Ramallah, November 9 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot dead two Palestinians in the West Bank in their latest acts of violence in the occupied territories. The first shooting occurred on Sunday near a junction south of the city of Nablus, with Israeli forces claiming that the victim had rammed a group of Israelis with a car, Palestinian Ma'an news agency reported. ... More
Quito, November 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean victims and their families may finally see justice for historical crimes against humanity after almost three decades of impunity protecting the perpetrators.... More
Kabul, November 9 (RHC)-- At least three people have lost their lives in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan's eastern province of Nangarhar, a local official says. ... More
Washington, November 9 (RHC)-- President Obama has rejected the Keystone XL oil pipeline in one of the environmental movement’s biggest victories to date. After years of review and one of the largest grassroots campaigns in decades, Obama has announced that he will not allow Keystone on his watch. ... More
Washington, November 9 (RHC)-- U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has called on President Barack Obama to “do more” on Syria, saying the United States could send additional troops to the Arab country. The Pentagon chief made the remarks during an ABC News interview aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt in the South China Sea, days after Obama ordered the deployment of dozens of Special Operations Forces (SOF) to Syria. Carter's interview was broadcast on Sunday. ... More
Washington, November 9 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House today, marking the first talks between the two leaders since Netanyahu failed to block the nuclear deal with Iran. ... More
Geneva, November 9 (RHC)-- Sierra Leone has successfully overcome the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, which ravaged the African country for a year and a half, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). ... More
Berlin, November 9 (RHC)-- German Police forces have clashed with activists that waged a counter-rally to slam an anti-refugee demonstration in which thousands marched to protest Chancellor Angela Merkel's refugee policy. ... More
London, November 9 (RHC)-- British lawmakers may consider a debate over a no confidence vote in Prime Minister David Cameron as an online petition passes the required 100,000 threshold. The e-petition has been launched by Kelly Teeboon, who describes herself as a "radical feminist" and socialist. It accuses Cameron of wreaking "devastation for the poorest in society for the last five years." ... More
Moscow, November 9 (RHC)-- Russia is sending 44 planes to return its nationals from two Egyptian Red Sea resort towns, where they remained stranded following a deadly plane crash last week. A total of 14 planes are being sent to Sharm el-Sheikh and thirty more to Hurghada, read a statement released by the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency over the weekend. ... More
Washington, November 9 (RHC)-- A group of bipartisan lawmakers in the U.S. House of Representatives are calling for Congress to vote on the escalating U.S. wars in Iraq and Syria. ... More
Berlin, November 9 (RHC)-- Germany's flagship airline Lufthansa has canceled 929 of its flights for Monday as cabin crew announced the resumption of a strike over cost cuts. ... More
San Salvador, November 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The governing Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) concluded its first congress on Sunday with a strong commitment to advance its struggles against inequality, exclusion, and neo-liberalism.... More
La Paz, November 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Bolivian farmers are already being hard hit by a decline in global quinoa prices, according to reports Sunday. In Bolivia's quinoa heartland of Oruro, farmers can't even cover production costs, Prensa Latina reported.... More
Buenos Aires, November 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Daniel Scioli, candidate in the upcoming Argentinean presidential run-off elections, announced new measures as part of his proposed government plan.... More
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