WASHINGTON, April 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law an act that bars entry of certain representatives to the United Nations.... More


LA PAZ, April 19 (NNN-RHC) -- President Evo Morales has advised Bolivian farmers and workers to make sure their children learn another language so they can apply for scholarships to study abroad.... More


Seattle, April 19 (RHC)-- The death toll of the massive mudslide that covered the town of Oso in the U.S. state of Washington has reached 39, according to officials on Thursday.... More


Bogotá, April 18 (RHC-WB) – Colombian farmers and agricultural workers are preparing for a new wave of nationwide strikes, set for April 28th, claiming the government of President Juan Manuel Santos has failed to fulfil promises made to farmers in the aftermath of the strikes of 2013.... More


Geneva, April 18 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow has no plans to send troops to Ukraine as such a move is against the fundamental interests of Russia. Lavrov made the remarks on Thursday, following four-party talks in Geneva among Russia, the United States, European Union and Ukraine to find a diplomatic solution to the turmoil in Ukraine.... More


Bogota, April 18 (Xinhua–RHC) -- The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Thursday released a Colombian army soldier abducted two days ago from an indigenous community in southwest Cauca department, Colombia's El Tiempo daily reported online.... More


Washington, April 18 (RHC)-- The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama says it will send more “non-lethal” military aid to the new Western-backed government of Ukraine amid increasing tensions between the country and neighboring Russia.... More


Damascus, April 18 (RHC)-- Candidates for the upcoming presidential election in Syria can begin registering on Monday, April 21st, a report quoted a government source as saying. Damascus has said that it would go ahead with presidential election later this year before President Bashar al-Assad’s term ends on July 17th.... More


Tehran, April 18 (RHC)-- Iran is ahead of schedule on diluting its supply of nuclear material under an agreement with the United States and other world powers. ... More


Boston, April 18 (RHC)-- In the United States, immigrants and their supporters from across New England blocked the entrance to a jail used to detain immigrants in Boston, protesting the Barack Obama administration’s record deportations, which have reached an estimated two million. Nineteen people were arrested while more than 150 others rallied to support them. ... More


London, April 17 (RHC)-- A public inquiry in the UK has heard that British soldiers tortured Iraqi civilians and committed other crimes during operations in southern Iraq in 2004.... More


Santiago de Chile, April 17 (Xinhua-RHC) -- The devastating forest fire in the Chilean port of Valparaiso was extinguished Wednesday after claiming at least 15 lives and leaving some 12,500 residents homeless in five days, the city's Fire Department said.... More


Washington, April 17 (RHC)-- The U.S. National Security Agency has reportedly known of the massive new Internet bug "Heartbleed" for several years — and even adopted it for its own use. Bloomberg News reports the NSA was made aware of Heartbleed in early... More


Rio de Janiero, April 17 (Xinhua–RHC) -- On Wednesday, Brazil launched a nationwide campaign against the sexual exploitation of minors, as it readies to host millions of visitors coming for the 2014 World Cup of soccer.... More


Caracas, April 16 (RHC) -- The Venezuelan government and the right-wing opposition ended the second round of talks in Caracas aimed at ending two months of violent protests in the Latin American country with progress on several issues, said Venezuelan Vice President Jorge Arreaza.... More


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