Quito, February 4 (RHC-PL) -- Secretary General of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur), Ernesto Samper, is scheduled to travel to Uruguay next week to promote initiatives to address the drug scourge in the region, announced the regional bloc.... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has announced a series of minor surveillance reforms that leave its bulk spying operations in place. ... More
Brasilia, February 4 (RHC-PL) -- President Dilma Rousseff opened Tuesday the first house for Brazilian women victims of violence, to be based in Campo Grande, state of Mato Grosso do Sul.... More
Washington, February 4 (RHC)-- The Environmental Protection Agency has warned the Keystone XL pipeline would fuel climate change by increasing oil production in the Canadian tar sands. ... More
Taipei, February 4 (RHC)-- Rescuers used a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan's capital late Wednesday as they searched into the night for 17 people missing in a crash that killed at least 26 others. ... More
Bogotá, February 4 (RHC-PL) -- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has called on giving women a leading role in the solution of the internal armed conflict, which has lasted more than 50 years.... More
Santiago de Chile, February 4 (RHC-PL) -- The President of Chile Michelle Bachelet will be granted an audience at the Vatican by Pope Francis next June 5th, said an official source that described it as "a great event."... More
Vatican City, February 4 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has declared Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero a martyr to the Catholic faith, a step that paves the way for Romero’s beatification and possible sainthood. Known as the "Voice of the Voiceless," Archbishop Romero was a prominent advocate for the poor and a leading critic of the U.S.-backed Salvadoran military government. He was killed nearly 35 years ago, on March 24, 1980, by members of a U.S.-backed death squad while he delivered mass at a hospital chapel.... More
Gaza City, February 3 (RHC)-- Israeli naval forces have once again opened fire on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza. On Monday, several fishermen said they were attacked by Israeli boats off the northwestern coast of Gaza City. The fishermen added that the Israeli forces opened fire while they were within the designated zone. One of their boats was reportedly damaged and no reports of possible casualties have been released so far. A similar incident was reported near Gaza City on January 31. ... More
Brasilia, February 3 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff Monday defended her government's planned spending cuts, saying the measures will be implemented gradually to avoid sparking a recession.... More
Washington, February 3 (RHC)-- The United States and its military allies have continued their bombardment of Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria. ... More
Sanaa, February 3 (RHC)-- A U.S. drone strike has reportedly killed four people traveling in a car in southeastern Yemen. Unnamed local sources identified the victims as al-Qaeda suspects. ... More
United Nations, February 3 (RHC)-- The head of a UN inquiry into Israel’s summer war on the Gaza Strip says he will step down due to what he calls “malicious attacks” by the Tel Aviv regime. ... More
London, February 3 (RHC)-- A British Royal Marine has been dubbed the world’s deadliest sniper over his scores of fatal hits in Afghanistan. The unnamed Marine recorded most of his 173 confirmed kills during tours of Afghanistan in 2006 and 2007, The Sun reported. ... More
Caracas, February 3 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday condemned the new visa sanctions imposed earlier in the day by the U.S. Congress on Venezuelan officials and their families. He noted that these new measures came just a few days after he denounced that U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was heading a coup plan along with other government agencies to topple him.... More
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