoner and a president. The film stars the attractive British actors Idris Elba and Naomie Harris.