Algeria, December 24 (RHC)-- The President of the Palestinian Unity Government Mahmoud Abbas says Palestine will regain its independence and put an end to the decades-old Israeli occupation. At a news conference at the Algerian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday, Abbas said: "We are determined to recover the rights of our people, including the right to return and the release of all the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. We will not succumb to the policy of the Israeli hegemony and oppression." ... More
St. Louis, December 24 (RHC)-- Police in the U.S. state of Missouri have fatally shot an 18-year-old Black man just two miles from Ferguson, where an officer killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown in August. The latest victim has been identified as Antonio Martin. Police claim Martin had pulled a gun on an officer who was conducting a routine check on a gas station. ... More
United Nations, December 24 (RHC-NNN) -- The United Nations and its international partners on Tuesday welcomed the designation of Florence Guillaume as Haiti’s interim Prime Minister.... More
Milwaukee, December 24 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Wisconsin, a prosecutor has decided not to bring charges against a white police officer who fatally shot a mentally ill African-American man. ... More
Montevideo, December 24 (RHC-EFE) -- The lower house of Uruguay's Congress has passed the Audiovisual Communication Services Act, which was approved by the Senate last week and is aimed at preventing monopolies and oligopolies in the media.... More
New York, December 24 (RHC)-- Protesters slamming police brutality in the United States have defied calls to end demonstrations. On Tuesday, a national coalition of activists announced plans for a mass demo in New York on New Year's Eve. ... More
Quito, December 24 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The Law for Labor Justice and Recognition of Work from Home has been approved with eight votes in favor and two against by the Commission of Workers Rights and Social Security in the Ecuadorean National Assembly. To be debated are 44 articles, 41 of which are reforms to the Labor Code, and three to the Social Security Law.... More
Caracas, December 24 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Venezuela's state run food programs handed out more than 4.5 tons of produce in 2014, food minister Yvan Bello announced Tuesday. Bello explained the food was distributed at fair prices, as a way to fight back against the economic war against Venezuela.... More
United Nations, December 24 (RHC)-- The United Nations has demanded justice for what it calls serious rights violations and possible "war crimes" carried out during recent fighting in Libya. According to a joint report released by the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) and the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Tuesday, the ongoing fighting in Libya has killed hundreds of civilians and caused hundreds of thousands to abandon their homes. ... More
Managua, December 23 (RHC-NNN) -- The construction of the inter- oceanic Nicaragua Canal officially got underway on Monday and will end in 2019, said Wang Jing, chairman of the HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co., Ltd. which will construct the canal.... More
Tel Aviv, December 23 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has indicted eight Palestinians from East Jerusalem for allegedly inciting "anti-Jewish terror" through on-line social media postings. The regime's justice ministry spokeswoman announced the indictments for the eight men, aged 18 to 45, on Monday, adding that the Palestinians were charged at a Magistrate's Court in East Jerusalem with "incitement to violence or terror and supporting a terrorist group" on Facebook. ... More
Mexico City, December 23 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The Mexican government has been discussing the creation of a national anti-corruption system, which it says could be created as early as 2015, according to officials.... More
Gaza City, December 23 (RHC)-- A senior Palestinian official says international donors have so far failed to deliver on their promises of financial assistance to the war-ravaged Gaza Strip in the wake of Israel's 50-day onslaught on the besieged territory last summer. ... More
Bogotá, December 23 (RHC-Mercopress) -- Over the past weekend, 96 Colombians were deported from Venezuela and more deportations are expected. The office of the Colombian Ombudsman provided support to these people who were allegedly victims of abuse by the Venezuelan authorities. There have been four mass deportations in 2014 from Venezuela to Colombia.... More
Tripoli, December 23 (RHC)-- Clashes between pro-government forces and militants have left 16 people dead and dozens more wounded in Libya's eastern regions. Sources at the Benghazi Medical Center said it took in seven killed and 35 wounded during the clashes, while the al-Jala hospital said it received four corpses and 25 injured on Monday. The casualties were all from the pro-government side. ... More
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