U.S. President Barack Obama has been talking about closing the U.S. military-run Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba since first running for president in 2008.... More
A second U.S. aircraft carrier has arrived in the Mediterranean amid Washington’s alleged concerns about Russian maritime expansion in the region.... More
Scores of volunteers helping refugees have been arrested in Greece as the government intensifies its crackdown on asylum seekers hoping to cross the border into Macedonia.... More
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro told a massive crowd of supporters over the weekend that the recall referendum will definitely take place in 2017, against the wishes of the opposition who want to see the vote held this year.... More
Pope Francis has rejected a donation of $16 million from the Argentinean government of President Mauricio Macri to an education project he sponsors. ... More
The ongoing conflict between teachers and the government of Mexico reached a boiling point over the weekend in the city of Oaxaca, with nearly 500 protesters violently evicted from a public square by at least a thousand police officers.... More
Ana Mirian Romero, a Honduran Indigenous rights activist who has suffered repeated attacks, harassment, and death threats since joining her community’s land struggle in the wake of the 2009 U.S.-backed coup has been recognized... More
Legendary Mexican-American guitarist Carlos Santana is set to play at an upcoming concert in Tel Aviv, Israel in July, despite pressure by Palestinian human rights activists urging him to cancel.... More
One of the guns used by the shooter at the nightclub in Orlando, Florida was an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle. ... More
Vigils are being held across the United States following what has been described as the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history.... More
Greek legislators from the ruling Syriza political party have told members of Palestinian political parties that Athens intends to officially recognize the State of Palestine.... More
About a quarter of pilots in Air France have gone on strike, joining a nationwide industrial action by train drivers and garbage collectors over the unpopular labor reforms proposed by the French government.... More
The Italian newspaper Il Giornale has come under fire for offering free annotated copies of Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf with one of its supplements. ... More
Far-right protesters have clashed with police in the Austrian capital during rallies against the entry of refugees.... More
Italy says over 1,300 stranded refugees have been rescued at sea in a single day of naval operations through the Mediterranean.... More
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