Havana, Feb 13 (Prensa Latina) The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church, his Sanctity Kirill, compared today the Cuban special education school Solidaridad con Panama (Solidarity with Panama) to a sacred place, where the children are an example to others.... More


Media outlets around the world are dedicating front-page articles to the Havana meeting on Friday of the heads of the Catholic and Russian Orthodox churches, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill.... More


Venezuela’s Supreme Court (TSJ) has confirmed that an emergency economic decree was now in place, allowing President Nicolas Maduro special powers to tackle the country's financial crisis.... More


Diplomats with the Cuban embassy in Washington have met with a U.S. scientific delegation made up of members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), including Executive Director Rush Holt.... More


Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Castro said Thursday that his country is hopeful it can develop a vaccine for the Zika virus faster than is typically required, possibly within the next 12 months.... More


Negotiators have agreed to a cessation of hostilities in Syria set to begin in a week and to provide rapid humanitarian access to besieged Syrian towns. The agreement on Friday came following a marathon meeting in Munich aimed at resurrecting peace talks that collapsed last week. ... More


Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia, His Holiness Kirill said in Havana that the Russian and Cuban peoples have long been united by cooperation and friendship. ... More


Ernesto Medina Villaveirán, Minister President of the Central Bank of Cuba and Agustín Carstens, Governor of the Bank of Mexico (Banxico) have signed an agreement on central banking.... More


Israeli military forces have demolished more than 40 Palestinian houses and residential structures in the northeastern part of the occupied West Bank as the Tel Aviv regime presses ahead with its land expropriation policies to uproot Palestinians.... More


A UN human rights expert has slammed Israel for using excessive force against Palestinian protesters amid ongoing tensions between the two sides in the occupied territories. ... More


Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño has criticized British Prime Minister David Cameron for his response to the recent ruling by the United Nations regarding WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. ... More


A U.S. court has ordered the State Department to release thousands of more Hillary Clinton's e-mails during her term as secretary of state by the end of this month. ... More


Spanish police have stormed the houses and offices of a former top official and a corporate executive as part of an investigation into high-level corruption. ... More


The Daesh terrorist group has used chemical weapons in its attacks and is capable of making small quantities of the deadly gases, says the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director. ... More


Havana, February 12 (RHC)-- Pope Francis arrived at Havana's José Martí International Airport at 2 p.m. local time on Friday for a brief stopover on his way to Mexico.... More


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