Brasilia, August 2 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and visiting Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday agreed to elevate bilateral ties to a global strategic partnership.... More


Washington, August 2 (RHC)-- The CIA has admitted to spying on a computer network used by a U.S. Senate committee investigating the agency’s post-9/11 torture and rendition program. ... More


Washington, August 2 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate report on CIA torture and rendition remains classified but new revelations emerged from it this week when the White House accidentally e-mailed talking points to the Associated Press. ... More


Brussels, August 2 (RHC)-- The European Court of Human Rights has issued the first-ever ruling on the CIA torture and rendition program, confirming the existence of a secret U.S. prison in Poland.... More


El Paso, August 2 (RHC)-- The U.S. Border Patrol is facing a civil rights lawsuit for the 2012 shooting death of a Mexican teenager. Sixteen-year old José Antonio Rodríguez was killed after U.S. border agents opened fire on people throwing rocks from the Mexican side of the border. ... More


Buenos Aires, August 1 (RHC) -- Argentinian Cabinet Chief Jorge Capi-tanich said Thursday that his country was not in default, even though its debt talks with holdout investors had failed, Xinhua news agency reported.... More


Gaza City, August 1 (RHC)-- At least 13 more Palestinians, including four children, have been killed in the besieged Gaza Strip as Israel keeps pounding the coastal enclave for more than three weeks. ... More


Washington, August 1 (RHC)-- As the U.S. Congress deadlocked on the migrant crisis, 112 people were arrested outside the White House calling for President Obama to halt his record deportations. ... More


Freetown, August 1 (RHC)-- In West Africa, the official death toll from the worst Ebola outbreak in history has risen to 729 with more than 1,300 people afflicted. ... More


New Delhi, August 1 (RHC)-- India has condemned U.S. spying on the country's ruling party as "unacceptable" after recent allegations that Washington's National Security Agency (NSA) targeted the newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). ... More


Rio de Janeiro, August 1 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega said Thursday that Argentina's technical debt default can be more accurately described as an "impasse."... More


United Nations, August 1 (RHC)-- The United Nations Security Council has called for an immediate end to the merciless killing of people in the besieged Gaza Strip by the Israeli regime. ... More


Rio de Janeiro, August 1 (RHC) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff unveiled on Thursday that the slogan of her re-election campaign is: "Truth will beat pessimism."... More


Caracas, July 31 (PL-RHC) -- The Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) alliance has expressed its decision to strengthen trade and relations in favor of development.... More


Gaza City, July 31 (RHC)-- Israel is relentlessly continuing its aggression against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 1,370 people and injuring around 7,700 others since it launched its offensive on July 8th.... More


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