Haiti will hold long-delayed presidential elections on Nov. 20, the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) announced on Friday.... More


Ecuador will welcome 11 presidents who will participate in the Habitat III - United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, taking place in Quito beginning Monday... More


In Mexico, the Zapatistas argued at the 20th anniversary National Indigenous Congress that resource exploitation will ultimately destroy the Earth. ... More


A U.S. federal judge has ordered former high-ranking CIA officials to testify in a lawsuit against the psychologists who designed the spy agency’s torture techniques after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. ... More


Thousands of Argentineans have had to wait up to 8 hours to cross the Chilean border to buy what they cannot afford in their own country because of inflation. ... More


The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the global debt has risen to an all-time high of around $152 trillion, warning that this could trigger a new financial crisis. ... More


The International Monsanto Tribunal in The Hague got underway yesterday in the Netherlands.... More


British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson says the West is considering broader military operations against the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to protect what he called “the Syrian opposition.” ... More


In the U.S. state of Michigan, a prisoner at the Kinross Correctional Facility has died of unknown causes.... More


ex premier Ghwell

El Cairo, 15 oct (ansa).- Trípoli se encontraba este sábado bajo fuerte tensión, luego de que islamistas leales al ex primer ministro libio Khalifa Ghwell intentaran anoche un golpe de estado para derrocar al gobierno de unidad.... More


Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced Thursday that the bilateral cease-fire with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia will be extended until December 31. ... More


Tensions between Russia and the West deepened even further Thursday after Moscow’s embassy in Damascus was subjected to heavy mortar shelling for nearly two hours. ... More


Two leading Israeli rights organizations are speaking out against the regime's illegal settlement construction in the occupied Palestinian territories at a UN Security Council meeting. ... More


Social movements in Colombia have appealed to the country's Supreme Court and demanded the cancellation of the plebiscite that resulted in a victory for the "No" campaign against peace, which was signed between the government and FARC rebels on September 26.... More


The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has denounced Israeli violations in and around the al-Haram al-Sharif (also known as the Temple Mount) compound in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem. ... More


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