United Nations, January 2 (RHC)-- Palestinian authorities have officially handed over membership letters to 20 international organizations, including the International Criminal Court. President Mahmoud Abbas signed the documents after the Palestinian statehood bid hit a stumbling block at the UN Security Council. ... More
Beirut, January 2 (RHC)-- Israeli warplanes have flown sorties at very low attitude over the airspace of Lebanese capital of Beirut as well as the southern Bekaa Valley region, breaking the sound barrier. ... More
Washington, January 2 (RHC)-- The U.S. National Security Agency has released internal oversight reports showing violations and errors over a 12-year period. The practices include sharing Americans’ emails with unauthorized recipients and wrongfully gathering private information. ... More
Chiapas, January 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In a moving ceremony held during the commemoration of the anniversary of the 1994 uprising, members of the Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN for its acronym in Spanish) confirmed their support for the parents of the forcibly disappeared 43 students from the Ayotzinapa teachers' training college.... More
Tel Aviv, January 2 (RHC)-- More than 50 alumni, former educators and staff of the prestigious Israel Arts and Sciences Academy in Jerusalem have issued a call for graduates to refuse service in the Israeli military. ... More
Bogota, January 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has denounced a series of hostile acts by the national army, which puts the fragile peace process between the parties at risk.... More
Washington, January 2 (RHC)-- One of the top Republicans in the U.S. Congress has acknowledged he spoke to a gathering of white supremacists and neo-Nazis in 2002 while he was serving as a state representative in Louisiana. ... More
Caracas, January 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hailed January 1st as the beginning of Venezuela's temporary period on the United Nations Security Council.... More
Brasilia, Jan. 1 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff was sworn in for a second four-year term Thursday in the capital city of Brasilia, during a ceremony held in the country’s legislative building. ... More
Washington, January 1 (RHC-PL), -- Efforts by United States President Barack Obama to close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in the illegally occupied Cuban territory appear to be moving forward with the transfer of five detainees from the facility to Kazakhstan on Wednesday.... More
Santiago de Chile, January 1 (RHC-PL), -- Chile assumes the Presidency Pro Tempore of the United Nations Security Council on Thursday, with a commitment to make specific contributions, according to the statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Santiago de Chile. ... More
Ramallah, January 1 (RHC-teleSUR), -- President Mahmoud Abbas signed on to 20 international agreements Wednesday, including the Rome Statute of the International Court (ICC).... More
Mexico City, January 1 (RHC-teleSUR), -- Some 80 Mexican demonstrators have announced they will begin a hunger strike Friday to protest the 43 missing students from Ayotzinapa teacher training college.... More
Ferguson, January 1 (RHC-teleSUR), -- Protesters against police violence occupied the St. Louis Police Department in Ferguson Wednesday demanding that the “occupiers of the St. Louis Police Metropolitan Police Department… be removed from power.”... More
Asuncion, January 1 (RHC-PL), -- The Paraguayan coalition Guasu Front, made up of parties and social organizations, called Wednesday for strengthening organization and unity of the people in 2015 to move towards the second independence of the country.... More
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