Venezuela will reopen its border with Colombia during the day, according to an announcement by the governor of Tachira state.... More


Marking 17 months since municipal police in Iguala, Guerrero, attacked and disappeared the 43 Ayotzinapa students, their families and classmates held a series of protest rallies in Mexico City and Matamoros.... More


Hebe de Bonafini, Argentinean human rights activist and founder of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, has strongly criticized the timing of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Argentina, which will coincide with the anniversary of the 1976 military coup. ... More


At least 15 people have been killed and some 50 others wounded in a twin bomb attack that targeted a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, security sources say.... More


Panama has temporarily stopped the transfer to Mexico of more than 400 Cuban emigrants camped on Panama's western border, and said it would resume flights next week.... More


The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 10 rounds of airstrikes hit the rebel-held town of Douma to the east of Damascus Friday morning, only hours before a U.S.- and Russian-brokered plan to stop the fighting is slated to take effect.... More


Latin American communication experts discuss in Venezuela the importance and regional influence of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America- People's Treaty (ALBA-TCP).... More


In the U.S. state of Kansas, a man killed three people at a manufacturing plant Thursday in a shooting spree that also left 14 people wounded.... More


Bolivian President Evo Morales ratified his existing cabinet, calling for more effective work to speed up the country's investment program and boost national industrialization.... More


Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qiq

Jailed Palestinian journalist Mohammed al-Qiq has put an end to its grueling 94-day hunger strike that had exposed him to an immediate risk of death after his lawyers reached an agreement with Israeli authorities for his release in May.... More


U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says establishing a so-called 'safe zone' in Syria requires between 15,000 to 30,000 foot soldiers.... More


A Palestinian child has lost his life and another sustained serious injuries when an explosive device that had been left from Israel's last military onslaught against the Gaza Strip went off in the besieged coastal enclave.... More


In Calais, France, in the largest camp in the country, refugees say officials began telling people to move out this morning, after a judge ruled Thursday that French authorities can move forward in evicting as many as 3,000 refugees.... More


U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called on Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio to stop “punishing” Mexico by blocking the nomination of Roberta Jacobson as ambassador to that country, accusing the Florida senator of expressing his opposition to U.S. policy toward Cuba.... More


Tens of thousands of public workers across Argentina have staged a one-day strike to protest against soaring inflation and widespread job cuts by the administration of President Mauricio Macri.... More


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