Caracas, January 5 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said Sunday he would consider the release of the jailed far-right opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez if the United States agreed to release Oscar Lopez Rivera, a Puerto Rican nationalist currently held in a U.S. prison.... More


Islamabad, January 5 (RHC)-- At least 12 workers have been killed in a marble mine collapse in Pakistan's troubled northwestern tribal region near the border with Afghanistan. Local officials said miners were busy excavating at the marble quarry in the Ziarat area of Mohmand Agency, situated more than 150 kilometers (93 miles) northwest of the capital, Islamabad, on Saturday evening when the accident took place. ... More


La Paz, January 5 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Developed nations hold the key to mitigating global warming, said Bolivian Environment and Water Minister Jose Antonio Zamora.... More


United Nations, January 3 (RHC)-- The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations has officially submitted Palestine's International Criminal Court membership documents to the world body. ... More


Ramallah, January 3 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have attacked Palestinian demonstrators protesting against the ongoing Israeli settlement building and the separation wall in the occupied territories. ... More


Kuala Lumpur, January 3 (RHC)-- The pilot of an AirAsia airline plane, which recently crashed into the Java Sea, may have managed to make an emergency water landing, only for the plane to be flooded and sunk by high waves, experts say. ... More


Washington, January 3 (RHC)-- A new report has revealed a kill list used by the U.S.-led NATO coalition in Afghanistan targeted not only high-level commanders of the Taliban, but mid- and lower-level operatives and even drug dealers.... More


Monrovia, January 3 (RHC)-- Liberian officials are reporting a new flare-up of Ebola cases along the border with Sierra Leone. The announcement of dozens of new cases comes after Liberia reported strides in combating the virus. ... More


Los Angeles, January 3 (RHC)-- An autopsy report shows an unarmed African-American man killed by Los Angeles police was shot three times. The coroner’s report shows 25-year-old Ezell Ford was shot in the right side, right arm and the back, where the imprint of a gun muzzle was found, showing he was shot at very close range. ... More


La Paz, January 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Ruins of Tiwanaku will host the first part of the ceremony that will formally initiate Evo Morales' second term in office under the current Constitution.... More


Brasilia, January 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The presidents of Venezuela and Brazil, Nicolas Maduro and Dilma Rousseff, respectively, held a meeting in Brasilia on Friday during which they agreed to promote bilateral cooperation between both countries.... More


Quito, January 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuador topped this year’s Annual Global Retirement Index released Thursday by InternationalLiving.com. The index is based on data collected from expats and experts regarding eight criteria.... More


La Paz, January 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Bolivian Foreign Minister David Choquehuanca denied that his country would grant asylum to a Peruvian businessman accused of corruption.... More


Quito, January 3 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Ecuadorean government reported an increase in drug seizures during 2014 saying that this year has been so far its most successful in the war against drug trafficking.... More


Quito, January 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The member states of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) condemned U.S. sanctions against Venezuela signed by the Obama administration in December.... More


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