Cairo, August 18 (RHC)-- The latest round of talks between Israelis and Palestinians on a long-term ceasefire in the besieged Gaza Strip is underway in the Egyptian capital Cairo. ... More
Washington, August 16 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama is vowing to continue airstrikes aimed at protecting U.S. personnel in Iraq. Speaking from the White House, Obama said U.S. efforts have helped thousands of Yazidi minorities trapped on Mount Sinjar following the advance of rebels known as the Islamic State. ... More
La Paz, August 16 (RHC) -- A meeting of energy and mining ministers of the G-77 + China grouping scheduled for August 25th and 26th in Bolivia has been postponed until November "due to international events," a government spokesman said Friday.... More
Khartoum, August 16 (RHC)-- The Sudanese Health Ministry has announced that flash floods triggered by heavy rains have claimed 77 lives and left 227 people injured across the North African country.... More
Rio de Janeiro, August 16 (RHC) -- Brazilian presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, who died Wednesday in a plane crash, will likely be replaced by his running mate, former senator and Environment Minister Marina Silva, a leader of the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) said Friday.... More
Los Angeles, August 16 (RHC)-- The death of 18-year-old Michael Brown in the U.S. state of Missouri last week has coincided with other police killings of unarmed African-American men throughout the United States.... More
Panama City, August 16 (RHC) -– The Panama Canal, one of the greatest engineering feats in the world, celebrated its 100th anniversary on Friday amid ongoing expansion works and proposals.... More
Baghdad, August 15 (RHC)-- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has stepped down to make way for Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi, voicing support for his successor. In an address on state television on Thursday, Maliki said in the address that his decision to give up the position to Abadi shows his desire to “safeguard the high interests of the country.” ... More
Baghdad, Aug 15, (RHC), – Reports coming from the militancy-riddled northern Iraq suggest that the ISIS militants are selling captured female Izadi Kurds as sex slaves. ... More
St. Louis, August 15 (RHC)-- Thousands of protesters have held demonstrations in more than 100 cities across the United States to honor the memory of a Black teenager shot dead by a white policeman in Missouri. ... More
Budapest, Aug 15, (RHC), – Hungary has cast doubt on the effectiveness of the sanctions the United States and the European Union have imposed on Russia over the crisis in Ukraine, saying the restrictions are harming the Europeans rather than the Russians.... More
The Hague, August 15 (RHC)-- A French lawyer says there are still legal channels to prosecute Israel for its war crimes in Gaza at the International Criminal Court (ICC) after Palestine’s initial case was rejected last week, Press TV reports.... More
Montevideo, August 15 (Mercopress-RHC) -- The presidential summit between the heads of state of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) which was scheduled for next week has been postponed due to scheduling conflicts amongst member countries, according to the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry. It will now be held in October.... More
Brasilia, August 15 (Xinhua-RHC) -- The black box, recovered from the plane which crashed in Sao Paulo and killed Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, arrived in Brasilia on Thursday for inspection.... More
Brasilia, August 15 (Xinhua-RHC) -- The black box, recovered from the plane which crashed in Sao Paulo and killed Brazilian Socialist Party presidential candidate Eduardo Campos, arrived in Brasilia on Thursday for inspection.... More
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