Brasilia, October 24 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Brazilian presidential candidates have had to face up to the country's economic slowdown during their campaigns ahead of the run-off on Sunday.... More


Damascus, October 24 (RHC)-- The Syrian army has flushed out Takfiri militants from a strategic town nine months after it was seized by the terrorists. Reports on Thursday said that Syrian ground forces backed by airstrikes liberated the town of Morek from the mercenaries belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front. ... More


Montevideo, October 24 (RHC-Mercopress) -- The three main presidential candidates for Uruguay's election on Sunday closed their campaigns last night with three huge political rallies that gathered thousands of supporters and put an end to months of travel, speeches and baby kissing, in what could prove to be the tightest race in recent years.... More


Washington, October 24 (RHC)-- The claim that the U.S. military will train so-called “moderate” Syrian militants only in “defensive” role is an excuse to set the stage for deployment of U.S. Special Operations Forces inside Syria to lead the offensive against the Syrian government. ... More


Damascus, October 24 (RHC)-- According to reports from Syria, the U.S.-led military coalition has launched four airstrikes on an oil field in eastern Syria. The airstrikes reportedly targeted oil wells in the eastern province of Deir ez-Zor near the Iraqi border. ... More


Lima, October 24 (RHC-Andina) -- The governments of Peru and Belgium today signed a cooperation agreement that will provide scholarships for low-income Peruvian professionals of science and technology at Belgian universities.... More


Abuja, October 24 (RHC)-- Takfiri Boko Haram militants in Nigeria have abducted at least 60 women and girls following attacks on two remote towns in the country's northeast, despite a truce between the government and the militants. ... More


Mexico City, October 24 (RHC-EFE) -- A magazine editor in western Mexico who went missing October 10th has been found murdered, a source in the Sinaloa state Attorney General's Office told Efe Thursday.... More


Berlin, October 24 (RHC)-- In southwestern Germany, an exposed gas pipe at a construction site caused a massive explosion that killed one worker and injured 11 others. ... More


Bonn, October 24 (RHC-Andina) -- Peru's Environment Minister Manuel Pulgar-Vidal acknowledged the 20th Conference of Parties to the UN Convention on Climate Change (COP20) in Lima is a great chance for Peru to become more environmentally-friendly.... More


Washington, October 23 (RHC)-- The United States put its air defense on alert and placed its embassy in Ottawa on lock-down following shooting incidents in Canada including one inside its parliament building. ... More


Mexico City, October 23 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Renowned intellectuals from around the world have joined an international outcry demanding justice in the case of 43 students missing since late September in Mexico.... More


Washington, October 23 (RHC)-- A federal jury in the United States on Wednesday found four former Blackwater security guards guilty of shootings of over 30 unarmed Iraqis in Baghdad in 2007. ... More


Ramallah, October 23 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has beaten or assaulted dozens of Palestinian minors while they were in Israeli custody, the Palestinian government says. A statement issued by the Palestinian Authority Department of Prisoners' Affairs on Wednesday cited the testimonies of two Palestinian minors as evidence of the Israeli regime's abuse of Palestinian children. ... More


Geneva, October 23 (RHC)-- The Ebola epidemic has so far claimed the lives of 4,877 people all around the world, while more than 9,936 people have been infected, according to the World Health Organization, the WHO. ... More


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