New York, October 17 (RHC)-- A New York prisoner has been freed after 29 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. David McCallum, who is African-American, was ordered released on Wednesday after prosecutors said he had falsely confessed at the age of 16. ... More
Bogotá, October 17 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Travelers who lie on a questionnaire about the deadly disease of Ebola upon arrival at Colombia's airports might face a prison sentence between four to eight years, a border agency official said in Bogotá.... More
Bogotá, October 17 (RHC-EFE) -- Medellin, Colombia's second largest city, is positioning itself as a hub for Latin America's space industry, an effort spearheaded by a public-private corporation known as Ruta N that is planning to launch its first aerostatic balloons in November.... More
Lima, October 17 (RHC-Andina) -- Peruvian President Ollanta Humala has met with Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and recipient of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, to discuss preparations for COP20 to be held in Peru in December.... More
Caracas, October 16 (teleSUR-RHC), -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro revealed on Wednesday that ongoing investigations into the murder of legislator Robert Serra show Colombian paramilitaries were also planning to kill National Assembly President, Diosdado Cabello, and Minister of Education, Hector Rodriguez, and other government figures as part of plots to destabilize the country.... More
Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- The Pentagon has said ISIL still stands the chance of seizing the Syrian town of Kobani despite U.S.-led airstrikes that have resulted in the deaths of "several hundred" ISIL terrorists. ... More
Rio de Janeiro, October 16 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Brazil's two presidential candidates remain technically tied in the lead-up to a runoff on October 26th, according to a poll released Wednesday.... More
Islamabad, October 16 (RHC)-- The United States has stepped up its drone attacks on Pakistan's tribal areas over the past few days in a move which is expected to cause a new wave of anti-American sentiment in the country, Press TV reports. ... More
Santiago, October 16 (telesur-RHC), -- Latin American women are suffering more than their male counterparts from poverty and malnutrition, especially because of cultural prejudices, warned the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) regional office in Chile on the International Day of the Rural Woman on Oct. 15.... More
United Nations, October 16 (RHC)-- The UN Security Council has called on the international community to step up its efforts to curb the spread of the deadly Ebola outbreak. The 15-member council issued a unanimous statement on Wednesday, saying that the world "has failed to date to adequately address the magnitude of the outbreak and its effects." ... More
Mexico City, October 16 (NNN-RHC) -- Mexican authorities in the town of Iguala scrambled to find 43 students missing since gang-affiliated police attacked them 19 days ago, as angry protesters demanding their safe return threw rocks at the attorney general`s office.... More
Geneva, October 16 (RHC)-- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) plans to provide the Ebola-ravaged West African countries with specialized diagnostic equipment. A nuclear-derived diagnostic technology will be delivered to the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone which have been most devastated by the spiraling Ebola outbreak, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano announced in a statement on Tuesday. ... More
Lima, October 16 (RHC-Andina) -- While speaking at the 18th American Regional Meeting held in Lima, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala urged countries of the region to fight inequality in order to achieve decent working conditions.... More
Berlin, October 16 (RHC)-- A United Nations employee who contracted the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has died after arriving in Germany for medical treatment, a report says. A Sudanese doctor, who had arrived in Germany from Liberia last week, died Monday night, according to a brief statement issued in Berlin. ... More
Buenos Aires, October 16 (RHC-Mercopress) -- An Argentinian delegation will be attending trade and investment conferences in New Delhi this week as part of the country's efforts to increase exports to the growing Indian market and attract investors.... More
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