Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has dismissed speculation about an alternative plan for a political settlement of the Syria crisis.... More


In Peru, the state oil company has acknowledged at least 3,000 barrels of crude oil have spilled in the Amazon region, after ruptures in Peru’s main oil pipeline.... More


Syrian army forces and their allies have retaken control of a strategic town in the northern Aleppo province from Daesh militants.... More


In El Salvador, 4,000 patients have benefited from the Operation Miracle free eye-surgery program, since the opening of the first specialized center attached to the program a little over eight months ago.... More


Bolivian Presidential Minister, Juan Ramón Quintana

Bolivian Presidential Minister, Juan Ramón Quintana, has denounced the simultaneous attacks by right-wing politicians with support from foreign governments and unscrupulous media outlets.... More


Greece warns any European Union deal on the refugee crisis must incorporate mandatory distributions of the refugees as ministers of the bloc meet to tighten regulations. ... More


Jamaicans went to the polls on Thursday to elect over 60 members of the lower chamber of congress, and choose between the continuity of the ruling People's National Party and the opposition's return to power.... More


A report says French special forces have been deployed in Libya under the pretext of fighting Daesh terrorists operating in the North African country. ... More


French President François Hollande

French President François Hollande arrived Thursday in Uruguay, the last leg of his Latin American tour that included also Peru and Argentina.... More


Noam Chomsky

U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump’s surprising rise in politics is attributable to “fear” and a “breakdown of society,” says renowned scholar Noam Chomsky.... More


The NO choice against introducing changes to Bolivia's Constitution for a presidential re-election, won with narrow margins over the YES vote in a referendum held last Sunday, despite the YES vote prevailing in such important cities as La Paz, Oruro and Cochabamba.... More


Afghan officials say more than two dozen Daesh terrorists have been killed in U.S. drone strikes in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar. ... More


U.S. lawyer Thomas B. Wilner says that President Barack Obama has the power to close the prison at the illegal base the US Government runs in the Eastern Cuban territory of Guantánamo, and transfer the inmates to the US, even if Congress objects.... More


Israeli troops have destroyed the homes belonging to two Palestinians for alleged anti-Israeli attacks in the occupied territories.... More


Venezuelan authorities investigate the sabotage of an electric grid in Caracas, following denounces by Electric Energy Minister Luis Motta.... More


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