Munich, November 17 (RHC)-- A former German secret service agent accused of treason has admitted to spying for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), telling a court he had done so out of dissatisfaction with his job. ... More
Washington, November 17 (RHC)-- The United States will sell smart bombs worth of $1.29 billion to Saudi Arabia as the monarchy continues relentless raids against its impoverished neighbor. ... More
London, November 17 (RHC)-- British Prime Minister David Cameron has unveiled London’s plans to hire some 1,900 more spies in a bid to counter terror threats against the country. "Our security and intelligence services have stopped something like seven attacks in the last six months albeit attacks planned on a smaller scale. That's one of the reasons we are strengthening the security and intelligence services," Cameron said on Monday. ... More
Guatemala City, November 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Women leaders and members from more than 100 different indigenous groups convened in Guatemala on Monday for the first day of the annual Continental Meeting of Indigenous Women of the Americas.... More
Bogotá, November 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Two Colombian soldiers who had been taken prisoner by the National Liberation Army were released Monday into the hands of representatives from the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Catholic Church, as well as state officials.... More
Panama City, November 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Access to basic rights such as health, education and employment is increasingly difficult for women in Panama, a country with a growing gender inequality, the United Nations Development Program said on Monday.... More
Caracas, November 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The audit on the Venezuela’s high-tech electoral platform began this Monday ahead of the Dec. 6 parliamentary elections, the National Electoral Council announced.... More
Rio de Janeiro, November 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mining giants BHP-Billiton and Vale have agreed to pay $260 million through their Brazilian subsidiary Samarco for damages caused by an environmental catastrophe that polluted a river, leveled a community, and killed at least 17 people in Brazil two weeks ago.... More
Antalya, November 17 (RHC)-- The Argentinean Economy Ministry celebrated on Monday another international acknowledgement of the importance of the country’s long-standing legal saga with the so-called “vulture funds” as the G20 group of developed economies made references in its final document to the importance of promoting new rules for debt restructuring processes, according to Buenos Aires Herald.... More
Quito, November 17 (PL-RHC)-- The national coordinators of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) hope on Tuesday to unify views on the extra regional relations of the block, and begin preparations for the next summit of the organization.... More
Paris, November 16 (RHC)-- France has entered a third day of mourning after 129 people were killed in Paris in a series of suicide bombings and shootings. It was the deadliest attack on French soil since World War II. Hundreds were wounded in the attacks on Friday, 99 are in critical condition. ... More
Asunción, November 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mario Ferreiro, of the Febrerista Revolutionary Party and the Together We Can alliance, won the Asunción mayoral race with 100 percent of the votes counted, beating his closest challenger by more than 10 points. ... More
Paris, November 16 (RHC)-- France has entered a third day of mourning after 129 people were killed in Paris in a series of suicide bombings and shootings. It was the deadliest attack on French soil since World War II. Hundreds were wounded in the attacks on Friday, 99 are in critical condition. ... More
Damascus, November 16 (RHC)-- French fighter jets have pounded positions belonging to the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group in its de facto capital of al-Raqqah. ... More
Paris, November 16 (RHC)-- French authorities said they believed the Paris attacks were carried out by eight assailants working in three teams. Seven of the men died in the attacks and a massive manhunt is underway for the eighth—Salah Abdeslam, a Belgian-born French national. Two of his brothers were said to have died in the attack. Several of the attackers were French nationals. ... More
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