Abuja, March 26 (RHC)-- Hundreds of children have been reported missing in a northeastern Nigerian town recently recaptured from Boko Haram militants. Local sources in the town of Damasak in Borno state say about 500 children aged 11 and younger were taken by the Takfiri militants as they fled the area.... More


Kabul, March 26 (RHC)-- Thousands of people have marched in the Afghan capital of Kabul to protest the brutal killing of a woman by an angry mob. Twenty-seven-year-old Farkhunda was beaten with sticks and set on fire after being falsely accused of burning the Qur´an.... More


Tunis, March 26 (RHC)-- In Tunisia, tens of thousands of people have marched to mark the opening of the World Social Forum and protest the shooting rampage at a Tunis museum last week.... More


Baghdad, March 26 (RHC)-- A new report has found that the Iraq War has killed about one million people. The Nobel Prize-winning International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War and other groups examined the toll from the so-called war on terror in three countries — Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan.... More


COLOGNE/BERLIN, Germany, March 25 (Xinhua) -- German budget airline Germanwings unveiled Wednesday more details about nationalities of the victims of the flight 4U9525 that crashed Tuesday in French Alps.... More


Caracas, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Venezuela on Wednesday thanked the support of the Group of 77 and China who requested the repeal of an executive order issued by the President of the United States Barack Obama declaring this South American nation a threat to Washington.... More


SANAA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Saudi warplanes raided military camps belonging to the Shiite Houthi group in Yemen's capital Sanaa on Thursday, killing at least 25 civilians and wounding 50 others, rescue personnel told Xinhua.... More


Mexico City, March 26 (teleSUR-RHC) Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto addressed his country late Wednesday, calling on citizens to vote in the upcoming congressional elections, despite calls for boycotts. ... More


Castries, March 26 (teleSUR-RHC) Janetta St. Jules is a mother of seven who says she lives a life so tough, she could not afford hospital fees and gave birth at home a number of times, a few times under trees in her yard and once in her living room. ... More


Lima, March 26 (teleSUR-RHC) Peruvian President Ollanta Humala declared Chosica in a state of emergency on Wednesday, two days after an avalanche hit the area. ... More


Tripoli, March 25 (RHC)-- At least seven Libyan soldiers have been killed and a dozen more injured in a car bombing in Libya's second-largest city, Benghazi, amid a UN proposal aimed at ending violence in the country. According to the Anadolu News Agency, a suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden car outside a military site belonging to the Tobruk-based government. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the Tuesday attack.... More


Mexico City, March 25 (teleSUR-RHC) Attacks and threats against Mexican journalists increased by 80 percent over the past two years, according to a report published Tuesday. ... More


Washington, March 25 (RHC)-- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has reportedly requested a longer tenure for U.S. troops in Afghanistan during a White House meeting with President Barack Obama on Tuesday.... More


United Nations, March 25 (RHC)-- The United Nations says it will broker talks in Qatar aimed at preventing Yemen from dissolving into a full-scale civil war. The country appears on the brink of collapse amid fierce clashes between Shiite Houthi rebels and military units loyal to President Abdu Rabbu Mansour Hadi.... More


Santiago de Chile, March 25 (teleSUR-RHC) The Chilean government has declared a red alert in three national parks and reserves as massive wildfires are threatening ancient forests, officials said on Tuesday. ... More


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