Caracas, March 19 (RHC) -- The Venezuelan government said on Tuesday it was breaking commercial ties with Air Canada a day after the airline suspended flights to Caracas citing security reasons.... More
New Delhi, March 19 (RHC) -- India will not support Western sanctions against Russia over Crimea, unless such sanctions are approved by the United Nations Security Council, local TV CNN-IBN quoted Ministry of External Affairs officials as saying on Wednesday.... More
MOSCOW, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Moscow on Wednesday accused Western countries of violating the Budapest Memorandum which guarantees Ukraine's territorial integrity.... More
Moscow, March 18 (RHC-Agencies) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and leaders of Crimea signed a treaty on Tuesday accepting the Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol as part of the Russian territory.... More
Caracas, March 18 (RHC) -- Venezuelan authorities on Monday took over Altamira Square in the eastern Caracas district of Chacao from violent protesters.... More
Sepang, March 18 (RHC-Bernama) -- The search and rescue (SAR) operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 has taken on a new international dimension covering the so-called Southern and Northern Corridors - a total of 2.24 million square nautical miles.... More
Moscow, March 18 (RHC-RIA Novosti) -- Moscow blasted the U.S. and European Union's decision to impose sanctions against a list of Russian politicians, the country's legislative body heard on Tuesday.... More
Vatican, March 18 (RHC-MERCOPRESS) -- Argentine President Cristina Fernández has criticized what she dubbed a “double standard” from Britain, which on the one hand condemned the Crimea referendum and on the other hand supported the presumed right of Malvinas residents to hold a vote on their future.... More
Montevideo, March 18 (RHC-NNN) -- Uruguayan foreign minister Luis Almagro confirmed that a delegation from Unasur (Union of South American Nations) is ready to sponsor dialogue towards solving the current situation in Venezuela, as was agreed upon at the recently held meeting of the bloc's foreign ministers in Santiago de Chile.... More
Tehran, March 18 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Zarif said Monday that a new round of nuclear talks with the world powers scheduled for Tuesday would focus on uranium enrichment in the Persian Gulf nation. ... More
Islamabad, March 18 (RHC-KUNA) -- At least 13 people were killed and over 30 others wounded as a suicide attacker detonated an explosive-laden vehicle in a market place of northern Faryab province of Afghanistan on Tuesday, officials said.... More
La Paz, Mar 17 (Prensa Latina) The reconstruction plan for the areas affected by natural disasters in Bolivia will incorporate a medium-term development strategy, the Development Planning Minister, Viviana Caro said today.... More
Tel Aviv, March 18 (RHC) Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon reiterated that his country must lead a military operation against Iranian nuclear facilities. ... More
Caracas, March 18 (RHC) The Venezuelan National Assembly (Parliament) called its first session in March with public attention focusing on the agenda at the center of debates by the lawmakers.... More
Simferopol, March 17 (RHC-Agencies) -- The Crimean parliament Monday declared independence from Ukraine, after latest official results show an overwhelming 96.77 percent of Crimean voters chose to join Russia in Sunday's referendum.... More
