Buenos Aires, October 2 (MERCOPRESS-RHC)-- Argentina has launched the ARSAT-2 spacecraft from a site in French Guyana, with the goal of providing telecommunication services across much of the Western hemisphere. ... More


Mexico City, October 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of Mexicans will march in Mexico City on Friday to commemorate the anniversary of the 1968 massacre of students by the state in Tlatelolco Plaza, in the heart of the capital.... More


Renewed Protests Hit Honduras

Tegucigalpa, October 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Honduran activists were preparing on Thursday for nationwide protests amid a growing government scandal.... More


Portland, October 1 (RHC)-- At least 15 people have been killed and 20 others wounded in a shooting at a community college in the U.S. state of Oregon after a gunman opened fire, RT reports.... More


Miami, October 1 (RHC)-- Hurricane Joaquin, a powerful, Category 4 storm with sustained winds of 210 kilometers an hour, is lashing the central zone of the Bahama Islands. According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida, the hurricane has intensified in recent hours.... More


Damascus, October 1 (RHC)-- The Syrian government has confirmed that President Bashar al-Assad requested military assistance from Russia, as Moscow gets the parliamentary approval for military presence in Syria.... More


Caracas, October 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday that his visit to the United States showed U.S. citizens support Venezuela and the “campaigns of hate” against the Latin American country have failed. ... More


United Nations, October 1 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has warned Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov that Russian airstrikes in Syria could escalate the years-long conflict in the Arab country, a senior American official says.... More


Chicago, October 1 (RHC)-- The reason that the United States has failed to “wipe out” Daesh (ISIL) terrorists in Syria is that its warplanes have never targeted the Takfiri group, an American political commentator says. “Why haven’t they wiped out by America,” asked Stephen Lendman, author and radio host in Chicago, “because America hasn’t targeted them so far.”... More


Damascus, October 1 (RHC)-- The Syrian foreign minister has expressed his country’s confidence in Russia’s anti-terror position as Russian President Vladimir Putin describes preemptive airstrikes as the best way to fight international terrorism.... More


United Nations, October 1 (RHC)-- The flag of Palestine has finally been raised at the United Nations headquarters in an apparent blow to the Israeli regime and the United States who opposed the move until the very last moment.... More


Kabul, October 1 (RHC)-- Afghan special forces have recaptured the major northern city of Kunduz from the Taliban militants, after the strategic provincial capital fell into the hands of the extremist group on Monday, the country's Interior Ministry says.... More


Washington, October 1 (RHC)-- The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that global growth will likely be weaker this year as the world economy confronts a host of problems, including a refugee crisis in Europe, an economic slowdown in China and a pending rise in U.S. interest rates.... More


Brussels, October 1 (RHC)-- New data shows European cars may be emitting as much as 40 percent more carbon dioxide than previously thought, suggesting Volkswagen’s cheating scandal is part of an industry-wide problem. ... More


Bangui, October 1 (RHC)-- Officials in the Central African Republic say at least 500 people have escaped from prison. This comes amid fighting that has killed at least 42 people in the capital of Bangui. ... More


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