Lima, May 20 (teleSUR-RHC) Miners in Peru began a national strike on Tuesday organized by the Federation of Mining, Steel, and Metal Workers who are protesting against a series of labor legislations and executive decrees cutting their rights at work. ... More

Islamabad, May 19 (RHC)-- At least six people have been killed in a U.S. assassination drone strike in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region near the border with Afghanistan. The strike reportedly targeted suspected militants in the Zoye Narye area of North Waziristan on Monday, Pakistan's Dawn News reported.... More

Athens, May 19 (RHC)-- Greece says the conclusion of a make-or-break agreement with its creditors by the end of May is crucial to Athens’ avoiding disastrous default on its debt. The country has been trying to hammer out the deal with the lenders for nearly four months. The accord would unlock the 7.2-billion-euro Athens owes under its 240-billion-euro bailout provided by the European Union and the International Monetary Fund.... More

Baghdad, May 19 (RHC)-- The self-proclaimed Islamic State has reportedly solidified its hold on the key Iraqi city of Ramadi after capturing it from Iraqi forces on Sunday. There were reports of militants throwing bodies into the Euphrates River. ... More

Philadelphia, May 19 (RHC)-- In the United States, Amtrak says it has installed automatic train control technology that slows trains on the stretch of track where last week’s deadly derailment occurred. Federal officials have ordered the installment of a more advanced system, positive train control, by year’s end. ... More

Nashville, May 19 (RHC)-- Three peace activists who infiltrated a nuclear weapons site have been freed from prison after their convictions were overturned. In 2012, the self-described "Transform Now Plowshares" broke into the Y-12 nuclear facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. They cut holes in the fence to paint peace slogans and threw blood on the wall, revealing major security flaws at the facility, which processes uranium for hydrogen bombs.... More

London, May 19 (RHC)-- A union representing British civil servants is warning that the new Conservative government may slash up to 100,000 jobs over the next five years. The head of the "First Division Association"(FDA) union says more swinging cuts to public spending may lead to an even greater round of public sector job losses than those under the last coalition government.... More

Panama City, May 19 (PL-RHC)-- Indigenous communities in Panama reaffirmed their movement to reclaim their right to inter-cultural education on Monday, pledging to ensure children in the first three grades of primary school in indigenous regions are taught by their own indigenous educators.... More