Ernesto Samper, general secretary of the Union of South American Nations, Unasur

Ernesto Samper, general secretary of the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, defined as a “democratic statement” next Sunday's referendum in Bolivia, to decide whether or not to reform the Constitution to allow President Evo Morales and Vice President Álvaro García Linera run for another term in the 2019 elections.... More


A Swedish aid group says Afghan forces have killed two patients and a caretaker during an attack on one of its clinics in the central part of the war-torn country.... More


Mexican Immigration authorities in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, at the Mexican border with the United States welcomed a flight with 122 Cubans from Costa Rica.... More


Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian allegedly for attempting to run over soldiers in the occupied West Bank shortly and another young Palestinian died of his wounds in clashes with Israeli troops.... More


Bolivian President Evo Morales emphasized that a victory of the YES vote in next Sunday's referendum will help comply with a patriotic agenda that, among other objectives, plans to get rid of poverty in Bolivia by the year 2025.... More


Ecuador's National Election Council is about to announce the date of the general elections next year, to elect the president, a vice president and the members of Parliament.... More


The Socialist United Party of Venezuela (PSUV) has issued a press release expressing support for the new economic measures that President Nicolás Maduro has announced.... More


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has vowed revenge against those responsible for the Ankara deadly blast that claimed the lives of at least 28 people.... More


Syrian army forces have liberated a village in the northwestern Aleppo Province as they continue their fight against Takfiri militants operating in the country.... More


Antonin Scalia

In the United States, more Senate Republicans have backed Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s pledge to block any nominee President Barack Obama chooses to replace Justice Antonin Scalia.... More


Four U.S. journalists detained in Bahrain earlier this week have now been released following an international outcry.... More


The Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has suspended the use of a larvicide after reports pointed to a potential link between the chemical and the devastating birth defect microcephaly.... More


American tech giant Apple Inc. says it will not unlock an iPhone used by one of the two attackers in San Bernardino, California, as "there is no way to guarantee" the move is limited to this case.... More


U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has come out in defense of the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques, saying: "Torture works." ... More


A British political analyst says London will never compromise on the territorial dispute with Argentina over Malvinas Islands, known as the Falklands to Britons.... More


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