Russia says it will engage in retaliatory measures if NATO continues its plans to deploy four extra battalions in Poland and the Baltic states. ... More


Russia and the United States have reached a deal to extend a fragile ceasefire to the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo.... More


Tel Aviv authorities have rejected the concerns raised by a UN panel probing violations against prisoners, particularly against detained Palestinians in Israeli jails.... More


Thousands of people have attended a funeral procession for a Palestinian man who was shot dead by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank.... More


Poland and Hungary on Wednesday censured a plan by the European Union for the imposition of fines on member states if they refuse to accept pre-determined quotas of refugees.... More


The Canadian province of Alberta officially announced a state of emergency late on Wednesday after a raging wildfire destroyed at least 1,600 buildings, mostly homes, and forced more than 80,000 residents to flee.... More


Attendance to this year’s Tourism Fair ion Havana has been the highest ever, the Cuban Tourism Ministry said today, attracting participants from 53 nations and numerous tourism ministers from the region.... More


On Wednesday, Cuba and Spain signed accords to restructure Cuba's debt with the European country, which the two sides described as an important contribution to the development of bilateral economic, trade and financial relations.... More


More than 200 friends of Cuba, making up the 11th Contingent of the May 1st International Solidarity Brigade arrived in central Sancti Spiritus province on Thursday.... More


Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says that she is the victim of a fraud by the extreme right of her country to remove her from power. ... More


The Attorney General of Brazil said Eduardo Cunha, the president of the lower chamber and main supporter of the impeachment process against President Dilma Rousseff was one of the leaders in a corruption scandal involving the electrical sector of the country.... More


Radio journalist Felix Molina

In Honduras, a prominent radio journalist has been shot four times, but survived. ... More


Former peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori

Peru's Constitutional Tribunal has rejected former dictator Alberto Fujimori's habeas corpus petition to cancel his sentence for crimes against humanity, with six out of the seven judges from the highest court ruling against the appeal on Tuesday.... More


Argentinean President Mauricio Macri, in an effort to thwart an anti-layoff bill in the Congress, is trying to allay fears of more layoffs in the future. ... More


Gerson Galvez,  Peru's most-wanted criminal

The Peruvian “El Chapo,” who was arrested in Colombia and immediately deported back to Peru, is wanted in connection with 101 homicides, various news outlets have reported.... More


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