United Nations, July 9 (RHC)-- As the White House vows to speed the deportation of migrant children, United Nations officials are calling for most of them to be accepted into the United States as refugees. ... More


Rio de Janeiro, July 9 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Torrential rains continued to lash southern Latin America this week, including Brazil and Uruguay.... More


London, July 9 (RHC)-- Newly disclosed leaks from Edward Snowden have identified five innocent Americans who were spied on by the National Security Agnecy. ... More


Rio de Janeiro, July 8 (RHC) -- Presidential election campaigns for Brazil's October 5th general elections are now underway after candidates hit their registration deadline, media sources reported Monday.... More


Gaza City, July 8 (RHC)-- Violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories is escalating as Israel bombs dozens of targets in the Gaza Strip and threatens a new full-scale assault. Tensions have erupted in the region following the murders of three Israeli teenagers as well as a Palestinian teenager. ... More


Washington, July 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency has obtained confidential information from a German intelligence official, according to a new report. Two U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the Reuters news agency that the CIA was involved in a spying operation against Germany that led to the recruitment of the official, an employee of the German intelligence agency (BND).... More


Kabul, July 8 (RHC)-- Afghanistan is facing a crisis over its disputed presidential election. Preliminary results Monday showed former World Bank official Ashraf Ghani beating opponent Abdullah Abdullah by about a million votes. The results will not be finalized until later this month. ... More


Abuja, July 8 (RHC)-- In Nigeria, more than 60 girls and women have reportedly escaped from the Islamist group Boko Haram after they were kidnapped two weeks ago in the northeastern state of Borno. ... More


Beijing, July 8 (PL-RHC) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's visits to Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela and Cuba, starting in mid-July, was announced officially in Beijing on Monday.... More


Washington, July 8 (RHC)-- In the United States, immigrant advocates gathered at the White House to criticize the Barack Obama administration’s treatment of immigrant children fleeing violence and poverty in Central America. ... More


Quito, July 8 (PL-RHC) -- Executive President of the Ecuadorian Exporters Federation, Felipe Rivadeneira, says that his country is on the brink of reaching a trade agreement with the European Union (EU), which would be vital for the future.... More


Caracas, July 8 (PL-RHC) -- Venezuela has an enormous potential located in the Orinoco Oil Belt (FPO) Hugo Chavez, considered the world's largest oil reserve, authorities highlighted here.... More


Mexico City, July 8 (RHC)-- In Mexico and Guatemala, at least three people are dead after a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake. The quake was centered in Southern Mexico, where it sparked landslides and building collapses, killing at least two people in the state of Chiapas. ... More


Buenos Aires, July 7 (Mercopress-RHC) –- Argentinian Economy Minister Axel Kicillof is heading a delegation that holds a first formal meeting in New York on Monday with “Special Master” Daniel Pollack, appointed as mediator by Judge Thomas Griesa in negotiations between Argentina and holdout hedge funds, according to a press release late Sunday from Buenos Aires.... More


Tel Aviv, July 7 (RHC)-- The deadly Israeli attack on Gaza comes amid heavy unrest in the West Bank and in Arab towns inside Israel over last week’s abduction and murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir. ... More


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