Washington, June 1 (RHC)-- The U.S. government’s authority to sweep up millions of Americans’ phone records has temporarily expired after the Senate failed to renew it before a midnight deadline. ... More
Quito, June 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa has outlined a new inheritance tax bill, to be introduced soon to the National Assembly with a 2.5 percent of taxes over inheritances on $35,000-70,000. ... More
Washington, June 1 (RHC)-- The head of the Central Intelligence Agency has insisted that the United States should continue snooping on telephone conversations of millions of Americans in order to stop terrorist attacks. ... More
New York, June 1 (RHC)-- Human Rights Watch (HRW) says evidence shows Saudi Arabia has been pounding neighboring Yemen with internationally banned cluster bombs, warning that such attacks are "harming civilians." ... More
Brussels, June 1 (RHC)-- European officials say at least 5,000 migrants have been rescued in the Mediterranean over the weekend. The migrants were on 25 vessels that left from Libya on their way to various European countries. ... More
Athens, June 1 (RHC)-- The Greek prime minister has criticized Athens's international creditors for offering "absurd" proposals and failing to show flexibility in the ongoing talks over Greece's bailout program. ... More
Los Angeles, June 1 (RHC)-- Two separate cases of gun violence in the United States have left three people killed and another one injured, according to police officials. ... More
Washington, June 1 (RHC)-- New figures show the death toll from police shootings in the United States this year is twice the official figure. The Washington Post says police have shot dead at least 385 people in 2015, an average of almost 2.6 per day. ... More
Phoenix, June 1 (RHC)-- More than 200 protesters, including some carrying weapons, gathered in the U.S. city of Phoenix, Arizona over the weekend for an anti-Islam rally. An equal number of counter-protesters met the group as they stood outside the Islamic Community Center during evening prayers.... More
Washington, June 1 (RHC)-- A new poll in the United States reveals that most Americans oppose the Patriot Act, used by the National Security Agency as a legal basis to spy on its own citizens. ... More
Chicago, June 1 (RHC)-- An American Muslim woman says she is the victim of religious discrimination after a United Airline flight attendant denied her an unopened can of Diet Coke because it could be used as a "weapon." ... More
Caracas, June 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The president of the Venezuelan National Assembly declared on Sunday that he plans to file lawsuits against U.S. and Spanish media outlets that have linked his name to drug trafficking. ... More
Caracas, June 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Pope Francis will meet with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, Chile’s Michelle Bachelet and Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez beginning on Friday. ... More
Mexico City, June 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- While the Mexican National Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido said he bets his job no massacre took place at El Sol ranch in Tanhuato, Michoacan, testimonies and analysis of what happened indicate that it was a brutal execution of 42 “innocent civilians,” as 11 of bodies show signs of torture, local press reported Sunday. ... More
Bogota, June 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Simon Trinidad, one of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia's most senior leaders currently held in solitary confinement in a U.S. prison, is seeking to be transferred back to Colombia to face a number of charges in his homeland. ... More
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