Panamanian authorities have announced the building of shelters for some 2 500 Cubans, stranded in the border with Costa Rica.... More
The UN refugee agency fears that up to 500 African refugees hoping to reach Italy from eastern Libya may have drowned after their overcrowded boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea.... More
Officials at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say they have confirmed the link between the Zika virus and microcephaly, a condition where babies born to infected mothers have abnormally small heads. ... More
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a criminal investigation into tax avoidance following the massive data leak known as the "Panama Papers."... More
Indian officials say more than 100 people have lost their lives as a result of scorching early-summer temperatures that have forced the closure of schools and cessation of outdoor work.... More
The UN cultural body UNESCO has urged Israel to respect the al-Aqsa Mosque Compound, which is the scene of frequent raids by Israeli extremists. UNESCO chief Irina Bokova's call for “respect and dialogue” came after Israel reacted with outrage to the UN body's adoption of a resolution on “Occupied Palestine.” ... More
Germany has announced a growth forecast for its economy in the current year and the next, vowing that an unprecedented flow of refugees into the western European country could be resolved.... More
Heavy rains that fell over the past several days in Angola have claimed 17 lives, with at least seven people missing.... More
Scientists from Chicago's Northwestern University have developed the nanoparticle Troy Horse to fight asthma, according to a report from the National Academy of Sciences.... More
President Raúl Castro asserted that building a prosperous, sustainable, irreversible socialism inevitably entails upholding the principles of equity and social justice promoted and defended by the Cuban Revolution.... More
Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, congratulated President Raúl Castro on his re-election as First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba. ... More
In Ecuador, another strong earthquake shook the northern coastal region of the country early Wednesday morning, registering 6.2 on the Richter scale.... More
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has met with his U.S. counterpart John Kerry at UN headquarters in New York.... More
Cubans and Ecuadorians paid tribute Tuesday to three Cuban doctors who lost their lives in the huge quake that hit the South American nation last Saturday.... More
Bolivian President Evo Morales has flown to New York to attend the United Nations General Assembly’s debate on drug trafficking, where he will expose the failure of the so-called anti-drug strategy of the United States.... More
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