Kabul, November 19 (RHC)-- At least 18 people have been killed in two separate U.S.-led airstrikes in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar. Twelve people were killed after a vehicle was attacked in the Bati Kot district on Tuesday. And local police authorities said six people were also killed in another U.S.-led drone strike in the Haska Mina district. ... More
Cairo, November 19 (RHC)-- At least ten people have been killed in a rocket attack in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula. Egyptian security and medical officials said on Tuesday that the people lost their lives after the rocket struck a house in the country's violence-stricken Sinai Peninsula. ... More
Madrid, November 19 (RHC)-- Following similar moves across Europe, Spanish lawmakers have overwhelmingly approved a resolution recognizing Palestine. Though non-binding and largely symbolic, the resolution gleaned 319 votes in its favor, two against, and only one abstention. ... More
Tegucigalpa, November 19 (PL-RHC)-- Some 3,776 children have violently died in Honduras over the past six years, according to the Observatory of Violence of the National Autonomous University of Honduras.... More
United Nations, November 19 (RHC) -– A United Nations General Assembly committee Tuesday voted in favor of a draft resolution referring North Korea to the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity as well as “targeted sanctions” for rampant human rights abuses.... More
Paris, November 19 (RHC)-- French medical workers have staged a nationwide demonstration to express anger over the government's plan to cut the country's healthcare budget, Press TV reports. ... More
Washington, November 19 (RHC)-- U.S. Senate Republicans have blocked a sweeping measure aimed at reining in the National Security Agency’s dragnet surveillance. The USA FREEDOM Act would have ended the bulk collection of telephone records by requiring the NSA to make specific requests to phone companies for a user’s data, rather than vacuuming up all the records at once. ... More
Managua, November 19 (PL-RHC)-- The number of Chikungunya cases in Nicaragua has risen to 1,021, according to Rosario Murillo, coordinator of the Communications and Citizenship Council.... More
Lima, November 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Peru is set to host the upcoming COP20, the 20th Climate Change Conference of the United Nations. However, reports are emerging regarding the dangers that Peruvian indigenous people face as they defend their ancestral territories.... More
Havana, November 19 (PL-RHC)-- Members of the negotiating team of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) have expressed their hope that the peace talks impasse be resolved so as to move towards a final agreement.... More
Havana, November 18 (RHC) -– After two days of speculation, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has confirmed Tuesday that it is in possession of an army general and two other military personnel captured in western Colombia.... More
Mexico City, November 18 (NNN-RHC)-- The outrage spilling over into the streets in Mexico over the disappearance of 43 students near the town of Iguala in September appears to be leading to a showdown with the authorities, observers said. Violence has broken out in several parts of the city and there is no sign of the public anger dying down anytime soon.... More
Caracas, November 18 (XINHUA-RHC)-- A Venezuelan campaign against teenage pregnancy has created a big bang in Caracas by dressing a shop window with "pregnant" mannequins in back-to-school gear.... More
United Nations, November 18 (RHC)-- The UN Security Council has discussed the Israeli regime's crimes against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip. Jens Anders Toyberg-Frandzen, the assistant secretary general ad interim for UN political affairs, addressed the Security Council meeting on Monday, saying: "Clashes between Palestinian youths and Israeli security forces in East Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank have been taking place on an almost daily basis, and escalating tensions surrounding access to holy sites have contributed significantly to the spike in violence." ... More
La Paz, November 18 (EFE-RHC)-- The decline in oil prices will not have negative effects on Bolivia's economy, with previous drops in commodity price not affecting economic growth, Economy Minister Luis Arce stated.... More
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