Islamabad, February 7 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration is reportedly scaling back drone strikes in Pakistan at the Pakistani government’s request. ... More
San Salvador, February 7 (RHC)-- The final count of the elections last Sunday in El Salvador confirmed the victory in the first round of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).... More
London, February 7 (RHC)-- The latest leaks from Edward Snowden show the British equivalent of the National Security Agency launched cyberattacks on the online activist groups Anonymous and LulzSec. ... More
Athens, February 7 (RHC)-- Greek state hospital doctors, nurses and administrative staff have held a strike to protest the government’s austerity measures which allegedly aim to make the healthcare sector "more efficient." ... More
Washington, February 7 (RHC)-- A Lithuanian court has ordered a probe of the torture of a Saudi Arabian prisoner held inside a secret CIA prison. ... More
Benghazi, February 7 (RHC)-- Gunmen have attacked studios of two privately-run television channels in Benghazi as violence rages in the cradle of Libya’s 2011 revolution against late Muammar Gaddafi. The television channels targeted overnight Wednesday were the Doha-based Libya al-Ahrar and the Cairo-based Libya al-Oula.... More
Tel Aviv, February 7 (RHC)-- An Israeli minister says a Palestinian state would ruin Israel’s economy, as Tel Aviv steps up efforts to prevent the creation of an independent Palestinian homeland.... More
Washington, February 7 (RHC)-- The U.S. has successfully tested an updated version of a B-61 atomic bomb in defiance of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which calls for nuclear disarmament.... More
New York, February 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New York, lawmakers are seeking passage of a bill that would block financing for academic groups that boycott academic institutions in Israel. ... More
Washington, February 6 (RHC)-- U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency Director Michael Flynn claims the National Security Agency data leaked by former contractor Edward Snowden would lead to the deaths of American troops.... More
Quito, February 6 (RHC) –- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa has signed a decree that takes his country out of the Inter-American Reciprocal Assistance Treaty (TIAR), according to the Foreign Ministry.... More
Rome, February 6 (RHC)-- A group representing victims of child sex abuse at the Catholic Church has called on the Vatican to prosecute offending priests. ... More
Bogotá, February 6 (RHC) –- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said on Wednesday that he has set a period of 10 days for an internal investigation of the Army for the alleged illegal monitoring of the negotiating team with the FARC rebels.... More
Tel Aviv, February 6 (RHC)-- Israel has issued a fresh threat of war against the Gaza Strip, saying rockets fired from the Palestinian territory are enough reason for Tel Aviv to invade the besieged enclave.... More
Panama City, February 6 (RHC) -- Expansion work on the Panama Canal has virtually stalled amid an ongoing cost overrun dispute between the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) and the multinational consortium, Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), the canal authority announced Wednesday.... More
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