Paris, December 20 (RHC)-- France will officially end its 13-year military mission in Afghanistan and withdraw all of its remaining troops from the South Asian country, the French Defense Ministry says. ... More
Caracas, December 20 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Rafael Ramirez has described recently passed U.S. sanctions against the country as a message sent to violent right-wing groups that they can operate with impunity in Venezuela.... More
Washington, December 20 (RHC)-- U.S. military leaders say three top figures from the Islamic State have been killed by U.S. airstrikes, including a military chief and a deputy of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.... More
Buenos Aires, December 20 (RHC)-- A court in Argentina has handed down life sentence to four former military officers for committing crimes against humanity during the 1970s' U.S.-backed military dictatorship in the South American country.... More
Chibok, December 20 (RHC)-- In Nigeria, militants believed to be from the Islamist group Boko Haram have killed more than 30 people and kidnapped about 200 in an attack on a northeastern village. ... More
Bogota, December 20 (PL-RHC)-- Colombian Senator Jose David Name sent a letter to President Juan Manuel Santos demanding the recognition of the Palestinian State, reported the national media.... More
Washington, December 20 (RHC)-- The top U.S. general in charge of forces fighting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has said it will take a minimum of three years to reach a turning point against the group. ... More
Caracas, December 20 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan Minister for Communes and Social Movements Elias Jaua said his country rejects U.S. sanctions and dismissed the so-called authority of the U.S. government to legislate against Venezuelan officials.... More
Islamabad, December 20 (RHC)-- Pakistani jets and ground forces have killed 67 accused militants in a northwestern area near Peshawar, where the Taliban killed 148 people, most of them children, in a school attack this week. ... More
Quito, December 20 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadoran Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño announced Friday that his country decided to end environmental cooperation with Germany after German lawmakers tried to visit an Amazon rainforest to meet with an opposition environmental group. ... More
Caracas, December 19 (RHC-teleSUR) -– In response to U.S. President Barack Obama signing legislation to impose sanctions on Venezuelan government officials, Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro said that the Americas will never be a colony of the United states. ... More
Moscow, December 19 RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned that relations between Moscow and Washington "would be undermined" following new U.S. legislation authorizing more anti-Russia bans over the Ukraine crisis. ... More
Nairobi, December 19 (RHC)-- Kenyan authorities have deregistered over 500 non-governmental organizations, some of which are accused of financing terrorism, officials say. A total of 15 of the 537 deregistered NGOs have had their bank accounts frozen and information forwarded to security agencies over links to terrorism, according to deputy director of Kenya's NGO Coordination Board, Henry Ochido. ... More
Lisbon, December 19 (RHC)-- Portugal’s parliament has accepted a resolution calling on the government to recognize Palestine’s statehood. The resolution, jointly filed by the Portuguese center-right majority and the opposition Socialist party, proposed “recognizing, in coordination with the European Union, the state of Palestine as independent and sovereign.” ... More
Jakarta, December 19 (RHC)-- A volcano has erupted in eastern Indonesia, releasing molten lava, hot ash, and thick smoke and sending hikers into a panic. Mount Gamalama on the Ternate island in the North Maluku Province spewed smoke up to 2,000 meters into the sky just before midnight Thursday. It released hot ash on Friday, when slow-moving red lava was visible at the peak of the eruption. ... More
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