Damascus, September 7 (RHC)-- Israeli planes targeted military positions in Syria, but Syrian air defenses confronted and downed some of the rockets, state news agency SANA reported. Citing a military source, SANA said Israeli aircraft had targeted "our military positions in the provinces of Tartous and Hama." ... More
Bangkok, September 7 (RHC)-- A new session of global climate negotiations began in Bangkok, with the main purpose of advancing the preparation of the procedures and the work program that will allow the effective implementation of the Paris Agreement of December 2015.... More
Bangkok, September 7 (RHC)-- The Honorable Mr. Thani Thongphakdi, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand and the Cuban Ambassador to Thailand, Héctor Conde Almeida, highlighted the historical significance of the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.... More
New York, September 7 (RHC)-- Cuba has promoted a Culture of Peace at the United Nations in order to save present and future generations from the scourge of war and strengthen respect and dignity for all humanity.... More
Quito, September 7 (RHC)-- Former Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa reacted to the announcement by the national government of possible sanctions against him for mismanagement, during his tenure, of the case against the US oil company Chevron-Texaco.... More
Tehran, September 7 (RHC)-- The presidents of Iran, Russia and Turkey are meeting Friday in Tehran to discuss the war in Syria, with all eyes on a possible military offensive to retake the last rebel-held bastion of Idlib.... More
Washington, September 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a new book has revealed that Donald Trump demanded the assassination of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad after a 2017 chemical attack that Washington blamed on Damascus.... More
Brasilia, September 6 (RHC)-- Brazilian far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro was stabbed in the abdomen while campaigning on Thursday, and Globo TV reported he was taken to a hospital in Juiz de For a for surgery.... More
Brazilia, September 6 (RHC) -- Brazil's Federal Police have requested charges be brought against President Michel Temer for corruption and money laundering, alleging that his Democratic Party received US$2.41 million in bribes from Odebrecht in 2014.... More
Rome, September 6 (RHC) – Thirty South American leaders have been invited to join the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture (FAO) in its global campaign for the empowerment of indigenous women.... More
Brazilia, September 6 (RHC) – In Brazil, an indigenous leader considered that the National Museum fire there caused a loss to indigenous cultures as irreparable as that of the European invasion of their country. The first Portuguese invasion, in the year 1500, resulted in colonization and the dubbing of the territory Brazil.... More
Havana, September 6 (RHC)-- Deputy Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno denounced the attempts of the United States to use the UN Security Council to attack Nicaragua and ratified Cuba's rejection of that type of position.... More
Caracas, September 6 (RHC) -- The Venezuelan government and the United Nations signed an agreement on technical cooperation Wednesday to collaborate on the return of Venezuelan immigrants through the Return to the Homeland Plan.... More
Havana, September 6 (RHC) -- Hurricane Florence continued intensifying in the Atlantic Ocean, the Meteorological Institute has warned in an advisory.... More
Havana, September 6 (RHC) -- Cubans Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez met Wednesday in Havana with the Dominican Republic’s deputy foreign minister in charge of Consular and Migratory Issues, Marjorie Espinosa. The Dominican high diplomatic officer is on an official visit to Cuba to participate in a round of bilateral migration talks.... More
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