Washington, January 28 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of South Carolina, a new bill that would require state police to track refugees is headed to the Senate floor, after a Senate committee approved the measure Wednesday. ... More


Kabul, January 28 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, three prisoners who were formerly held at the secretive U.S. Bagram military prison and are now being held in Afghan custody have launched a hunger strike to protest their continued imprisonment. ... More


Washington, January 28 (RHC)-- A leading U.S. rights group says the Pentagon has promised to release nearly 200 photographs depicting the use of torture against prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... More


London, January 28 (RHC)-- Britain has approved the sale of invasive surveillance equipment to Saudi Arabia, amid an outcry over the Al Saud's human rights violations, a new report says. ... More


London, January 28 (RHC)-- Official data in the UK has confirmed the slow economic growth last year, putting the blame largely on the global financial turbulence. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement on Thursday that the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) expanded only by 2.2 percent in 2015, down from 2.9 percent in the previous year. ... More


Former Uruguayan President, José Mujica, delivered a lecture on Cuban National Hero, José Martí, at the Havana based Casa de las Américas cultural institution... More


Quito, January 27 (RHC)-- Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel paid tribute on Tueday to Ecuadorian hero Eloy Alfaro at his monument in the capital Quito. ... More


Havana, January 27 (RHC)-- On Tuesday, former Uruguayan President José Mujica paid tribute to Cuban National Hero José Martí.... More


United Nations, January 27 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Cuban Ambassador to the United Nations Ana Silvia Rodriguez has called on members of the Security Council to take concrete action to put an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories.... More


Havana, January 27 (RHC) -- The Second International Conference "With All and for the Good of All" has entered its third day of sessions with delegates from 50 countries discussing the main problems and challenges of today's world.... More


Havana, January 27 (RHC) -- Nada Al-Nashif, Deputy Assistant Director General of UNESCO for Social Sciences, is visiting Cuba to participate in the Second International Conference "With All and for the Good of All," which is holding sessions dedicated to the legacy of Cuban National Hero José Martí.... More


Havana, January 27 (RHC)-- French ambassador to Cuba Jean Marie Bruno said on Tuesday that the upcoming visit to his country by President Raul Castro proves the bonds of solidarity between France and Cuba. ... More


Havana, January 27 (RHC)-- The new regulations announced by the United States, allowing the granting of credits and easing travel restrictions by U.S. citizens to Cuba are positive but do not yet pose a significant change on the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade of the island. ... More


Santiago de Chile, January 27 (RHC)-- In Chile, the Supreme Court has ordered the government to compensate the families of four victims of the Pinochet dictatorship, local media has reported.... More


Mexico City, January 27 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Relatives of the 43 disappeared Ayotzinapa students marched in Mexico City on Tuesday to mark 16 months since the forcible disappearance of their loved ones in Iguala, Guerrero in September 2014 – and to continue demanding justice from Mexican authorities.... More


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