Caracas, Nov. 14 (teleSUR-RHC) Ahead of Venezuela’s Dec. 6 national legislative elections, the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) announced that it will send an electoral observer mission in order to monitor polling stations throughout the country.... More


Paris, November 14 (RHC)-- At least 160 people have been killed and over 200 others injured in the French capital Paris in the deadliest attacks to hit the country since the Second World War.... More


Brasilia, Nov. 14 (teleSUR-RHC) Social movements and political parties mobilized in Brazil Friday to defend democracy, reject the privatization of state oil company Petrobras and demand the resignation of the president of the lower house, Eduardo Cunha, for corruption and discriminatory policies.... More


Geneva, Nov. 14 (teleSUR-RHC) Severe drought in Central America is expected to severely affect at least 2.3 million people, particularly small farmers, who depend on local crops for money and nutrition.... More


Ramallah, November 14 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have killed two more Palestinians in the occupied West Bank as dozens more are injured in violent clashes in another Day of Rage.... More


London, November 14 (RHC)-- Amnesty International is calling for a probe of the killing of a Palestinian man by undercover Israeli agents during a raid on a hospital in Hebron Thursday, saying the killing may amount to an extrajudicial execution. ... More


Washington, November 14 (RHC)-- The United States says it supports a decision made by the European Union to label goods from the illegal Israeli settlements on occupied Palestinian land. The U.S. State Department says it doesn't consider the new EU rule banning "Made in Settlements" tags on goods produced in the occupied West Bank as a boycott of the Zionist regime.... More


Nairobi, November 14 (RHC)-- Kenyan officials have said some 10,000 police officers will be deployed to boost security during Pope Francis' upcoming visit to Kenya.... More


Washington, November 14 (RHC)-- Jeb Bush, who was the early frontrunner for the Republican nomination for U.S. president, has plummeted to the low single digits in a latest national poll. The Quinnipiac University survey found Bush taking only 4 percent support, down from 10 percent in September.... More


Washington, November 14 (RHC)-- Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal is widening. The company has now acknowledged it understated carbon dioxide emissions for about 800,000 vehicles sold in Europe. ... More


Buenos Aires, Nov 14 (teleSUR-RHC) The economic policies of Argentine Let’s Change opposition alliance will drive up food and medicine prices with the same tactics that failed in the country once before, presidential candidate Daniel Scioli warned, as he prepared to debate rival Mauricio Macri.... More


Lima, Nov 14 (teleSUR-RHC) Peruvian President Ollanta Humala announced Friday that the country’s next presidential election will be held on April 10, 2016.... More


Bogotá, Nov 14 (teleSUR-RHC) The Colombian government approved plans to legalize the cultivation and sale of marijuana for medical purposes on Thursday. ... More


Bogotá, Nov 14 (teleSUR-RHC) Members of the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) imprisoned across the country have started a hunger strike to demand that injured jailed comrades be released and given medical treatment.... More


Damascus, November 13 (RHC)-- Syrian military forces have liberated key areas from the grip of Takfiri terrorists as part of the recent advances in Aleppo Province. Syria's official news agency SANA said on Friday that the forces seized control of several villages and positions in the southwestern countryside of Aleppo. The report notes that the terrorists suffered heavy losses in terms of personnel and equipment. ... More


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