Geneva, March 19 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of the deteriorating health condition in Syria and Iraq due to lack of funds. “We have now reached a level in which we are very worried of the possibility that we could not continue to offer services and support due to the scarcity of funding,” The WHO’s regional director for the Eastern Mediterranean, Ala Alwan, said on Tuesday.... More
Bogota, March 19 (teleSUR-RHC) Colombia's Constitutional Court ordered a recall referendum within 60 days against Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro. ... More
Port Vila, March 19 (RHC)-- The International Red Cross has launched an emergency appeal for the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu following last week’s massive cyclone. The storm reportedly destroyed or damaged 90 percent of buildings in the capital Port Avila.... More
Buenos Aires, March 19 (teleSUR-RHC) The allegations Wednesday that late Argentine prosecutor Alberto Nisman was diverting money from the investigation unit examining the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish cultural center have raised more questions about the prosecutor's untimely death. Nisman's former wife, Sandra Arroyo Salgado, has attempted to pin Nisman's death on Diego Lagomarsino, a computer technician hired by Nisman to work on the case. ... More
Washington, March 19 (RHC)-- Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have unveiled a new budget plan that would cut spending by $5.5 trillion over 10 years. The measure increases military spending by adding $40 billion in "emergency" war funds and slashes at least $1 trillion in funding for social services like food stamps and welfare. The plan also demands Obamacare’s full repeal.... More
Mexico City, March 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Hundreds of Mexican rural laborers were arrested in the coastal town of San Quintin, in the northern state of Baja California, following protests by some 10,000 workers demanding better work conditions and wages. ... More
Dallas, March 19 (RHC)-- The U.S. Bureau of Prisons has reportedly cancelled its contract with a private company for the running of a prison known as "Ritmo," or the Guantánamo of Raymondville, Texas.... More
Mexico City, March 19 (teleSUR-RHC) Marking the 77th anniversary since Mexico nationalized its energy sector, dissident workers of the state-run oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), union members and social organizations protested on Wednesday throughout the country against a recent structural energy reform.... More
Washington, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is far ahead on the Democratic nomination in the 2016 presidential election and takes a lead against her GOP contenders, a new poll revealed on Wednesday.... More
Mexico City, March 19 (teleSUR-RHC) Social movements, organizations and people both in Mexico and around the world continue to condemn the firing of renowned journalist Carmen Aristegui.... More
Hanover, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Mass surveillance of U.S. intelligence agencies has become routine, said American whistleblower Edward Snowden Wednesday while addressing the CeBIT.... More
Ramallah, March 19 (Xinhua) -- In a first official reaction to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's statement that he opposes establishing a Palestinian state, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that these remarks "are worrying."... More
Lausanne, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said on Thursday the current round of nuclear talks is at its final stage with negotiators staying in Switzerland to find solutions for the remaining problems.... More
Caracas, March 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The heads of state and governments of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Americas (ALBA) expressed their support for the governments of Cristina Fernandez of Argentina and Dilma Rousseff of Brazil during an extraordinary summit of the leftist regional bloc on Tuesday.... More
Jerusalem, March 18 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Incumbent Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu emerged early Wednesday as the decisive winner of Israel's parliamentary election, showed official results after 99 percent of the ballots having been counted.... More
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