Ottawa, November 4 (RHC)-- The corporation behind the Keystone XL oil pipeline has asked the Barack Obama administration to suspend its long-running review of the controversial project. ... More


Baghdad, November 4 (RHC)-- Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi, who played a key role in pushing for the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, has died at the age of 71. ... More


Boston, November 4 (RHC)-- The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations has called for a hate crime investigation after the word "USA" was spray-painted multiple times on a Burlington mosque. ... More


Mexico City, November 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The number of drug dealers in Mexico’s federal prisons grew 1,200 percent between 2006 and 2014, according to a report released Tuesday by the Collective of Drug and Law Studies, findings that will be presented before Mexico’s lower house of Congress.... More


Asunción, November 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A wave of popular protests and strikes rocked Paraguay on Tuesday as popular discontent with the national government reached a breaking point in the South American country.... More


Bogotá, November 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombia’s ongoing peace negotiations between the government and FARC rebels entered a critical phase on Tuesday as the two sides neared agreements on key issues that would pave the way for a bilateral cease-fire ending 50-years of armed conflict.... More


Mexico City, November 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Federal authorities said Wednesday they are investigating three mass graves with an estimated 60 bodies just south of where the 43 Ayotzinapa were forcibly disappeared over a year ago, according to various local news reports.... More


Mexico City, November 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican Afro-descendants are pushing for a bill to gain legal recognition in the national constitution as a way to combat racism in the country, local media reported on Tuesday.... More


Brasilia, November 4 (PL-RHC)-- The Commission of Ethics of the Chamber of Deputies began on Tuesday a process against the president of the Brazilian legislature, Eduardo Cunha, for alleged unethical behavior.... More


Kuala Lumpur, November 3 (RHC)-- U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has reiterated on the country’s stance towards China’s islands in a “cordial” meeting with his Chinese counterpart, U.S. officials say.... More


Ramallah, November 3 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have attacked Palestinian students protesting against the Tel Aviv regime’s so-called separation barrier as well as the recent wave of aggression against Palestinians across the occupied territories. ... More


Quito, November 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A delegation from the Ecuadorean government made an historic visit to the Cuchaena territory, a Shuar indigenous community in the Amazon, to conduct a face-to-face meeting to further dialogue between the government and indigenous tribes. ... More


Ramallah, November 3 (RHC)-- The Israeli military has shut down a radio station in the occupied West Bank, destroying equipment, confiscating transmitters and accusing the station of inciting violence against Israelis. ... More


Washington, November 3 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has made his first public comments on his decision to deploy U.S. special operations forces to Syria. ... More


United Nations, November 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations reports that more than 200,000 refugees crossed the Mediterranean Sea to Europe last month, the highest monthly total on record. More people made the dangerous crossing in October than in all of last year. ... More


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