The United States has asked Russia to stop conducting airstrikes against the al-Nusra Front terrorists in Syria.... More


British Prime Minister David Cameron has said he would work with U.S. presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump if elected.... More


The International Monetary Fund has admitted in a new report that neo-liberalism fuels both inequality and hurts growth. ... More


The Israeli-imposed blockade on Gaza enters its 9th year this month, and according to British charity Oxfam, it has devastated the lives and livelihoods of 1.8 million Palestinians stuck in what has been compared to an open-air prison.... More


U.S. presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is increasingly eating into likely Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton’s national lead in the race for the White House, a CNN Poll of Polls has found, projecting a tight race for the November vote.... More


U.S. heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali died Friday evening in Phoenix, Arizona, where he had been hospitalized and treated for respiratory complications. He was 74 years old.... More


Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took to the streets in Rio de Janeiro Thursday along with thousands of women to reject the installed interim government of Michel Temer, strongly criticized by protesters as a coup regime.... More


Argentinean President Mauricio Macri has issued a decree that returns certain decision-making authority to the Armed Forces, reversing three-decades of attempts at reestablishing civilian control over the country's forces after a brutal military dictatorship.... More


Just days ahead of Sunday’s presidential runoff in Peru, the gap between conservative front runner Keiko Fujimori and her neo-liberal rival Pedro Pablo Kuczynski is closing, with the two candidates virtually tied according to new polls reported by Reuters on Friday.... More


Former Chilean soldier Pedro Barrientos will go on trial in the United States for the arbitrary detention, brutal torture and extrajudicial execution of famous Chilean singer Victor Jara in 1973.... More


UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed serious concern over a rise in recruitment and killing of children in conflict-hit countries in various parts of the world over the past year.... More


At least five U.S. soldiers have been killed and four other army troops swept away by a flood-swollen creek in the state of Texas. ... More


In the United States, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson has won the U.S. Libertarian Party's nomination for president. Johnson was declared the nominee at the Party's convention in Orlando, Florida.... More


Presumptive U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will visit Britain on June 24th -- the day after the referendum on whether the UK should remain a member of European Union.... More


Israeli and U.S. weapons manufacturers have teamed up to adapt an Israeli-made "suicide drone" to U.S. military requirements. ... More


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