Brasilia, February 11 (RHC-Xinhua) -- A ministerial meeting of the BRICS bloc of emerging economies got underway on Tuesday with a call for cooperation towards social development.... More
United Nations, February 11 (RHC)-- A spokewoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urges the European Union to adopt proper strategies to save the lives of illegal migrants who try to reach the continent through the Mediterranean Sea.... More
Montevideo, February 10 (RHC-EFE)-- Foreign ministers from the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, said on Monday they will seek to promote a direct dialogue between Venezuela and the United States amid Washington's escalating sanctions against Caracas.... More
Rome, February 10 (RHC)-- Twenty-nine stranded migrants rescued from a drifting boat off Libya by Italian coast guard patrol vessels have died of hypothermia after remaining 18 hours on a vessel's deck en route to the Italian island of Lampedusa. ... More
Mexico City, February 10 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The families of the 43 disappeared Ayotzinapa students said they stand behind the recent revelation by Argentinian experts who called the state's investigations into the case slanted, and asked for extra security for the group of foreign experts. ... More
Washington, Febuary 10 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama says he has sharp differences with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the Iranian nuclear issue, warning him against souring the ongoing negotiations with Tehran by visiting Washington, DC next month. ... More
Mexico City, February 10 (RHC-EFE) – The preliminary identification of 60 embalmed bodies discovered at a shuttered crematorium in the resort city of Acapulco will require at least three weeks, the attorney general of the southern Mexican state of Guerrero said Monday. ... More
Washington, February 10 (RHC)-- More Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. Congress are planning to boycott a joint session of the bicameral legislature on March 3rd when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak about Iran. ... More
Caracas, February 10 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Venezuelans have been facing shortages of basic goods, in part due to hoarding by businesses and according to a poll conducted by Venezuelan polling firm, Hinterlaces, a staggering 84 percent of them support the government using a “firm hand” against those who are hoarding basic goods.... More
London, February 10 (RHC)-- The British home secretary is to open a probe into treatment of immigration detainees following complaints by activists and inmates about alleged violence and sexual abuse in immigration removal facilities. ... More
Caracas, February 10 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The president of Venezuelan business chamber, Fedecamaras, Jorge Roig, acknowledged on Sunday its participation in the coup against President Hugo Chavez in April 2002. The coup attempted to remove the president, democratically elected more than three years before.... More
Washington, February 10 (RHC)-- The deputy director of the U.S. Secret Service, charged with protecting the president, will resign from his post following several high-profile security lapses. The Secret Service said in a statement on Monday that Alvin "A.T." Smith will resign effective Tuesday, but he will be allowed to accept another federal job within the Homeland Security Department. ... More
Caracas, February 7 (RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has rejected a new conspiracy by the U.S. government to use the Inter-American Democratic Charter (IDC) of the Organization of American States (OAS) to justify foreign intervention in his country.... More
Washington, February 9 (RHC)-- The United States may deploy ground troops to Iraq where the country's forces are planning for operations against the ISIS-held city of Mosul as soon as April, a U.S. official says. ... More
Havana, February 9 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) stated over the weekend that it is determined to end the armed conflict and become a political movement.... More
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