Baghdad, June 25 (RHC)-- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has rejected U.S. and other foreign calls for a more inclusive government as a "coup." Maliki spoke earlier today following the departure of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who had visited Baghdad and the northern Kurdish region to press for a reconciliation agreement between Iraqi leaers. ... More


Guatemala, June 25 (PL-RHC) -- The issue of immigrant children detained in the United States will be taken to the 43rd Ordinary Summit of Heads of State of the Central American Integration System (SICA) to be held Friday in the Dominican Republic.... More


Buenos Aires, June 25 (Mercopress-RHC) –- Argentinian Foreign Minister Hector Timerman is heading a multi-party delegation that on Thursday will make the presentation of his country's position on the Malvinas Islands sovereignty dispute before the UN Decolonization Committee in New York.... More


Gaza City, June 25 (RHC)-- Israel has launched seven separate airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip as the wave of aggression on the blockaded Palestinian enclave continues unabated. According to Press TV, Israeli warplanes carried out the air raids on the western, northern, central and southern areas of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.... More


Washington, June 25 (RHC)-- Former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney says the next terrorist attack in the United States will be "far deadlier" than the September 11, 2001 attacks, adding that the threat might come from a nuclear device.... More


Quito, June 25 (PL-RHC) -- Four member countries of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) have announced their collaboration to build their own planes -- the UNASUR 1 -- a military aircraft for training.... More


London, June 25 (RHC)-- Attorneys for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange have asked the Swedish government to withdraw a warrant that has kept him confined in Ecuador’s London Embassy for two years. Assange has been holed up in a small embassy office since June 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he faces questioning on allegations of sexual assault. ... More


Washington, June 25 (RHC)-- The Pentagon says the first groups of up to 300 U.S. special operations troops have begun their mission in Baghdad to assist Iraqis to fight militants from the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).... More


Lima, June 25 (Andina-RHC) -- Peru’s President Ollanta Humala has said his administration is committed to supporting agricultural farmers through policies aimed at expanding the acreage of land under irrigation to 45,000 hectares.... More


London, June 25 (RHC)-- In London, anti-austerity protesters are vowing to stage more demonstrations after an estimated 50,000 people marched this past weekend. ... More


Baghdad, June 24 (RHC) – Iraqi army warplanes have pounded several areas in the strategic oil town of Baiji, killing over a dozen Islamist militants and injuring several others.... More


Bogota, June 24 (PL-RHC), -- The National Liberation Army (ELN) has asserted that it is open to learning from the peace process between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) and that is willing to add new aspects.... More


Moscow, June 24 (RHC) – Russian President Vladimir Putin says he has scrapped plans to send troops into Ukraine, in a move seen to de-escalate the ongoing crisis in the region.... More


Abuja, June 24 (RHC) – Boko Haram militants in Nigeria have reportedly abducted 91 people during recent attacks against three villages in the northeastern regions of the country.... More


Rio de Janeiro, June 23 (Xinhua-RHC), -- Brazil's new set of Internet regulations came into effect on Monday in a bid to tighten security after the espionage scandal exposed by former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden.... More


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