Tehran, May 26 (RHC) – The Iran-Ecuador parliamentary friendship group presided by Hamid Reza Fouladgar left Tehran for Quito Monday morning.... More
New Delhi, May 26 (RHC)-- At least 40 people have been killed when an express train crashed into a parked freight train in north India. According to authorities, the express passenger train was traveling at high speed and slammed into the cargo train sitting on the tracks near a railway station in the state of Uttar Pradesh on Monday.... More
Brasilia, May 24 (RHC-MERCOPRESS) -- Brazil has reaffirmed its support for Argentina's sovereignty rights over the Malvinas and other South Atlantic islands and surrounding maritime spaces, this according to Daniel Filmus, head of the Malvinas Islands affairs desk.... More
Santiago, May 24 (RHC-NNN) -- Chile, one of a handful of the world's countries that outlaws abortion in all cases, will debate a bill this year that seeks to relax the ban in certain circumstances, a government spokesman announced. ... More
Mogadishu, May 24 (RHC)-- At least ten people have been killed after armed assailants carried out an attack on Somalia's parliament building in Mogadishu. Police say the assailants detonated two bombs as they tried to break into the parliament compound in the capital on Saturday.... More
Washington, May 24 (RHC)-- Dozens of people have staged a protest outside the White House in Washington, DC, calling on U.S. President Barack Obama to fulfill his promise to shut down the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison.... More
Quito, May 24 (RHC-Agencies)-- Ecuador’s Environment Minister Lorena Tapia has awarded the state oil company Petroamazonas an environmental licence to exploit the Tiputini and Tambococha fields in the country's eastern Amazon region.... More
Washington, May 24 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama is "concerned and angry" over allegations that dozens of veterans may have died waiting for appointments at a Phoenix veterans hospital, according to White House press secretary Jay Carney.... More
Tehran, May 24 (RHC)-- The next round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany (P5+1) may be held in mid-June, says an informed Iranian source.... More
Brasilia, May 23 (PL-RHC) -- Brazilian President Dilma Roussef has regained people's backing over the past few weeks with 40 percent of voter intention, which would apparently secure her re-election in a first round on October 5th.... More
United Nations, May 23 (RHC)-- Russia and China have once again vetoed a Western-backed resolution at the UN Security Council to refer Syria to the International Criminal Court. Moscow and Beijing used their veto power on Thursday for the fourth time to abort a resolution against Syria.... More
Bogotá, May 23 (PL-RHC) -- Several road closures, prohibition on alcohol, ban on carrying weapons and suspension of bikeways service are some measures being taken for the presidential election on Sunday, which will be guarded by about 10,000 soldiers.... More
Damascus, May 23 (RHC)-- The Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) says the last batch of Syria's chemical weapons has been packed and will be taken out of the country as soon as the security situation permits.... More
Santiago, May 23 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Lackluster economic performance expected in Latin America is likely to stall employment in 2014, a new study shows.... More
Port au Prince, May 23 (PL-RHC) -- In Port au Prince, the Prime Minister of Haiti, Laurent Lamothe, welcomed the approval of a bill on naturalization by the Congress of the Dominican Republic.... More
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