Lima, October 22 (RHC-Andina) -- Peru expects to conclude negotiations for trade agreements with Honduras and Turkey by the end of 2014, says Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) Magali Silva.... More


Jerusalem, October 22 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have razed to the ground at least three Palestinian homes and three structures for keeping livestock in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem.... More


Berlin, October 22 (RHC)-- The Nigerian government and the Boko Haram Takfiri militants are likely to reach a deal over the release of more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls in the near future, the country’s foreign minister says. ... More


Caracas, October 22 (RHC-Mercopress) -- Venezuela's Finance Minister Rodolfo Marco says the country is “fully prepared” to cope with price volatility on the global oil market and will honor a 3.0 billion U.S. dollar bond payment due next week.... More


Kabul, October 222 (RHC)-- A series of bomb attacks have claimed the lives of at least 19 people in and around the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad. Dozens of people were also injured in the fatal blasts which rocked the Arab country on Tuesday. ... More


Bogota, October 22 (teleSUR-RHC), -- Two years have past since peace talks between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were announced, and experts agree negotiations are showing far greater progress than previous peace processes.... More


Brasilia, October 22 (teleSUR-RHC), -- Some 3000 members of Brazil’s academic community along with representatives from various Brazilian social movements, have signed an open letter, highlighting the ways in which the Brazilian media, stock market activity and the country’s electoral court have aimed to undermine Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s reelection campaign efforts.... More


Bonn, October 22 (RHC-Andina) -- Peru’s Environment Minister and President of COP20, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal, is in Bonn to attend the opening session of the final round of formal negotiations before the 20th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (COP20) is held in Lima from Dec 1 to 12.... More


Geneva, October 21 (RHC)-- The United Nations Human Rights Committee, the UNHRC, has questioned the Israeli regime over escalation of expansionist policies and violation of Palestinians' rights. On Monday, UNHRC strongly criticized Tel Aviv's demolition of houses, expansion of settlements, and limiting access to water for Palestine's farmers. ... More


Mexico City, October 21 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Mexico's National Attorney General office said Monday that it will offer a reward of 64.5 million pesos (4.7 million U.S. dollars) for providing useful information on 43 missing students.... More


Mexico City, October 21 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Mexico's National Attorney General office said Monday that it will offer a reward of 64.5 million pesos (4.7 million U.S. dollars) for providing useful information on 43 missing students.... More


Tel Aviv, October 21 (RHC)-- Israeli settlers have seized 10 new homes in East Jerusalem as Tel Aviv expands its land grab in the Holy City. Jawad Siyyam, the Palestinian activist who runs the Silwan Community Center, said on Monday that a group of illegal settlers took over two buildings in the neighborhood, located in the eastern side of the city, annexed during the 1967 Six-Day War. ... More


Mexico City, October 21 (RHC-EFE) – Four people are under arrest in connection with last week's killing of a rural police commander in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, state Attorney General Jose Martin Godoy said Monday.... More


Rio de Janeiro, October 21 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's two presidential candidates remain technically tied less than one week before the October 26th runoff election, according to a poll released Monday.... More


Freetown, October 21 (RHC)-- A third United Nations employee has been killed by the deadly Ebola virus in the West African country of Sierra Leone. According to UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Monday, a driver for the UN Women agency, succumbed to the virus over the weekend in Sierra Leone. ... More


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