Kabul, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Several people were killed and a number of others injured as a suicide car bomb rocked Helmand's provincial capital Lashkar Gah in south Afghanistan on Monday, spokesman of provincial government Omar Zawak said.... More
Kirkuk, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Kurdish fighters on Monday recaptured three villages near Kirkuk from Islamic State (IS) militants, a Kurdish security source told Xinhua.... More
Stockholm, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The United States has taken a firm lead as the major arms exporter globally, according to a report released on Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).... More
Brasilia, March 16 (teleSUR-RHC) Right-wing protesters swarmed ministerial buildings in Brasilia and along Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro early Sunday as part of nationwide demonstrations calling for the impeachment of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.... More
Sanaa, March 16 (Xinhua) -- The Shiite Houthi group, which controls the Yemeni capital Sanaa, on Monday released Yemeni Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and other cabinet members after almost two months of house arrest, a government spokesman said.... More
Mexico City, March 16 (teleSUR-RHC) Parents of the forcibly disappeared 43 Ayotzinapa students are currently in the United States where they are appealing to Mexicans living in the country as part of a campaign to raise awareness about the case.... More
Tikrit, March 16 (Xinhua) -- A top Iraqi army officer said on Monday that Iraqi troops need U.S.-led coalition air support to recapture the city of Tikrit, after two weeks of a major offensive stalled against Islamic State (IS) militants.... More
Chicago, March 16 (Xinhua) -- A 20-year-old man has been arrested and charged with first-degree assault and gun violations in the shootings of two police officers in Ferguson, Missouri, St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch said Sunday.... More
Mexico City, March 16 (teleSUR-RHC) Mexican authorities reported late Saturday that five people died after their small plane crashed in the northern state of Chihuahua.... More
Baghdad, March 14 (RHC) -- Iraqi security forces fighting to free the besieged city of Tikrit planned to clear the city from the Islamic State (IS) militants within 72 hours, a militia spokesman said on Saturday.... More
Mexico City, March 14 (teleSUR-RHC) The presidents of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras signed a series of regional agreements on Friday, to seek the strengthening of trade, increase security control of the shared Guatemala and Mexico border and a commitment to build a gas pipeline that will supply the region.... More
Freetown, March 14 (RHC)-- Sierra Leone has seen an uptick in Ebola cases in certain areas, as the total number of deaths from the outbreak has topped 10,000. ... More
Berlin, March 14 (RHC)-- Public service workers in Germany have staged a fresh strike to ramp up pressure on the government ahead of a new round of wage talks between state officials and trade unions. The industrial action, which was called by the Verdi trade union, followed a day-long work stoppage in six German states, which saw some 56,000 participants. ... More
London, March 14 (RHC)-- British lawmakers have, for the first time, acknowledged that the country’s spy agencies are snooping on private communication data in bulk. A report by Parliament's Intelligence and Security Committee has found that the spies are reading thousands of private communications every day. But it says the interception does not count as blanket surveillance or reading everyone's emails. ... More
Brasilia, March 14 (teleSUR-RHC) The Brazilian people staged massive demonstrations throughout the country in support of President Dilma Rousseff on Friday.... More
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