Roseau, April 28 (NNN-RHC)-- The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States is working on a plan to reduce young people unemployment, the Dominica government said Monday. Throughout the world, the young people unemployment rate is twice that for adults, the government said in a statement.... More
Port-of-Spain, April 28 (NNN-RHC)-- Trinidad and Tobago is set to host the May 5-7 Forum on the Future of the Caribbean, which will include heads of governments, business leaders and academic experts to discuss poverty, inequality and resource mobilization in the region.... More
Kathmandu, April 27 (RHC)-- At least 3,700 people have been confirmed dead after Saturday’s devastating 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Nepal. More than 6,500 people have been injured, and the death toll has continued to rise sharply, with the full extent of the damage still largely unknown. ... More
Caracas, April 27 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuela began a campaign on Sunday to vaccinate 3.8 million residents by May 31st. The project, carried out by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), will provide 800,000 doses more than the previous year. ... More
New Delhi, April 27 (RHC)-- India has sent thirteen military aircraft to quake-ravaged Nepal, carrying food, medical supplies and blankets for the victims of the deadly tragedy. The planes are carrying disaster management experts along with medical supplies and other relief material urgently needed following Saturday's deadly quake in Nepal. ... More
Buenos Aires, April 27 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Primary elections in Buenos Aires were held on Sunday, as voters chose which parties and candidates will run in local government elections in July. ... More
Ramallah, April 27 (RHC)-- Four people have been killed in an Israeli air raid on the occupied Golan Heights, close to the border with Syria. The victims of the Sunday night attack, which took place near the town of Majdal Shas, were yet to be identified. ... More
Sanaa, April 27 (RHC)-- In Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition has resumed airstrikes targeting Houthi rebels in the capital Sanaa after announcing it was shifting toward political negotiations. ... More
Ramallah, April 27 (RHC)-- Thousands of Palestinians have participated in the funeral of a West Bank youth shot dead by Israeli regime forces outside the Ibrahimi Mosqued in Hebron for allegedly stabbing an Israeli soldier. ... More
New York, April 27 (RHC)-- Iran's delegation of nuclear negotiators has arrived in New York to attend the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif heads the team, which left Tehran early on Sunday. ... More
United Nations, April 27 (RHC)-- Parents and relatives of the 43 students missing in the Mexican state of Guerrero have marked seven months since their loved ones disappeared. Some of the parents and relatives converged on New York City after traveling across the United States in caravans. ... More
Montevideo, April 27 (RHC)-- Four former Guantánamo prisoners have been protesting for days in front of the U.S. Embassy in Montevideo, the Uruguayan capital, demanding U.S. financial and housing support.... More
Islamabad, April 27 (RHC)-- At least 20 people have died in flooding caused by heavy rains in the capital of the northwestern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a police official says. Mian Syed, a senior Pakistani police official, said on Sunday that approximately 100 others suffered injuries as a result of the flooding in Peshawar. The police official said dozens of houses collapsed due to the heavy rains and winds in the city. ... More
Caracas, April 27 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Tensions that erupted last week between Spain and Venezuela after the Spanish government's attempts to meddle in the Latin American country's internal affair appeared to lessen on Sunday after conciliatory statements from both nations. ... More
La Paz, April 27 (RHC-NNN)-- Bolivia is planning to use jet fighters to intercept drug traffickers across the border, Defense Ministry sources said.... More
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