At the G-20 summit in China, U.S. President Barack Obama reportedly tried to assure Asian nations that the United States would, in fact, ratify the Trans-Pacific Partnership, despite mounting opposition. ... More


U.S. President Barack Obama is in Laos for an historic visit -- the first for a sitting U.S. president. ... More


A New York Times analysis of Hillary Clinton’s fundraising schedule shows she raised $50 million at elite gatherings over the last two weeks of August --raising an average of $150,000 an hour.... More


German Chancellor Angela Merkel has once again defended her stance on allowing asylum seekers into Germany despite her party's loss at local elections apparently over the government's refugee policy.... More


Newly leaked documents show that a U.S. spying agency has used a British military base to carry out “capture-kill operations” across the Middle East.... More


Bolivia's government urged miners Monday to turn over the people responsible for the torture and murder of Deputy Minister Rodolfo Illanes, as a condition for future negotiations over their demands.... More


Saudi Arabia and Russia have agreed to cooperate in world oil markets, saying they will not act immediately but could limit output in the future... More


The United Nations human rights chief has accused U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump of spreading "humiliating racial and religious prejudice" and warned of a rise of populist politics that could turn violent.... More


Palestinians in Gaza pay up to $10,000 U$D in bribes to Egyptian officials at the Rafah border in order to cross into Egypt, brokers and travelers told Al-Jazeera... More


Hurricane Newton has battered Mexico's northwestern resort of Los Cabos, tearing down trees and blowing away tin roofs.... More


The US rock band Jane’s addiction will play in Cuba at Salón Rosado de la Tropical on Friday as part of the Habanarte Festival underway in the Cuban capital... More


Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez met Monday in Havana with visiting General Secretary of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) June Soomer, who is here on a working visit.... More


The Cuban Institute of Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) and the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDRs) are sponsoring a series of activities as part of the Cuban campaign against terrorism and the U.S. blockade, which runs through September 4th through October 27th.... More


Cuban representative Rodolfo Benítez

Cuba advocated at the United Nations for total disarmament and a world free of weapons of mass destruction, particularly nuclear arms.... More


The Brazilian Workers’ Federation (CTB) thanked Cuba for its strong rejection of the parliamentary-judicial coup perpetrated against constitutional President Dilma Rousseff.... More


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