Washington, January 16 (RHC)-- U.S. lawmakers are seeking to block President Barack Obama’s plan to shift control of the country’s drone campaign from the CIA to the Pentagon. Congress has moved to insert a secret provision in the $1.1 trillion government spending bill introduced this week that would preserve the spy agency’s role in lethal operations overseas. ... More
Kabul, January 16 (RHC)-- Afghan President Hamid Karzai has strongly condemned a U.S. airstrike, which has killed at least eight civilians in the northeastern region of Afghanistan. Karzai said on Wednesday that seven children and a woman were among the victims of the aerial attack in Parwan Province.... More
Washington, January 16 (RHC)-- In the U.S., members of the White House panel reviewing government surveillance have publicly rejected some of the National Security Agency’s key claims in justifying warrantless, mass spying. ... More
San Juan, January 16 (RHC)-- Teachers in Puerto Rico are on their second day of a two-day strike across the U.S.-territorial island in protest against cuts to their pensions. The two-day walkout was launched on the first day of classes after winter break on Tuesday against government cuts that educators said will force many workers into poverty.... More
Mexico City, January 15 (RHC)-– At least 12 people, including 9 civilians and 3 soldiers, have been killed in recent clashes between vigilante groups and government forces in Mexico’s western Michoacan state.... More
Cairo, January 15 (RHC)-- Clashes with police left as many as 11 dead during the first day of voting in Egypt's vote on a constitutional referendum. The Muslim Brotherhood, whose members largely supported ousted President Mohamed Morsi, called to boycott the elections after being branded a "terrorist organization" and expelled from political circles in late December.... More
Santiago de Chile, January 15 (RHC)-- The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has urged developed countries to forge a pact on global financial stability to avoid financial crises that affect the entire world.... More
Washington, January 15 (RHC)-- The United States has lashed out at Israeli Minister of Military Affairs Moshe Ya'alon for making “offensive and inappropriate” comments about U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. ... More
Caracas, January 15 (RHC)-- This year the Venezuelan government plans to turn the country's budding community collectives, or communes, into self-sufficient units of production and "design a new political culture," a leading government official said Tuesday.... More
Vatican City, January 15 (RHC)-- The Vatican says Iran should be invited to the upcoming international conference on Syria crisis later this month. A statement issued by Vatican City said: “To build the basis for regional peace, Geneva II needs to ensure inclusive participation of all parties... within the region and beyond.” ... More
Washington, January 15 (RHC)-- A U.S. economic expert says that the supposed improvement in the U.S. employment rate is a complete fabrication. ... More
Ramallah, January 15 (RHC)-- Acting Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas says he would not recognize Israel as a Jewish state. Abbas made the remarks during a speech in front of hundreds of Palestinians in the West bank city of Ramallah, adding Palestinians would not drop demands for a capital in East Jerusalem.... More
Brussels, January 15 (RHC)-- European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton says new settlements in the occupied territories of Palestine are “illegal” and the main “obstacle” to peace in the region.... More
Washington, January 15 (RHC)-- A new study says nearly half of all African-American men will be arrested by the time they are 23 years old. ... More
Washington, January 15 (RHC)-- A U.S.-based political analyst says that the “dirty hands” of the U.S. and Israeli regimes are behind the ongoing conflicts in South Sudan and the entire African continent. According to an interview with Press TV, U.S. author and radio host Stephen Lendman described the deadly in violence in South Sudan as “deplorable.” ... More
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