Freetown, September 23 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization has said West Africa's deadly Ebola epidemic has killed over 2,800 people so far. According to the UN health agency, more than 5,700 people have been infected with the deadly virus in Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo and 2,811 people have died from the disease. ... More
Santo Domingo, September 23 (NNN-RHC) -- At least three journalists were injured while covering clashes between police and protesters of Haitian origin in the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo on 20 September. The street fighting erupted in the neighborhood known as 27 de Febrero when a policeman fatally shot a man of Haitian origin identified as Yanisel Yan.... More
Lagos, September 23 (RHC)-- In Nigeria, gunmen suspected of belonging to the militant group Boko Haram attacked a teacher training college in the city of Kano, killing 15 people. ... More
Lima, September 23 (Andina-RHC) –- The United Nations has praised Peru for its efforts to empower women through the provision of financial help and entrepreneurial training, according to Peruvian First Lady Nadine Heredia.... More
Caracas, September 22 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has approved a national disarmament plan to lower crime rates and to promote citizen security.... More
Moscow, September 22 (RHC)-- The Russian Federation has warned the United States of violating the sovereignty of Syria. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called on U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to respect Syria's sovereignty, the ministry said in a statement on Sunday. ... More
Washington, September 22 (RHC)-- The U.S. army has confirmed that a Texas man accused of scaling a fence and getting inside the White House with a folding knife before being stopped is an Iraq war veteran. The 42-year-old Omar Jose Gonzalez is facing charges of trying to illegally enter the White House while carrying a deadly or dangerous weapon. ... More
Buenos Aires, September 22 (Mercopress-RHC) -- UNASUR Secretary General Ernesto Samper, in his first overseas official trip as the head of UNASUR, visited Argentina where he met with President Cristina Fernandez and Foreign Minister Hector Timerman, and also held a round of political talks and other ministerial meetings.... More
Gaza City, September 22 (RHC)-- Many public buildings and schools in the Gaza Strip have been destroyed by Israeli war planes and tanks during Tel Aviv's recent war on the besieged enclave, Press TV reports. Almost all the infrastructures serving the Gaza population, including the only school for physically disabled children, were destroyed in the Israeli war. ... More
Lima, September 22 (Andina-RHC) -- Peru's Heath Ministry (Minsa) has denied a report alleging that the first case of Ebola has been confirmed in the Andean nation.... More
La Paz, September 22 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales held a massive rally Sunday in the central city of Cochabamba to win support for his re-election in October.... More
New York, September 22 (RHC)-- More than 400,000 people marched in the streets of New York City to express their concerns about what they call a lack of response by authorities to climate crisis. The rally dubbed as People's Climate March was described as the largest recorded demonstration organized by some 1,500 organizations. ... More
Lima, September 22 (PL-RHC) -– Peruvian Defense Minister Pedro Cateriano will travel on Wednesday to Uruguay and Argentina to meet with his peers from those countries. According to an official statement Cateriano will be in Montevideo on September 24th and the next day he will travel to Buenos Aires to coordinate participation of Peru in Defense hemispheric entities.... More
Washington, September 22 (RHC)-- The Central Intelligence Agency has temporarily curbed its spying programs on some allies in Europe, according to an unnamed American official. The pause in decades of espionage, which still remains in partial effect, was designed to give CIA officers time to assess whether spying on friendly governments is worth the risk of being exposed, said the source who has been briefed on the situation. ... More
United Nations, September 22 (PL-RHC) –- Meetings with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and French President Francois Hollande are highlights on the agenda of Peruvian Head of State Ollanta Humala, who travelled Sunday to the United Nations. ... More
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