The government of Uruguay enacted a red alert for its central territory as a result of forecasts of heavy rains and winds that may exceed 120 kilometers per hour.... More


Russian President Vladimir Putin

Russia will support Palestine's efforts to settle its conflict with the Israeli regime through negotiation.... More


UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon

The UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, reminded Israel of the Security Council resolutions passed against the occupation of Syria's Golan. Ki-moon’s remarks followed Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyaju’s speech in which he declared that the Golan occupation would be permanent.... More


Sweden's Minister of Housing Mehmet Kaplan

Sweden's Minister of Housing Mehmet Kaplan has resigned under mounting pressure over remarks he reportedly made seven years ago comparing the Israeli regime to the former Nazi regime in Germany.... More


More than 300 people were arrested Monday in Washington, D.C., in a mass civil disobedience to protest against the influence of big money and corporate lobbying in U.S. politics.... More


Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says there are no secret talks between Moscow and Washington over Syria. ... More


Tens of thousands of workers of the U.S. communications giant, Verizon, have gone on strike again over low wages and job insecurity. Some 40,000 Verizon Communications Inc workers across the East Coast walked off their jobs and took to the streets amid a contract dispute. The striking workers chanted, whistled, and used noisemakers in order to make their demands heard. The work stoppage started six days ago due to concerns over wage security and Verizon's decision to move jobs out of the U.S. to the Philippines, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. ... More


British  Prime Minister David Cameron

More than 150,000 people took to the streets of the British capital over the weekend to voice their anger at the harsh austerity measures by the conservative government.... More


A group of specialists in rescue operations and an airplane with donations arrived in Ecuador from Venezuela, sent under express orders of President Nicolas Maduro, to assist the victims of the quake that left well over 300 people dead and thousands more injured.... More


The Nigerian Army has set free 455 hostages the terrorist organizations Boko Haram kidnapped a few weeks ago in Wulge and Walamari villages, in the country's Northeastern region. ... More


The NATO deputy secretary general says the military alliance is ready to help the new UN-sponsored Libyan government in building up security institutions if requested.... More


The lower house of the National Congress of Brazil has begun a three-day debate on whether to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, who is accused by opponents of breaking fiscal laws.... More


At least 40 people have been killed in a new U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan's troubled eastern province of Nangarhar. The aerial assaults took place on Thursday night in the Achin district of the province, which is located 120 kilometers east of the Afghan capital, Kabul.... More


Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned draft legislation being proposed by right-wing deputies of the National Assembly, which intends to take away the housing from people, built over the past 17 years of the Bolivarian Revolution.... More


Syrian army soldiers together with fighters from the Lebanese resistance movement, Hezbollah, have mounted a large-scale military operation to liberate areas in the strategic northwestern province of Aleppo from foreign-backed Takfiri militants.... More


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