Oklahoma City, March 12 (RHC)-- In the United States, the University of Oklahoma has expelled two student fraternity members it says led a racist song caught on video. ... More
Quito, March 12 (teleSUR-RHC)-- After reviewing declassified CIA documents, Ecuadorean Attorney General Galo Chiriboga revealed Wednesday that former Ecuadorean President Jaime Roldos could have been murdered, a theory that has surrounded the 34-year old case. ... More
Bogota, March 12 (teleSUR-RHC)-- An 6.6-magnitude earthquake hit the north of Colombia and parts of Venezuela at 3:55 p.m. local time Tuesday, causing damages to hundreds of buildings in at least 14 municipalities across the country, government officials reported Wednesday. ... More
Caracas, March 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Venezuelan National Assembly passed a bill that allows the president to protect peace against recent threats made by the United States government of Barack Obama. ... More
Washington, March 11 (RHC)-- The White House has once again slammed an open letter by U.S. Republican senators aimed at undercutting President Barack Obama's efforts to reach an accord with Iran over its nuclear energy program. ... More
Caracas, March 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro called on the Venezuelan people to participate in a “defensive military exercise” over the weekend in light of the U.S. statement calling Venezuela a threat to its national security. “Venezuela must be prepared, we must preserve (the country) as a land of peace,” Maduro said Tuesday. ... More
Brussels, March 11 (RHC)-- The European Union has condemned the Israeli regime for demolishing EU-financed shelters in East Jerusalem. The EU statement said: "We condemn today's demolition of temporary shelters," which had been put up on the outskirts of the Isawiya neighborhood of East Jerusalem. ... More
Mexico City, March 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- After enduring four hours of tough questions, controversial Supreme Court nominee, Eduardo Medina Mora, received a stamp of approval from the Mexican Senate Tuesday. ... More
Tel Aviv, March 11 (RHC)-- An Israeli opinion survey has revealed that the opposition Zionist Union is edging Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling Likud party, which is heading into a make-or-break election. ... More
Quito, March 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa announced Tuesday that the foreign ministers from the member-states of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will meet tomorrow to discuss U.S. interference in Venezuelan affairs. ... More
Washington, March 11 (RHC)-- The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has made sophisticated efforts for nearly a decade to break the security of Apple's mobile phones and tablets, according to newly published top-secret documents. CIA researchers have worked since 2006 to create surveillance "backdoors" into programs used by Apple's iPhones and iPads, investigative news site The Intercept reported on Tuesday, citing documents obtained from US whistleblower Edward Snowden. ... More
Bogota, March 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Colombian military will stop bombing FARC camps for one month, President Juan Manuel Santos announced Tuesday. ... More
Kabul, March 11 (RHC)-- At least thirteen people have been killed and tens of others injured when a string of bomb explosions ripped through the northern and southern parts of war-wracked Afghanistan. A senior police official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said one civilian lost his life and 16 others sustained injuries when a bomb exploded near a hospital in Baghlan's provincial capital city of Puli Khumri, located 230 kilometers (142 miles) north of the capital, Kabul, on Tuesday. ... More
Mexico City, March 11 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Parents and family of the disappeared 43 Ayotzinapa students led a march in the Mexican Capital to symbolically occupy the headquarters of the private television giant, Televisa, demanding that the media company offer them a so-called “right of reply.” ... More
Washington, March 11 (RHC)-- The World Bank has lowered its global growth forecast for 2015 and next year due to poor economic prospects in the eurozone, Japan and China. In its Global Economic Prospects report, the bank said the world economy will expand only three percent for 2015 -- a marked difference from its June prediction of 3.4 percent. ... More
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- Mexican foreign minister highlights positive moment in U.S.-Mexico relations
