After more than three years of negotiations with the Colombian government, FARC rebels are hopeful that a final bilateral cease-fire deal will be sealed in the “coming days” after making crucial progress in the peace talks in Havana, Cuba, leaders announced Sunday.... More
The Syrian prime minister says government forces are preparing an operation to retake control of the northwestern city of Aleppo.... More
A UN-brokered ceasefire for Yemen came into effect in the run-up to peace talks in Kuwait. The ceasefire began at midnight (2100 GMT) Sunday and initially went into effect in the war-ravaged Ta’iz and Hajjah provinces.... More
Congress member Kenji Fujimori has received the highest number of votes in Peru’s election despite being implicated in major drug trafficking scandals. According to CPI exit polls, over 500h th,000 Peruvians voted for the younger brother of presidential front-runner Keiko Fujimori.... More
Scores of pro-Palestinian activists in the UK have demonstrated outside the headquarters of an arms manufacturing company, accusing it of benefiting from Israel’s deadly crackdown against Palestinians.... More
Pope Francis has issued a widely anticipated proclamation on family life, in which he calls on priests to make the church more inviting to single parents, LGBT people and unmarried couples.... More
The massive data leak known as the Panama Papers has revealed the law firm Mossack Fonseca set up more than 1,000 shell companies inside the United States, once again raising questions about the United States’ role as an offshore tax haven.... More
Visiting U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will not offer any apologies to the people of Hiroshima over the 1945 atomic bombing of the Japanese city, a senior U.S. official says.... More
The United Nations food relief agency has pledged to assist 1.6 million people hit by droughts exacerbated by El Niño in Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Haiti and building resilience against future climatic shocks.... More
Riot police cleared away a camp of "Up All Night" demonstrators from central Paris on Monday, but the organizers vowed to return to protest for a 12th consecutive night.... More
Bolivian President Evo Morales said the government of the United States sent experts in social networks to interfere with the referendum held in the South American country on February 21st.... More
Syrian rebel forces on Thursday took over a town near the Turkish border that had been the main stronghold of DAESH in the northern Aleppo countryside, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and rebel sources both said.... More
Latin American intellectuals and activists are participating in a solidarity meeting in Caracas, to show their support for Venezuela and other progressive governments in Latin America.... More
The Palestinians have given Arab nations a proposed UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements as an obstacle to peace, the Palestinian UN Mission said Thursday.... More
Greece has postponed the return of the next group of refugees to Turkey under a deal with the European Union until Friday, a Turkish government official has said, with no other deportees expected before then.... More
More Views
- Cyber-attacks increasing in Venezuela in recent days
- UN satellite images reveal colossal damage to structures in Gaza amid Israeli genocide
- Better management of arboviral disease outbreaks is a priority
- Cuba denounces OAS resolution on elections in Venezuela
- Timbalaye 2024 Festival promotes art and identity in Cuban neighborhoods
