British activists linked to the U.S.-based Black Lives Matter movement have staged a rally in London to protest against police violence in the United Kingdom. On Friday, the protesters took to the streets in the British capital to express their dissatisfaction about police racism and violence, blocking a road that leads to London's Heathrow Airport. ... More


Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez said her country will not accept the so-called “boycott” carried out by the three member states of the regional trade bloc who are trying to stop Caracas from assuming Mercosur's chairmanship. ... More


The United states, NATO and Western forces in Afghanistan have been doing more harm than good for the country in its fight against the Taliban and other extremists as the country struggles with stability some 14 years since the U.S-led invasion, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in a recent interview. ... More


Ex-President of Colombia Alvaro Uribe began the official campaign against the peace agreement between the government and the FARC rebels. Uribe said that way back "we must vote 'No' to the illegitimate referendum," said Uribe. "To approve the illegitimate referendum would mean accepting impunity... instead of deterring crime it makes it bigger and sets an example for more and new violence." ... More


Less than three months away from general elections in Nicaragua, a poll revealed that 67.3 percent of Nicaraguans support the current government, led by President Daniel Ortega. ... More


U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has officially endorsed House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senator John McCain in their primary race for re-election, ending a rift with two of the GOP's most influential figures. ... More


U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is trailing rival Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton by less than 3 percentage points, a new poll shows. ... More


The white racist shooter who massacred nine African-American church was reportedly assaulted Thursday morning by a fellow inmate. The website Taking a Stand Against Discrimination (TASAD) launched an online donation campaign inmate Dwayne Stafford after he assaulted fellow prisoner Dylann Roof, the white gunman accused of killing nine Black parishioners at a Charleston, South Carolina, church in June 2015. ... More


Argentinean human rights activist and president of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, Hebe de Bonafini, said she attended a rally Friday in the coastal city of Mar del Plata, despite being summoned by a court to make a statement, following an arrest warrant filed against her. ... More


Pentagon Wants Psychologists to Reverse Ban on Aiding Torture ... More


With the Brazilian Senate voting Thursday to proceed with impeachment charges against suspended President Dilma Rousseff, her defense attorney has questioned the committee’s failure to consider key wiretap evidence that strongly suggests corruption allegations are a ruse intended to obscure a politically-calculated coup attempt. ... More


More than 300 Palestinians have taken part in separate hunger strikes at Israeli prisons to voice their outrage over mistreatment and show solidarity with a fellow inmate. ... More


In the Philippines, police, military and vigilantes have killed more than 400 people in a crackdown against drug crime since President Rodrigo Duterte took office a month ago. ... More


Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez met with her Colombian counterpart María Ángela Holguín on Thursday in order to discuss a range of issues, including border security, education and infrastructure projects. ... More


A new poll shows that Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has taken a 15-percentage point lead over her Republican rival, Donald Trump, in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential race. ... More


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