Caracas, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuela's leftist political alliance, Gran Polo Patriotico (GPP), announced on Wednesday that it will formally ask the National Electoral Council to make all the country's political parties respect the results of the upcoming December 6th parliamentary elections. ... More
Abuja, October 8 (RHC)-- More than a dozen people have been killed in three separate bomb attacks in northeastern Nigeria. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Wednesday that the bombings were carried out in the town of Damaturu in the state of Yobe. At least 14 people died and ten others were injured.... More
Damascus, October 8 (RHC)-- Syria’s top military commander has announced the launch of a massive operation against the strongholds of foreign-backed terrorists in the northwestern Aleppo Province following heavy air raids by Russian and Syrian air forces.... More
Moscow, October 8 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country’s Air Force, which has been bombing the positions of the militants in Syria, will support Syrian government forces fighting on the ground.... More
Moscow, October 8 (RHC)-- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russian forces have struck 112 targets in war-torn Syria since launching a bombing campaign against the militants in the Arab country last week.... More
Washington, October 8 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has apologized to Afghanistan and the Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) organization for a deadly airstrike on a hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz.... More
Athens, October 8 (RHC)-- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government has won a confidence vote, starting the clock for it to pass reform laws before an October 15th deadline. “The [government’s] four-year term will be the term that will lead the country out of the crisis and Greek economy will return to growth, despite the difficulties that lie ahead,” Tsipras said in a speech before the vote held early on Thursday.... More
Brussels, October 8 (RHC)-- Police in Belgium have clashed with protesters in the capital, Brussels, where thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate against government austerity measures. On Wednesday, police used tear gas and water cannons to break up crowds of protesters in the city.... More
Luxembourg, October 8 (RHC)-- European Union ministers are to discuss plans to speed up the deportation of asylum seekers during a meeting in Luxembourg. On Thursday, EU home affairs ministers are set to decide on measures aimed at containing an influx of refugees by deporting those who fail to gain asylum in EU states.... More
Columbia, October 8 (RHC)-- Flooding from historic rainfall in the U.S. states of North and South Carolina has killed more people as several dams failed to hold swelling waters. The death toll in the Carolinas rose to 19 when bodies of two railroad workers were found on Wednesday morning.... More
Washington, October 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. Coast Guard has called off the search for surviving crew members from the cargo ship El Faro, which sank off the Bahamas after being battered by Hurricane Joaquin over the weekend. ... More
Mexico City, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- More than 151,230 have been murdered in Mexico since December 2006, including thousands of Central American migrants making the dangerous trek through the country toward the United States, denounced the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein.... More
Mexico City, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican marines raided a small community in the northern state of Durango and opened fire at homes for no known reason, while two young males were forcibly disappeared, neighbors told Sinaloan newspaper RioDoce.... More
Bogotá, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Rumors are circulating that teams currently negotiating a final peace deal between the Colombian government and the leftist Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are strong contenders for this year's Nobel Peace Prize to be awarded on Friday.... More
Managua, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Nicaragua’s national police reported on Tuesday that one police officer had been killed and 31 people injured during violent clashes with protesting workers from the El Limón gold mine.... More
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