In Argentina, a court has convicted the former head of the country’s Air Force on charges of kidnapping and torture committed during the U.S.-backed dirty wars. ... More


The U.S.-based financial giant Wells Fargo will pay $185 million in fines after it was caught illegally manipulating customers’ bank accounts in order to rack up fees and other charges. ... More


Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez held a press conference at the ministry's headquarters in Havana to present Cuba's report on Resolution 70/5 to the United Nations General Assembly... More


President Raúl Castro has proclaimed that on October 1st, Cuba will begin to implement the provisions of the Convention on Cluster Bombs. ... More


Thousands of Brazilian demonstrators have held a massive rally to protest against the newly-installed President Michel Temer.... More


U.S. President Barack Obama says he remains hopeful of being able to fulfill his eight-year-old promise of closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo before his term ends in January.... More


Over 30 Australian solidarity groups, unions and political parties issued a statement calling for solidarity with the people of Venezuela and Brazil following the recent parliamentary coup against elected Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff... More


Israeli military officials have confirmed that the Tel Aviv regime has begun construction of a massive underground barrier along the frontier with the already besieged Gaza Strip.... More


U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has warned that the Israeli regime cannot trust her Republican rival Donald Trump, who has “no reason to his comments about Israel.” ... More


A prominent U.S. human rights organization has organized an event in Washington DC to protest the sale of U.S. weapons to Saudi Arabia.... More


At least 10 people have been killed in a mudslide caused by heavy rains in a southern Guatemalan town, emergency officials reported, adding that at least one other person is missing.... More


A lawsuit was filed by law firm Quinn Emanuel on behalf of multiple claimants to sue MasterCard for £14 billion, marking the largest legal claim in British history, The Guardian reported Thursday.... More


Rosalaura Romeo, the Secretary of the Rome-based Mountain Partnership, has praised Cuba's mountain management program, known on the island as the Turquino-Manati Plan... More


Natsuo Yamaguchi, President of the Komeito Party of Japan, said his country looks forwards to playing a part in Cuba's economic growth. ... More


Enhancing the export of products and technologies is a top priority for Cuba's Labiofam S.A. in the company's effort to contribute foreign currency earnings to the country's economic growth. ... More


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