U.S. Supreme Court Rules Ecuador Owes Chevron $96 Million

The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected Ecuador's challenge to a $96 million international arbitration award in favor of energy company Chevron Corp. in a dispute over the development of oil fields in the South American country.... More

Honduran Students Surrender Campus After 2-Day Occupy Protest

University students in Honduras’ capital city of Tegucigalpa wrapped up a 36-hour protest on Tuesday when they allowed access to the campus they had occupied for nearly two days as their latest move in a wave of actions demanding high-level reforms at the university and an overhaul of rising tuition costs.... More

Iraqi Forces Retake More Areas Near Fallujah in Anbar

Iraqi forces have managed to liberate more areas near the strategic city of Fallujah in Anbar province from the control of the Daesh terrorist group.... More

United Nations Says 10,000 Refugees Died Trying to Cross Mediterranean Since 2014

The United Nations has released new estimates showing that more than 10,000 refugees died attempting to cross the Mediterranean waters into Europe since 2014.... More

Israel Issues Building Permits for 82 New Illegal Settler Units in East Jerusalem

Israeli authorities have approved permits for the construction of 82 new settler units in the occupied East Jerusalem in defiance of international calls on Tel Aviv to end the practice.... More

UK Builds a More Destructive, Accurate $300 Billion Nuclear Missile

Great Britain is secretly upgrading its Trident submarine-launched nuclear missile program and creating a new nuclear warhead that is going to cost them about $300 billion U$D, without notifying parliament.... More

Hillary Clinton Claims U.S. Democratic Presidential Nomination

In the United States, Hillary Clinton has claimed the Democratic presidential nomination.... More

Bernie Sanders Wins Montana and North Dakota, Vows to Remain in Race

In related news, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders won in the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota. While laying off much of his staff, he has vowed to remain in the race to challenge Hillary Clinton at the convention in July.... More

Farmworker Activist Helen Chavez Dies at 88

In the U.S. state of California, Helen Chavez, an activist who played a crucial role in launching the United Farm Workers of America, has died at the age of 88.... More

Wisconsin Inmates to Hunger Strike Against Solitary Confinement

A dozen U.S. inmates at Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin plan to launch a hunger strike to protest that they are being held in indefinite solitary confinement.... More

UK Manufacturing Sector Barely Grew During Month of May

UK manufacturing activity barely grew last month, raising concerns over the economy's strength in the run-up to the June 23rd referendum on whether the country should remain a member of European Union.... More

President Raúl Castro Presides over Ceremony on 55th Anniversary of Interior Ministry

President Raúl Castro presided over the main activity in Havana, marking the 55th anniversary of the Interior Ministry (MININT).... More

Senate of Equatorial Guinea Advocates Lifting of U.S. Blockade

President of Equatorial Guinea's Senate, Teresa Efua Asangono has advocated the lifting of Washington's economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba.... More

Cuba and Mexico Seek to Promote Caribbean as Tourist Destination

Cuban Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero is in Mérida, Yucatán, to participate along with his Mexican counterpart Miguel de la Madrid in the 1st Business Forum with the participation of executives and entrepreneurs from both countries' tourism sector.... More

Havana Receives Title of 'City Wonder of the World'

Havana officially receives Tuesday, June 7th, the title of city wonder of the modern world, a recognition granted by the vote of hundreds of millions of people the world over who participated in a survey organized by the Swiss foundation New7Wonders.... More

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