Abuja, April 14 (RHC)-- Nigeria is marking the first anniversary of the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by the Boko Haram. On Monday, the "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign held a silent march in the capital Abuja.... More


San Salvador, April 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Over 100 social justice movements from around the world have signed a letter demanding that the government of El Salvador enshrine the rights to food and water into the country's constitution. ... More


Budapest, April 14 (RHC)-- Hungarian lawmakers have voted to dispatch up to 150 soldiers to help guard a military training center in Iraq’s Kurdistan region as part of the U.S.-led military campaign against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists.... More


New York, April 14 (RHC)-- Activists in the United States have launched a nine-day march from New York City to Washington, D.C., to call for sweeping criminal justice reform from police departments to the courts. ... More


Berlin, April 14 (RHC)-- The Nobel Prize-winning German author Günter Grass has died at the age of 87. Until his death, Grass was considered to be Germany’s most famous living writer. He was best known for his 1959 novel, "The Tin Drum," widely considered a 20th century classic. ... More


Caracas, April 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Left-wing movements from around the world that are members of the Sao Paulo Forum met on Monday in Caracas, where they ratified their support to President Nicolas Maduro in face of the U.S. decree declaring the South American country a threat to its national security. ... More


United Nations, April 13 (RHC)-- Fierce clashes between Afghan government forces and Taliban militants have taken a heavy toll on civilians in the war-torn country, according to the United Nations.... More


Bogota, April 13 (teleSUR-RHC) The Office of the Attorney General of Colombia said on Sunday that up to 22 army generals are being investigated for their alleged involvement in the killing of thousands of civilians as part of the "false positives" scandal during the presidency of Alvaro Uribe. According to the announcement, the results of the investigation will be presented at the end of the year. Some of the accused generals are still on active while others have already retired. ... More


Doha, April 13 (RHC)-- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for the resumption of peace process in Yemen amid continuation of internal unrest and Saudi incessant military aggression. Ban Ki-moon made the remarks while speaking in Qatar's capital, Doha, on the sidelines of a UN crime conference on Sunday.... More


Montevideo, April 13 (teleSUR-RHC) Internationally awarded Uruguayan author and journalist Eduardo Galeano died Monday of lung cancer at age 75 in Montevideo, Uruguay, according to local newspaper Subrayado. ... More


TRIPOLI, April 13 (RHC) -- A bomb exploded near the Moroccan embassy in Libya's Tripoli late Sunday, causing significant damage to the compound, but no casualties, security sources said.... More


Mexico City, April 13 (teleSUR-RHC) The Mexican Federal Police announced the arrest on Saturday of one of the main suspects in the disappearance of 43 teacher training students were disappeared on Sept. 26 following a protest in the southern Mexican town of Iguala. ... More


BARCELONA, April 13 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Monday that jihadism is the main threat countries bathed by the Mediterranean Sea have to face.... More


Mexico City, April 13 (teleSUR-RHC) At least half of the 40 million children and teenagers in Mexico are living in poverty, the United Nations children's agency reports. ... More


BAGHDAD, April 13 (RHC-Xinhua) -- The Iraqi security forces on Monday repelled attacked of the Islamic State (IS) militants in the country's provinces of Salahudin and Anbar, while clashes and bomb attacks continued across the country, an official and security sources said.... More


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