Athens, October 8 (RHC)-- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government has won a confidence vote, starting the clock for it to pass reform laws before an October 15th deadline. “The [government’s] four-year term will be the term that will lead the country out of the crisis and Greek economy will return to growth, despite the difficulties that lie ahead,” Tsipras said in a speech before the vote held early on Thursday.... More
Brussels, October 8 (RHC)-- Police in Belgium have clashed with protesters in the capital, Brussels, where thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate against government austerity measures. On Wednesday, police used tear gas and water cannons to break up crowds of protesters in the city.... More
Luxembourg, October 8 (RHC)-- European Union ministers are to discuss plans to speed up the deportation of asylum seekers during a meeting in Luxembourg. On Thursday, EU home affairs ministers are set to decide on measures aimed at containing an influx of refugees by deporting those who fail to gain asylum in EU states.... More
Columbia, October 8 (RHC)-- Flooding from historic rainfall in the U.S. states of North and South Carolina has killed more people as several dams failed to hold swelling waters. The death toll in the Carolinas rose to 19 when bodies of two railroad workers were found on Wednesday morning.... More
Washington, October 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for surviving crew members from the cargo ship El Faro, which sank off the Bahamas after being battered by Hurricane Joaquin over the weekend. ... More
Mexico City, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- More than 151,230 have been murdered in Mexico since December 2006, including thousands of Central American migrants making the dangerous trek through the country toward the United States, denounced the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein.... More
Mexico City, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican marines raided a small community in the northern state of Durango and opened fire at homes for no known reason, while two young males were forcibly disappeared, neighbors told Sinaloan newspaper RioDoce.... More
Bogotá, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Rumors are circulating that teams currently negotiating a final peace deal between the Colombian government and the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are strong contenders for this year's Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded on Friday.... More
Managua, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Nicaragua’s national police reported on Tuesday that one police officer had been killed and 31 people injured during violent clashes with protesting workers from the El Limón gold mine.... More
Brasilia, October 8 (RHC)-- Brazil's Federal Court of Accounts (TCU) has called on the country’s Congress to reject government accounts after ruling that President Dilma Rousseff did not adhere to the Constitution and other laws regarding public spending, according to Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper.... More
Buenos Aires, October 8 (RHC)-- President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner headed the opening ceremony of the Dr. René Favaloro Hospital in the Buenos Aires province locality of La Matanza, the Buenos Aires Herald reported on Wednesday.... More
Ramallah, October 7 (RHC)-- Israeli soldiers have fatally shot a young Palestinian man in the city of Kiryat Gat in the occupied West Bank in a fresh act of violence against Palestinians.... More
Berlin, October 7 (RHC)--The president of soccer's international governing body, Sepp Blatter, has been provisionally suspended for 90 days. The decision was reportedly made during a meeting between members of the Ethics Committee of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on Wednesday.... More
Berlin, October 7 (RHC)-- Germany’s Interior Ministry says it has registered about 577,000 asylum seekers between January and September, with a third of them believed to be from Syria. In a statement released on Wednesday, the German ministry said the sum was registered on Germany’s EASY system. ... More
Washington, October 7 (RHC)-- The U.S. commander in Afghanistan has altered the U.S. account of the bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, for the fourth time in as many days, acknowledging U.S. Special Operations Forces, not Afghan allies, called in the attack. ... More
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