New York, October 14 (RHC)-- Two former CIA prisoners who say they were tortured at a black site in Afghanistan have filed a lawsuit against the architects of the CIA’s torture program, James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen. ... More
Tokyo, October 14 (RHC)-- In news from Japan, the governor of Okinawa has revoked the construction permit at the site of a proposed new U.S. military base, which the majority of residents oppose. ... More
Las Vegas, October 14 (RHC)-- Five U.S. Democratic presidential hopefuls faced off Tuesday night in the first of six debates in the 2016 campaign. ... More
Bogotá, October 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A total of 130 acts of violence have been registered against candidates in the lead-up to the upcoming local elections in Colombia, the non-governmental organization Electoral Observation Mission told El Espectator newspaper Monday.... More
Brasilia, October 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff struck back Tuesday against her political opponents, whom she accuses of trying to plotting a coup to oust her from power, using some of the strongest language to date.... More
Mexico City, October 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- After the mention of a fifth bus created controversy and further suspicion of a government cover-up, Mexico's National Commission for Human Rights (CNDH) has now mentioned the existence of a sixth bus on the tragic night of September 26, 2014 -- when police went on a violent rampage to prevent buses from leaving Iguala, killing six people and forcibly disappearing 43 students, whose fate is still unknown.... More
Medellin, October 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombian police officials have reportedly arrested Samuai Chidi ‘Chiry’ Prince Siachi, a Nigerian national and suspected middleman between the country's largest drug trafficking organization, “Los Urabeños" and drug traffickers in the United States, Europe and Russia.... More
Geneva, October 14 (PL-RHC)-- Wealth in Latin America fell by 17 percent from the middle of 2014 to 2015, due to the disadvantageous situation of the regional currencies compared to the US dollar, said the Swiss bank Credit Suisse on Tuesday.... More
Brasilia, October 14 (RHC)-- Brazil's Supreme Court (STF) annulled a judicial process by opposition groups against President Dilma Rousseff, after a simple majority vote in the country's National Congress.... More
Islamabad, October 14 (RHC)-- At least seven people have been killed in a powerful bomb explosion that struck the political office of a lawmaker from the ruling center-right and conservative Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) political party in Pakistan's central province of Punjab.... More
Moscow, October 13 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Tuesday described the shelling of Moscow's embassy in Damascus as an "act of terror" aimed at intimidating those who support Moscow's bombing campaign in Syria. ... More
San Salvador, October 13 (RHC)-- In El Salvador, leaders of departments and municipalities from the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (FMLN) asked General Secretary Medardo Gonzales to continue his administration in order to consolidate the transformations taking place in the country.... More
Washington, October 13 (RHC)-- The United States and its so-called coalition partners have conducted more airstrikes in Syria and Iraq. According to U.S. military officials at the Pentagon, the attacks targeted ISIL terrorists and were carried out on Tuesday, a day after Washington air-dropped tons of weapons to militants fighting inside Syria. ... More
Sanaa, October 13 (RHC)-- The latest wave of Saudi air raids against Yemen has claimed the lives of seven people, including a child, in Yemen. According to reports, five people, including four women, lost their lives and 10 others were wounded in the Saudi air raids on the Khawkhah district of Yemen's western Hudaydah Province on Tuesday. ... More
United Nations, October 13 (RHC)-- The United Nations Security Council has unanimously adopted Resolution 2242, which calls for the active participation of women in the process and consolidation of peace. ... More
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