Mexico City, September 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A Mexican federal court has ruled in favor of the notorious drug kingpin Ernesto “Don Neto” Fonseca, granting him the benefit of house arrest to purge the last 10 years of a 40-year prison sentence due to his responsibility in the torture and death of a DEA agent. ... More


Quito, September 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Two journalist guilds in Ecuador have expressed support for the legal action taken by the National Communications Secretariat (Secom) against the NGO Fundamedios, when the government body decided to move forward with dissolving the organization's operating license.... More


Bogotá, September 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombia's largest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), called for an end to violence by paramilitaries armed groups that have for decades been contributing to the country's civil war.... More


Mexico City, September 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The attorney general’s office of Mexico City announced on Sunday that Cesar Omar Martinez Zendejas, the third suspect in the murder of photojournalist Ruben Espinosa, activist Nadia Vera and four other women, had been imprisoned.... More


Medellin, September 14 (PL-RHC)-- With a speech to be delivered in the morning session the president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, started Monday the General Assembly of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), in the city of Medellin.... More


Montevideo, September 14 (PL-RHC)-- Uruguayan intellectuals commemorated the 95th anniversary of the birth of prominent writer, poet and essayist Mario Benedetti, who died in 2009, after leaving a valuable and voluminous work.... More


Islamabad, September 12 (RHC)-- An American unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has killed 15 pro-Taliban Pakistani militants in southeastern Afghanistan, Press TV reports. The aircraft launched the attack in the Gomal district of Afghanistan’s Paktia province in the country's southeast.... More


London, September 12 (RHC)-- A massive crowd of demonstrators took to the streets of London to call for action on Europe’s deepening refugee crisis. The ‘Solidarity with Refugees’ rally on Saturday began at Park Lane and proceeded to Downing Street, with speeches in Parliament Square.... More


Sanaa, September 12 (RHC)-- At least 13 Yemeni people have been killed and scores of others wounded in Saudi Arabia's latest airstrikes as Riyadh's unabated aggression against the war-torn country continues. ... More


Santiago de Chile, September 12 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet recalled Friday that many victims of the September 11, 1973 coup against Salvador Allende were still waiting for justice. ... More


Washington, September 12 (RHC)-- The Republican-dominated U.S. House of Representatives has rejected the Iran nuclear accord overwhelmingly, in a vote that was sharply along party lines. ... More


Brussels, September 12 (RHC)-- The European states involved in the nuclear negotiations with Iran warned the U.S. Congress to approve the agreement or the Europeans would lift the sanctions against the Islamic Republic unilaterally, according to an American political commentator in Indiana. ... More


Dallas, September 12 (RHC)-- Republican candidate Rick Perry has dropped out of the race to be U.S. president days before he was to be relegated once again to a second-tier debate. Perry, former Texas governor, announced on Friday that he was suspending his presidential campaign, making him the first to depart among the crowded Republican candidates. ... More


United Nations, September 12 (RHC)-- The United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution to make the mostly secretive selection of the secretary general more open and transparent. The resolution, passed unanimously on Friday, will allow the 193 member states of the UN to access basic information about all candidates and have the chance to meet and question them. ... More


Abuja, September 12 (RHC)-- A deadly explosion has reportedly rocked a refugee camp in Nigeria's volatile northeastern state of Adamawa. Reports say the explosion was caused by an improvised explosive device (IED) left by the tents of the camp, which houses those displaced due to the terror activities by Takfiri Boko Haram militants. ... More


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