Bogota, September 5 (RHC)-- The Common Alternative Revolutionary Force party (FARC) has formally expelled Wednesday its former leaders who split from the main organization to take up arms once again, condemning the new armed grouping and reaffirming their commitments to the principles of the 2016 peace agreements. ... More
Nassau, September 5 (RHC)-- Rescuers searched for survivors in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian, the most damaging storm to strike the island nation, left in its wake a flooded landscape dotted with pulverized homes and beached boats.... More
Tehran, September 5 (RHC)-- Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has downplayed as “ineffective” the U.S.’s recent sanctions on the country’s space program, saying Washington’s extreme use of economic leverage will gradually threaten its own economic might.... More
Bentonville, September 5 (RHC)-- At its headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas, Walmart has announced it will stop selling ammunition for handguns and short-barreled rifles, which can be used in military-style semiautomatic assault weapons. The store also will stop selling handguns in Alaska, the only remaining state where it sells handguns. ... More
London, September 5 (RHC)-- Gabriel Shipton, brother of jailed WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange, told a rally in London that the British prison system is “working its hardest at crushing any hope” Julian Assange has left. ... More
Brasilia, September 5 (RHC)-- In Brazil, Indigenous claims to ancestral lands have been rejected as groups are pushed into crowded reserves and Amazon fires rage.... More
Nassau, September 4 (RHC)-- The death toll in the Bahamas rose to 20 on Wednesday night after Hurricane Dorian devastated the string of islands. The United Nations said 70,000 people are in immediate need of aid. Many on the ground say that the devastation in many communities is total.... More
Miami, September 4 (RHC)-- Hurricane Dorian swept past Florida Wednesday on a collision course with the Carolinas, claiming its first life in the U.S. and promising heavy rains, powerful winds and damaging surge.... More
Brasilia, September 4 (RHC)-- Around 2,000 new fires have been recorded in the Amazon despite the Brazilian government's 60-day burning ban issued on August 29th.... More
Guatemala City, September 4 (RHC)-- In Guatemala, the runner-up in last month’s presidential election, Sandra Torres, has been arrested at her home in Guatemala City. According to Guatemala’s attorney general, Torres is suspected of breaking campaign finance rules and unlawful association in the 2015 elections, the year Torres lost the presidential bid to outgoing President Jimmy Morales.... More
Rome, September 4 (RHC)-- Italy has reached an agreement to form a new government, avoiding snap elections following the disintegration of its right-wing ruling coalition last month. Members of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement have approved a deal to share power with the center-left Democratic Party.... More
Nassau, September 4 (RHC)-- The Bahamas have been left utterly devastated after the Category 5 Hurricane Dorian ravaged the island nation. The death toll has gone up to at least seven people in the Bahamas as the island continues its rescue efforts.... More
United Nations, September 4 (RHC)-- United Nations investigators said Tuesday the United States, Britain and France may be complicit in war crimes by arming the Saudi-led coalition that has led a bombing campaign in Yemen, which has killed tens of thousands since 2015 and caused the death by starvation of an estimated 85,000 children. ... More
Brasilia, September 4 (RHC)-- Brazil's Attorney General's Office urged the Army to begin an "urgent operation" to prevent illegal loggers from invading and attacking the Alto Rio Guama Reserve, which is located in the state of Para and belongs to the Tembe people.... More
Charleston, September 4 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal court ruled that survivors and the relatives of victims of 2015’s massacre at Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina, can sue the government for its failure in the firearms background check system. Nine Black worshipers were killed in the mass shooting. ... More
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