Abuja, November 19 (RHC)-- In Nigeria, two suicide bomb attacks killed as many as 15 people in a market in the northern city of Kano on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after another suicide bomb killed more than 30 people at a crowded market in the northeastern city of Yola. ... More


Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has announced approval of a $1.29 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia, despite reports of possible war crimes in Yemen. ... More


Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- John Brennan, the director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA, has lashed out at renowned whistle-blower Edward Snowden for what he calls 'undermining the nation's security.' ... More


Beijing, November 19 (RHC)-- The number of deaths from a landslide in eastern China has risen to 38 as rescue teams continue providing aid to the survivors of the natural disaster. ... More


Philadelphia, November 19 (RHC)-- A new collection of scientific studies on extreme weather events says climate change played a role in at least half of the droughts, floods and storms last year. ... More


Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- A program intended to help Central American children apply for refugee status in the United States has failed to admit a single child into U.S. in over 10 months. ... More


Quito, November 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa will not run for re-election in the country’s 2017 general elections, the National Assembly announced Wednesday, and Ecuador’s governing PAIS Alliance party confirmed its support of the decision.... More


Brasilia, November 19 (PL-RHC)-- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff reaffirmed her commitment to fight racism, violence and social and gender inequality on the eve of the Day of Black Consciousness.... More


Guatemala City, November 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A coalition of Guatemalan immigrants living in the United States gathered in Guatemala City on Wednesday to bring their demands to the Guatemalan government with hopes of seeing new priorities in the Central American country’s political agenda.... More


Brasilia, November 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- According to organizers, at least 10,000 Black women marched Wednesday in Brasilia to protest against violence, racism, and to demand gender equality.... More


Roseau, November 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Heads of state of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) began their two-day 62nd Authority meeting in Dominica on Wednesday, hoping to tackle issues such as health, climate change, food security and access to funding.... More


Havana, November 19 (PL-RHC)-- The FARC-EP insurgents said on Wednesday that President Juan Manuel Santos's unilateralism in the Colombian peace dialogues endangers the stability of what has been achieved until now.... More


Havana, November 18 (RHC)-- The Cuban government has reiterated its condemnation of the politicization of the migration issue by the United States and called for legal, safe and orderly emigration. ... More


Abuja, November 18 (RHC)-- More than 30 people have lost their lives and 80 more sustained injuries in an explosion that ripped through a market in the northeastern Nigerian city of Yola. The bomb was detonated beside a main road in a crowded market in Adamawa's provincial capital on Tuesday evening, but it was not immediately clear whether it was caused by an improvised explosive device or an explosive-laden vest worn by a terrorist. ... More


Buenos Aires, November 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Latin American intellectuals, political officials as well as leaders from various social movements issued their support for Argentine presidential candidate Daniel Scioli of the ruling Front for Victory party leading up to country’s national elections on Sunday.... More


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