Montevideo, October 27 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Uruguayan ruling Broad Front (FA) party's candidate Tabaré Vázquez is set to face off against National Party (PN)'s Luis Lacalle Pou in a runoff next month, as both have failed to garner an absolute majority of votes, exit polls showed.... More
Sanaa, October 27 (RHC)-- The U.S. has carried out another drone strike in Yemen’s southern province of al-Bayda, killing at least a dozen people in the attack. According to reports on Sunday, the US drone attack took place in the city of Rada’a, where Houthi fighters are battling al-Qaeda-linked militants. ... More
Havana, October 27 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on Saturday demanded compensation for the victims of the conflict.... More
Havana, October 27 (RHC-NNN)-- FARC, the rebel Colombian group, has proposed that a census be conducted to ascertain the number of people killed and missing over the last 50 years during the nation's internal conflict. The group made the proposal as peace talks resumed in Havana.... More
Moscow, October 27 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the United States promotes terrorism by financing terrorists and creating division instead of strengthening unity among world nations. ... More
Washington, October 27 (RHC)-- The U.S. State Department has confirmed that a Palestinian teenager who was killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank was an American citizen. "The United States expresses its deepest condolences to the family of a U.S. citizen minor who was killed by the Israeli Defense Forces during clashes in Silwad on October 24th," State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said. She also called for a "speedy and transparent investigation." ... More
Montevideo, October 27 (RHC-Mercopress) -– The Union of South American Nations chairman, Ernesto Samper, cautioned that with recent oil and gas discoveries outside the region, a weaker demand for commodities from China and Europe and the 'evident strengthening' of the US dollar, a slowdown of the region's economy is anticipated.... More
Mexico City, October 27 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Salsa legend Ruben Blades has added his support for justice for the 43 Ayotzinapa, Mexico, students who have gone missing since last being seen held by local police. Blades dedicated songs to the disappeared students in the closing performance of the 42nd International Cervantino Festival.... More
Tel Aviv, October 27 (RHC)-- Discrimination against Palestinians is escalating following the announcement of Israel’s plans to ban Palestinian workers from riding the same buses as Israeli settlers in the West Bank. ... More
Kabul, October 27 (RHC)-- At least two rockets have rocked Afghan capital’s fortified green zone, home to the U.S. and German embassies as well as the country’s main intelligence service. Local officials and the U.S.-led alliance said that the Sunday attacks in Kabul caused no injuries. ... More
Lima, October 27 ( RHC-Andina) -- The Canadian government-funded 'Grand Challenges Canada' and Concytec announced $2.2 million CAD in grants for 22 Bold Ideas from innovators based in Peru, seeking to find solutions for major health problems.... More
Buenos Aires, October 27 (RHC-EFE) -- An amateur paleontologist found the 500,000-year-old fossil of a giant ground sloth while digging in a well on his property in the southern Argentine coastal city of Mar del Plata, media reports said.... More
Cairo, October 25 (RHC)-- More than two dozen Egyptian policemen have lost their lives and scores of others wounded in a powerful explosion at a military checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula of the North African country. ... More
Mexico City, October 25 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Mexico is joining international efforts to combat the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said Friday.... More
Rome, October 25 (RHC)-- Workers in Italy have staged a nationwide strike to protest against the government’s economic policies including cuts to public services and labor reforms. ... More
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