Buenos Aires, October 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez on Wednesday called on the country’s security forces to clarify the circumstances surrounding the death of Diana Sacayán, a leading transgender activist.... More


Santo Domingo, October 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The presidents of the Dominican Republic and Haiti have agreed to normalize bilateral relations. Tensions between the two neighbors flared up over the summer when the Dominican Republic began deporting Haitians who could not prove their legal status.... More


Asunción, October 15 (PL-RHC)-- After ten unsuccessful attempts, a court will once again start a public trial on the events in Paraguay's rural town of Curuguaty in 2012, where 11 farmers and six police officers were killed.... More


Guatemala, October 15 (PL-RHC)-- Court B of Higher Risk in Guatemala ordered Thursday the detention of 50 businessmen and legal representatives of firms involved in the customs fraud corruption case known as La Linea.... More


Bogotá, October 15 (PL-RHC)-- Colombian congressmen Antonio Navarro and Ivan Cepeda defended on Wednesday the participation of future demobilized insurgents of the FARC in politics after signing the peace agreement to end the internal conflict.... More


Jerusalem, October 14 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot dead another Palestinian in Jerusalem after claiming that he attacked and stabbed a woman near the central bus station. Israeli police said in a statement that the man was killed on Wednesday after allegedly attacking and slightly injured “a woman aged about 70.”... More


Moscow, October 14 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has questioned the effectiveness of the mission of the so-called anti-Daesh U.S.-led coalition in Syria, saying the results of the coalition's measures are "insignificant." ... More


Santiago de Chile, October 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet announced on Tuesday the start of a process that could lead to a new constitution for the South American country.... More


Kabul, October 14 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, the Taliban have announced their withdrawal from the city of Kunduz, to avoid what they called an "unnecessary waste of ammunition." The Taliban held the city for 15 days after hundreds of militants managed to overtake thousands of government forces. ... More


Jerusalem, October 14 (RHC)-- Israeli troops are moving to lock down Palestinian neighborhoods in East Jerusalem today, amid a wave of stabbing attacks by Palestinians against Israelis and escalating violence by Israeli forces in the Occupied Territories. ... More


Ramallah, October 14 (RHC)-- This Wednesday, October 14th, Palestinian solidarity organizations have called for a World Twitter Day in support of the cause of the Palestinian people. ... More


Ramallah, October 14 (RHC)-- Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary General Saeb Erekat says new petitions will be sent to the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Israeli regime for crimes against Palestinians. ... More


Jerusalem, October 14 (RHC)-- A graphic video has emerged, showing a 13-year-old Palestinian boy left to die of injuries sustained from Israeli forces' gunfire while bystanders and soldiers watch him bleed to death. ... More


Ankara, October 14 (RHC)-- Turkey’s deputy prime minister says a "large number of people" have been detained as suspects in the bombings of the peace rally in Ankara Saturday that killed as many as 128 people. ... More


Damascus, October 14 (RHC)-- In news from Syria, members of the U.S.-backed rebel groups fighting Syrian President Bashar-al-Assad have reported receiving an influx of U.S.-made anti-tank missiles in what appears to be a response to Russian airstrikes against groups fighting President Assad. ... More


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