Tel Aviv, October 16 (RHC)-- The Israeli government has deployed thousands of soldiers and border police and has erected checkpoints to seal off Palestinian neighborhoods amid escalating violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories. ... More
Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- The U.S. administration has backtracked on its criticism of the Israeli government over the recent escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian territories. ... More
Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- Environmentalists held protests in cities across the United States, calling for action on climate change and protesting against the institutions that continue to drive fossil fuel extraction. ... More
Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- Newly leaked U.S. government documents have provided an unprecedented window into the secret U.S. drone assassination program across the globe. ... More
Brussels, October 16 (RHC)-- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has expressed support for U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to slow down troops withdrawal from Afghanistan.... More
Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has told Congress he will send approximately 300 U.S. troops to Cameroon to help fight extremist groups such as Boko Haram. Ninety of these troops have reportedly already been deployed. ... More
Berlin, October 16 (RHC)-- Germany has ordered Volkswagen to recall 2.4 million of its diesel cars equipped with software intended to manipulate emissions test results. This is the first government-ordered recall since Volkswagen admitted last month that it had installed the emissions cheating software in 11 million diesel cars worldwide. ... More
Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- Pentagon officials are considering relocating Guantanamo detainees to a U.S. federal prison and the Colorado State Penitentiary and have started assessing eligibility of the facilities. A team from the U.S. Defense Department has begun reviewing sites in Colorado as potential alternatives for holding prisoners as part of the long-stalled initiative by U.S. President Barack Obama to close the controversial detention center.... More
San Francisco, October 16 (RHC)-- Twitter has announced that it is going to cut eight percent of its workforce, or equal to 336 jobs, in a bid to restructure its messaging platform under newly returned chief executive, Jack Dorsey.... More
Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- In news from Washington, a close friend of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has released a letter to Biden’s former staffers saying that he will be making a decision soon on whether to join the 2016 presidential election. ... More
Buenos Aires, October 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentinean presidential candidate of the ruling Front for Victory Party (FpV) Daniel Scioli would win the second round of elections if the October 25th ballot went to a runoff, according to consulting firm Dicen.... More
Bogotá, October 16 (PL-RHC)-- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has reiterated his optimism about the possibility of achieving peace within six months, while describing as transcendental the recent agreement on justice with the FARC-EP.... More
Caracas, October 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Venezuelan National Electoral Council (CNE) met with candidates on Thursday, who committed to respecting the results of parliamentary elections on December 6th.... More
Santiago de Chile, October 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Both high school and university students took to the streets of Santiago de Chile on Thursday to demand the government make more progress to offer free education in the country.... More
Quito, October 16 (PL-RHC)-- Foreign Ministers Ricardo Patiño, from Ecuador, and Heraldo Muñoz, from Chile, opened in Quito the 4th Bi-national Inter-ministerial Meeting and confirmed the signing of common agreements.... More
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