United Nations, January 20 (RHC)-- The United Nations says its peacekeeping forces deployed to the occupied Golan Heights had seen drones coming from Israel before a recent airstrike by Tel Aviv that killed several Hezbollah members in Syria. ... More
La Paz, January 20 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Pope Francis has announced that he plans to visit Bolivia, Paraguay and Ecuador. The world religious leader will begin his South American tour in July. Francis ended his five day tour of the Philippines this week.... More
London, January 20 (RHC)-- Amnesty International has called on European nations to admit their involvement in operations of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency that included torture of inmates. ... More
Bogota, January 20 (RHC-EFE) -- After saying for months that fighting with the FARC guerrillas would only cease when a definitive peace accord is reached, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Monday that a bilateral and open-ended ceasefire with the rebels could come before that.... More
Washington, January 20 (RHC)-- Protesters across the United States held more than 50 actions on Monday to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by reclaiming his radical legacy and condemning police killings of unarmed African Americans. ... More
United Nations, January 20 (RHC)-- Liberian Nobel peace laureate Leymah Gbowee has urged the UN Security Council to undertake reforms to better reflect the current world. The peace activist made the comments at the Council’s open meeting on Monday on the importance of “inclusive development” in advancing peace, urging reduction of inequality and promotion of inclusiveness around the world. ... More
Berlin, January 20 (RHC)-- In Germany, anti-racist demonstrators have continued to outnumber participants at anti-Islam rallies. The far-right Pegida party was banned from rallying in Dresden Monday after an assassination threat against group leaders. ... More
Guatemala City, January 20 (RHC-teleSUR) -- A Guatemalan court found Pedro Garcia Arredondo guilty Monday of murder, attempted murder, and crimes against humanity when he murdered 37 people at the Spanish embassy in Guatemala in 1980.... More
New York, January 20 (RHC)-- Fox News has apologized for broadcasting false information about Muslims in the wake of the attacks on Charlie Hebdo and a kosher market in Paris. ... More
Tegucigalpa, January 20 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez on Monday visited the United States for a high level security meeting to plan the next steps in the 2015 war on drugs, which is slated to include more US presence and an increased military budget.... More
Maputo, January 20 (RHC)-- Massive floods in Mozambique have claimed the lives of 71 people over the last ten days. Mozambican authorities said on Monday that the floods caused by heavy rains have affected about 80,000 people in the center and north of the country. ... More
Asuncion, January 20 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Hundreds of Paraguayan small-scale farmers began a new round of protests Monday, after they announced that talks with the government in Asuncion had collapsed.... More
Montevideo, January 20 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes has called for stiff penalties against police officials accused of stealing confiscated cocaine, a top official said Monday.... More
Buenos Aires, January 19 (RHC), -- The Argentine state prosecutor who was investigating the 1994 attack on the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires that killed 85 people, has been found dead in his apartment, local media reported on Monday. ... More
Damascus, January 19 (RHC)-- A military helicopter gunship operated by the Israeli army has struck a village in the Syrian Golan Heights. The Israeli helicopter fired two missiles into Amal Farms in the strategic southwestern city of Quneitra, situated some 60 kilometers south of the capital, Damascus, on Sunday.... More
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