Ecuador's President Rafael Correa is visiting the earthquake-stricken coastal provinces of Esmeraldas and Manabi. These two provinces were the most affected by the April 16 earthquake that measured 7.8 degrees on the Richter scale and killed at least 661 people.... More


Three French investigators and a technical expert from Airbus arrived in Cairo early on Friday to help investigate the fate of a missing plane with 66 passengers on board, which disappeared as it approached Cairo on a flight from Paris on Thursday.... More


NATO weighs deploying sophisticated AWACS surveillance aircraft to Iraq and Syria to fight Daesh, but observers believe it is aimed at Russia which is carrying out airstrikes in support of the Syrian government. ... More


More than 300 groups in Europe have urged the EU to hold Israel accountable for its human rights violations and join a global campaign for boycott of Israeli products.... More


The French parliament has extended the post-attacks state of emergency for two months to cover the prestigious European football games the country is to host.... More


WikiLeaks activist Jacob Appelbaum said Hillary Clinton will make life difficult for Julian Assange due to “bitterness” over the organization's leaks.... More


More than 1,000 striking employees of the Verizon telecommunications company have held a protest march in Washington DC against the US company’s new employment plan.... More


Representatives of Cuba and Spain are holding talks Thursday in Havana to discuss new business opportunities in the context of the island''s promotion of foreign investment. ... More


A U.S. delegation of the Mohawk tribe of Saint-Régis has travelled to Havana to be treated with Heberprot-P, a Cuban medicine used to treat diabetic foot ulcers. ... More


Websites and Internet sources Wednesday reported the complaint made by the website ''Cubanos en UK'' (Cubans in the UK) regarding the freezing of the organization's funds, which are intended to benefit students in Cuba... More


French demonstrators have set ablaze a police car in the capital, Paris, in a move to vent their outrage at police violence exercised against opponents of the contentious government-proposed labor reforms. ... More


The death toll from devastating landslides triggered by massive torrential rains has risen to nearly three dozen in Sri Lanka. ... More


A U.S. B-52 strategic military plane has been destroyed after crashing at the U.S. airbase in the Western Pacific island of Guam. ... More


French President François Hollande and Greek officials have said the EgyptAir passenger jet that disappeared this morning en route from Paris to Cairo has crashed at sea.... More


Brazil’s suspended President Dilma Rousseff has given her first interview since her ouster to The Intercept's Glenn Greenwald, the journalist chosen by whistleblower Edward Snowden to reveal the U.S. government's electronic eavesdropping on the world... More


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