KIEV, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said Friday that residents of eastern Ukraine are suffering from a serious humanitarian disaster due to the impact of the conflict between governmental forces and pro-independence insurgents.... More


United Nations, April 3 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Thursday appointed a panel to make recommendations to strengthen national and international systems to prevent and manage future health crisis.... More


Nairobi, April 3 (Xinhua) -- A candidate Ebola vaccine has demonstrated a high degree of efficacy, safety and could deal a final blow to the hemorrhagic fever that has killed some 10,000 people in West Africa.... More


Rome, April 3 (Xinhua-RHC) -- World food prices dropped again in March, the 11th time they dropped in the last year, with the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) saying levels were likely to fall further despite an increase in dairy prices.... More


SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 2 (Xinhua) -- An Indian military trooper and a policeman were killed, while another trooper and a civilian were wounded Thursday in a fierce gunfight with militants in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said.... More


San Francisco, April 3 (Xinhua-RHC) -- A U.S. firm has given thousands of people their first look into the colors red and green by tricking the brain with a pair of sunglasses.... More


Quito, April 03 (teleSUR-RHC) On Thursday, Indigenous leaders in the Ecuadorean amazon denounced the presence of agents from the Chevron oil company in their territories, whom they believe were there to sow divisions within their communities. ... More


Guatemala City, April 03 (teleSUR-RHC) Nobel Peace Prize winner Rigoberta Menchu has wading into the U.S. aggression against Venezuela, throwing her weight solidly behind the democratically elected government of President Nicolas Maduro. ... More


Lima, April 03 (teleSUR-RHC) Lawyer Pedro Cateriano was named Peru's new Prime Minister late Thursday, after previous prime minister, Ana Jara, was sacked earlier this week over a spying scandal. ... More


Quito, April 03 (teleSUR-RHC) Nearly two thousands schools are now teaching languages of Ecuador’s 14 distinct indigenous nationalities, with the number set to grow further in 2015. ... More


Quito, April 3 (teleSUR-RHC) -- The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) regional integration bloc announced that it will open the first South American School of Defense (ESUDE) on April 17 to train military officers of the 12 member countries of the regional bloc. ... More


Quito, April 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has pardoned a police officer who had been convicted of trying to kill the president during a failed coup attempt on September 30, 2010.... More


United Nations, April 2 (RHC)-- The United Nations has issued dire warnings for Yemen amidst a rising civilian death toll from internal violence and a Saudi Arabian-led military campaign.... More


Santiago de Chile, April 02 (teleSUR-RHC) Camila Vallejo, a representative of Chile’s Communist Party in the Chamber of Deputies, suggested on Wednesday that money to fund free higher education should come from higher taxes on business or cuts on armed forces funds. ... More


The Hague, April 2 (RHC)-- Palestine has officially become a member of the International Criminal Court. The Palestinian Authority joined the ICC earlier this year after the United States and Israel successfully lobbied against a UN Security Council measure calling for an end to the Israeli occupation and the establishment of a Palestinian state by 2017.... More


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