The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Tuesday that while the influx of maritime refugees and migrants in Europe has considerably dropped this year compared to 2015, the Mediterranean is set to claim more lives in 2016 than last year's count of 3,673.... More
In Peru, an awareness and mobilizing campaign against human trafficking for prostitution is putting the issue in the public eye.... More
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) urged states on Tuesday to protect access to medical care in conflicts after releasing findings of attacks on two medical facilities run or supported by the charity in war-torn Yemen.... More
“Ayotzinapa will not be forgotten,” is the slogan that rang out in the streets of Mexico City as thousands of teachers, students, relatives of victims, and members of diverse social organizations marched Monday to commemorate two years without answers about what happened to the 43 disappeared students.... More
The Government of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are slated to sign a peace deal on Monday afternoon... More
In related news, Pastor Alape, a member of the FARC’s secretariat, told teleSUR over the weekend that the guerrilla group has reached an agreement to transition into a political force during the 10th National Guerilla Conference... More
Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) announced that it will cease all offensive actions during the plebiscite to vote on the peace agreement, slated for October 2nd.... More
French President François Hollande on Monday called on the United Kingdom to take its share of responsibility for the complex migration situation in the French city of Calais.... More
A Mexican priest has been found murdered in the central Mexican state of Michoacan, the state attorney general said on Sunday.... More
Artists from around the world have joined a social media campaign in support of the peace agreement in Colombia that will be signed on Monday between the government of Juan Manuel Santos and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.... More
The FARC rebel group has begun transferring its units to the areas of demobilization agreed upon in Havana with the Colombian government. ... More
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Saturday that the United States had apologized to Syrian President Bashar Assad for the airstrikes against Syrian government troops.... More
Ecuador on Friday was named president of the Group of 77 and China bloc at the United Nations headquarters in New York.... More
The Indian Air Force has test fired long range air-to-air MICA missile from a combat aircraft, a statement issued by Indian government's Press Information Bureau said Saturday.... More
Bolivian President Evo Morales said at the U.N. General Assembly that the Organization of American States, the OAS, should not exist if it does not represent the countries that are part of it.... More
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