A mural with the image of the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was inaugurated Thursday in the South Bronx in New York, as world leaders met in the city for the United Nations General Assembly.... More


Indigenous nations from Canada and the United States signed a treaty Thursday to jointly fight proposals to build more pipelines to carry crude from Alberta's oil sands, saying further development would damage the environment.... More


U.S. National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has criticized a new messaging application by Google, saying it is a breach of privacy and will track everything that users will say.... More


The European Commission on Thursday proposed the Council of the European Union to sign the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (PDCA) with Cuba.... More


The office of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Cuba and the World Fund for Nature Conservation (WWF-Holland) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support Cuba in that area. ... More


Cuba ratified on Wednesday the Ibero-American Convention on Cybercrime, thus becoming the first country to do so. ... More


Cuba and Russia have strengthened scientific and technical cooperation with the signing in Moscow of an accord between the Skolkovo Innovation Fund and Cuba's BioCubaFarma state corporation.... More


Bolivian President Evo Morales

Bolivian President Evo Morales has condemned the imperialist and warmongering policies of Israel and the United States during his address at the United Nations General Assembly in New York. ... More


Syrian President Bashar al-Assad

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said that U.S. airstrikes on Syrian troops last Saturday were "intentional" and lasted for nearly one hour. ... More


Former Brazilian President Lula da Silva

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has dismissed charges of corruption against him, describing the allegations as "farcical." ... More


The International Committee for Peace, Justice and Dignity, along with solidarity and human rights organizations, are sponsoring a major action in Washington, DC to demand the release of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera. ... More


Syria says it does not need the advice of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon after the outgoing official accuses the Syrian government of killing civilians. ... More


Eighty artists, intellectuals and activists in Argentina signed a letter Monday denouncing President Mauricio Macri's policy in the dispute with the U.K. over the Malvinas Islands... More


There are an estimated 265 million guns in the U.S., roughly one for every adult in the country.... More


The death toll from a series of recent landslides and flash floods in western Indonesia has reached 26, officials say. ... More


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