Houston, November 25 (RHC)-- Oil prices retreated Wednesday as official data revealed another rise in U.S. crude stockpiles, adding to concerns about a global supply glut. Prices had surged Tuesday on heightened geopolitical tensions sparked by Turkey's shooting down of a Russian fighter jet on the Syrian border, AFP reported.... More


Caracas, November 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Waving signs that read: “We are oil workers” and “We are socialists,” employees of Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA, held demonstrations in Caracas and the central city of Guayana to protest the U.S. government’s spying on their employer, as revealed last week in an exclusive report published by teleSUR.... More


Moscow, November 25 (RHC)--Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has described the downing of a Russian warplane by the Turkish military as a "planned provocation," saying terrorist groups operating against the Syrian government are openly using Turkish territory. ... More


Ankara, November 25 (RHC)-- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara does not want any escalation with Moscow following Turkey's downing of a Russian fighter jet inside Syria. ... More


Tunis, November 25 (RHC)-- Tunisia has declared a 30-day state of emergency after at least 12 people were killed by an explosion on a bus carrying members of the presidential guard. The capital Tunis is under a night-time curfew. ... More


Paris, November 25 (RHC)-- A hostage-taking situation in the northern French town of Roubaix has come to an end with all the hostages rescued, officials say. Local authorities said on Tuesday that the hostages had all been moved to a "secure place" and several suspects had been arrested by the police. Some reports say that one of the suspects was killed during police operations. ... More


Washington, November 25 (RHC)-- U.S. President Obama and French President Francois Hollande have agreed to increase airstrikes against the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq and Syria following the Paris attacks. ... More


Washington, November 25 (RHC)-- U.S. President Obama and French President Francois Hollande have agreed to increase airstrikes against the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Iraq and Syria following the Paris attacks. ... More


Paris, November 25 (RHC)-- In the wake of the Paris attacks, French authorities canceled a mass march against climate change scheduled for this Sunday; 200,000 people were expected to take to the streets to call for a global deal to avert climate catastrophe. ... More


Washington, November 25 (RHC)-- A U.S. Army helicopter crash at Fort Hood military base in Texas has left four crew members on board dead, officials say. The UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter which was reportedly on a training mission crashed at 5:49 p.m. local time on Monday at Fort Hood military base, 200 miles northwest of Houston, Texas. ... More


Ramallah, November 25 (RHC)-- Palestinian officials have warned about the deteriorating health conditions of thousands of patients in the besieged Gaza Strip following Egypt's closure of the Rafah crossing. ... More


Kabul, November 25 (RHC)-- Doctors Without Borders has identified 14 staff members killed in a U.S. airstrike on its hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan on October 3rd.... More


Monrovia, November 25 (RHC)-- In Liberia, a 15-year-old boy has died of Ebola, months after the country was declared Ebola free. ... More


Berlin, November 25 (RHC)-- Germany’s biggest lender, Deutsche Bank, has announced that it will cut 35,000 jobs through redundancies and the sale of businesses. ... More


Quito, November 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean authorities have announced plans to destroy hundreds of weapons seized during anti-smuggling operations over the past year.... More


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