Geneva, October 8 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the spread of the deadly Ebola virus across Europe is almost inevitable. The WHO's European director, Zsuzsanna Jakab, made the comments on Tuesday, just hours after Europe's first case of Ebola infection was confirmed in Spain. ... More
Mexico City, October 8 (RHC)-- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted 121 km southwest of El Dorado, Mexico, at 02:40:54 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.... More
Bogota, October 7 (RHC)-- President Juan Manuel Santos blasted as 'contradictory' the tough stance taken by his predecessor and right-wing opponent Alvaro Uribe on the ongoing peace negotiations between the Colombian government and the country's largest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP).... More
Washington, October 7 (RHC)-- U.S. military officials announced that Arab and other allied nations have conducted about 10 percent of nearly 2,000 airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria since August, dropping nearly 1,000 bombs. ... More
Panama City, October 7 (RHC)-- Panama's Vice President and Foreign Minister Isabel de Séint Malo presided over a high-level preparatory meeting to work on the main documents ahead of the 7th Summit of the Americas.... More
London, October 7 (RHC)-- A new report finds a large percentage of the ammunition used by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria came from the United States. ... More
Montevideo, October 7 (RHC)-- The candidate of the ruling Broad Front Party Tabaré Vásquez leads in the polls ahead of presidencial elections in Uruguay, set for October 26th. ... More
Tripoli, October 7 (RHC)-- More than 100 people are missing after a boat carrying migrants from Syria and sub-Saharan Africa sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. Dozens of other migrants were rescued.... More
Buenos Aires, October 7 (RHC)-- The company Aerolíneas Argentinas will begin to operate direct flights to Cuba and other Caribbean destinations beginning in January next year, as part of a plan to expand the company's air routes.... More
Islamabad, October 7 (RHC)-- A U.S. drone strike has killed six people in northwest Pakistan. Unnamed intelligence officials told Reuters the target was a suspected militant training camp in the Shawal area of South Waziristan. ... More
Mexico City, October 7 (RHC)-- The Mexican government has sent federal police to take over security in a city in the southern state of Guerrero following the disappearance of 43 students and the discovery of a mass grave with dozens of burned bodies. ... More
Madrid, October 7 (RHC)-- A nurse in Spain, who treated two Ebola victims at a Madrid hospital, has become the first person to contract the deadly virus outside of West Africa where the epidemic claimed the lives of thousands. ... More
London, October 7 (RHC)-- Analyzing spread patterns and airline traffic data, a new study has reached the conclusion that there is a chance Ebola could reach Britain and France by October 24th. ... More
Ramallah, October 7 (RHC)-- Senior leader of the resistance movement Hamas Ismail Haniyeh says the Palestinian national unity government is set to hold its first cabinet meeting in Gaza on Thursday. Haniyeh made the remarks in an exclusive interview with Press TV on Monday, three days before an international conference to raise aid for the war-ravaged Gaza Strip. ... More
Berlin, October 7 (RHC)-- Pilots at the German flag carrier, Lufthansa, have announced plans for a fifth strike since the end of August. ... More
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