Ouagadougou, January 18 (RHC)-- An attack by al-Qaeda-affiliated militants on a hotel in Burkina Faso's capital, Ouagadougou, has come to an end with nearly 30 people, including 11 foreigners, dead. ... More
Sanaa, January 18 (RHC)-- Dozens of people have been killed in a series of air raids by Saudi Arabia on police buildings in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa as well as other areas across the war-torn Arab state. ... More
Yaoundé, January 18 (RHC)-- At least four people have lost their lives and two sustained injuries in a bomb attack targeting a mosque in Cameroon’s northern region, a security source says. ... More
Tehran, January 18 (RHC)-- Iran’s oil ministry has issued an order to increase production by 500,000 barrels a day as the country moved ahead with plans to add supply to a glutted market even at the risk of contributing to a price collapse. ... More
London, January 18 (RHC)-- Leader of UK Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn says Britain should not carry nukes on submarines and show its resolve for nuclear "de-escalation." Corbyn told the state-run BBC on Sunday that the UK could keep its controversial Trident submarine fleet but without carrying nuclear warheads. ... More
New York, January 18 (RHC)-- A recent report shows the 20 richest people in the United States own more wealth than half of the population of the U.S. combined. ... More
Caracas, January 16 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has declared a 60-day nationwide economic emergency to tackle a deepening economic crisis. The announcement on Friday came just hours before Maduro delivered a state of the union address. ... More
Havana, January 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces, FARC, has criticized the poor treatment of political prisoners and called for intervention into the grave situation in Colombian jails. ... More
Buenos Aires, January 16 (teleSUR-RHC) -- Argentinean airline Sol filed for bankruptcy on Friday, leaving 300 employees without jobs and passengers without flights. Neither were provided an explanation, and customers were sold tickets even after the flights were canceled, according to employees. ... More
United Nations, January 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The United Nations will begin to roll out its Humanitarian Response Plan to help people in drastic need of food, health care, water and sanitation. Over 2.8 million people have been drastically affected by drought in the Central American corridor of Honduras and Guatemala and are in drastic need of humanitarian aid, the United Nations reported Friday. ... More
Washington, January 16 (RHC)-- Migrants to the United States and Mexico are increasingly arriving as families, compared to several years ago when most arrivals were young men looking for agricultural work. ... More
Bogota, January 16 (RHC-PL) -- De-mining operations have begun in the municipality of Briceño by the Colombian Army and FARC-EP troops, and include three other towns in the department of Antioquia, El Colombiano newspaper reported Saturday. ... More
Kabul, January 16 (RHC)-- Afghan authorities say at least eleven people have lost their lives in a new U.S. assassination drone strike in Afghanistan’s troubled eastern province of Nangarhar. ... More
Gaza City, January 16 (RHC)-- At least two Palestinians have been killed and 10 others wounded in an attack by Israeli troops on protesters in the besieged Gaza Strip. ... More
Sanaa, January 16 (RHC)-- At least 30 people have been killed in a Saudi airstrike in northwestern Yemen, a day after six troops were killed at a military base of the kingdom near the border. ... More
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