United Nations, September 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations says a total of 1,325 Iraqis lost their lives and 1,811 others sustained injuries in the month of August in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict. ... More
Washington, September 3 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives will vote next week to either approve or disapprove of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, announced on Wednesday that the chamber will vote on the July 14th nuclear accord as it returns from the August vacation next week. ... More
Anchorage, September 3 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama continued his trip to the Arctic just weeks after his administration permitted oil giant Shell to begin oil drilling in the remote Arctic waters off the coast of Alaska. Obama toured a glacier and spoke about the already visible impacts of climate change. ... More
Beirut, September 3 (RHC)-- In Lebanon, riot police have forcibly removed more than two dozen protesters from the Environment Ministry building in the capital Beirut, after the demonstrators occupied the building to demand the minister’s resignation over the heaps of trash piling up in the streets. ... More
Budapest, September 3 (RHC)-- In news from Europe, hundreds of people protested outside a Budapest train station over Hungary’s decision to prevent people fleeing violence in their home countries from boarding westbound trains headed toward Germany. The move has left thousands of people stranded outside the station in 104-degree heat. ... More
Sacramento, September 3 (RHC)-- In the United States, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency has arrested nearly 250 people during four days of raids targeting undocumented immigrants across Southern California. ... More
Dallas, September 3 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Texas, the FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting by sheriff’s deputies of a man who appeared to have his hands in the air. ... More
Prague, September 3 (RHC)-- Thousands of asylum seekers fleeing conflict-stricken countries in the Middle East and Africa have converged on Europe via the Mediterranean over the last few months. Apparently at a loss of how to deal with the uninvited guests, the Czech Republic decided to deal with the influx Nazi-style. ... More
London, September 3 (RHC)-- British Prime Minster David Cameron has rejected calls for the UK to accept more asylum seekers, stating that accepting more refugees is not the solution to the current problem in the Mediterranean region. ... More
Washington, September 3 (RHC)-- Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio says that if he becomes the next U.S. president, he will strike down the Iran nuclear agreement and reimpose sanctions against the Islamic Republic on his first day in the White House. ... More
New York, September 3 (RHC)-- In New York, a newly released video shows the final hours of the life of a diabetic prisoner at Rikers Island jail who was reportedly deprived of his insulin medication and left to slowly die. ... More
Washington, September 3 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has criticized rival Jeb Bush, saying Bush should "set the example by speaking English while in the United States." ... More
The letter is dated September 2nd and is addressed to the President of Congress, Luis Rabbe, with a copy to Vice President Alejandro Maldonado.... More
Quito, September 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Secretary-General of the Union of South American Nations, Ernesto Samper, invited the presidents of Colombia and Venezuela to address the border and diplomatic crisis between the two countries.... More
Bogotá, September 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- On the third day of the massive mobilizations lead by the Agrarian, Farmers, Ethnic and Popular Summit, hundreds of farmers, along with Indigenous and Afro-Colombian people, peacefully occupied the Ministry of Agriculture’s main building in Bogotá. Representatives of the Agrarian Summit said the occupation was peaceful, and no damage or violent actions had been reported.... More
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