Yaoundé, December 11 (RHC)-- At least eight people have lost their lives and nearly two dozen others sustained injuries in Cameroon’s Far North region in a bombing attack by the Nigeria-based Takfiri Boko Haram terrorist group. ... More
Moscow, December 11 (RHC)-- Russia has slammed a statement by the foreign-backed Syrian opposition calling on President Bashar al-Assad to quit, saying only the Syrian nation should decide the fate of their president. ... More
Athens, December 11 (RHC)-- The Greek government says it will deport economic refugees stuck at the country’s border with Macedonia if they fail to qualify for asylum. “Those without papers, the so-called illegal refugees, have the right to request asylum (or) the right to voluntary repatriation,” Greek Minister for Migration Affairs Yiannis Mouzalas said on Thursday, adding: “If they do not request either within 30 days, they will be returned to their countries of origin.” ... More
Berlin, December 11 (RHC)-- Germany has released new figures showing it is on track to accept more than one million new refugees this year alone. That’s more than four times the number of refugees who resettled in Germany in 2014. ... More
Ottawa, December 11 (RHC)-- Canada has vowed to set up an inquiry into the disappearances and murders of nearly 1,200 indigenous women and girls over the last three decades, a demand made by First Nations activists for years. ... More
London, December 11 (RHC)-- According to reports from London, central regions in Britain are facing storms that will bring more heavy rains to the flood-ravaged north. Weather reports say that another 12 inches is forecast to hit in just 48 hours this weekend.... More
London, December 11 (RHC)-- A petition to ban Donald Trump from entering the United Kingdom in response to his call for banning Muslims from the United States has gotten over 475,000 signatures, making it the most popular petition ever on the British government’s website. ... More
Washington, December 11 (RHC)-- The former Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and other top officials showered the Obama family with more than $1.3 million in gifts throughout 2014, according to the U.S. State Department. ... More
Buenos Aires, December 11 (PL-RHC)-- Mauricio Macri was sworn in on Thursday as the 52nd president of Argentina, with the stated commitment to do many things for the country to improve the lives of all the citizens.... More
La Paz, December 11 (PL-RHC)-- Acting president of Bolivia, Álvaro García Linera, warned on Thursday the progressive peoples of the region about an economic offensive aims to undermine their revolutionary processes.... More
Quito, December 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean lawmakers have approved a new gender identity law, allowing citizens to change their birth name and gender identity on legal documents. ... More
Guatemala City, December 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mining projects and resource extraction in Guatemala exacerbate the discrimination and violence that women face in all areas of Guatemalan society, Rights Action Director Grahame Russell told teleSUR English on Thursday.... More
Lima, December 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A congressional report says the drug trade is impacting the politics of Peru. The report, released after a long investigation by a legislative commission led by progressive lawmaker Rosa Mavila, said criminal groups are looking to fund electoral campaigns to buy influence and are even showing an interest in creating political parties of their own.... More
Santiago de Chile, December 11 (PL-RHC)-- The regional office of Food and Agriculture Organization, the FAO, based in Chile, highlights the projection of Latin America as the greatest net exporter of food products, ahead of North America.... More
Moscow, December 10 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin has praised launching cruise missiles against terrorists' positions in Syria from a Russian submarine, and expressed hope these weapons would not need to be armed with nuclear warheads. ... More
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