Bogotá, November 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- FARC leader Timochenko confirmed on Tuesday orders to the Colombian armed guerrilla movement to stop buying weapons and munitions, marking a major contribution in efforts to de-escalate over 50 years of armed conflict. The rebel group and Colombian government hope to reach a final peace agreement by March of next year.... More


Damascus, November 10 (RHC)-- Syrian government forces have recaptured a village in the northern province of Aleppo from Daesh Takfiri militants. Syria's official news agency, SANA, said Syrian troops seized Sheikh Ahmad village on Monday. ... More


Madrid, November 10 (RHC)-- The regional parliament of Catalonia met Tuesday to try to choose a new regional president, one day after the chamber approved a plan to set up a road map for independence from Spain by 2017. ... More


Moscow, November 10 (RHC)-- Russian Air Force jets have destroyed 448 Takfiri infrastructure facilities throughout Syria over the last three days, says Russia's Defense Ministry. ... More


London, November 10 (RHC)-- The international movement of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) has announced plans to expand its anti-Israeli boycott. According to news media reports, the move, which comes amid the ongoing Palestinian uprising against Israel, has raised concerns among authorities in the Tel Aviv regime as the BDS has badly affected the Israeli economy. ... More


Berlin, November 10 (RHC)-- A strike by cabin crew of Germany's flagship airline Lufthansa has grounded some 113,000 passengers and canceled nearly 1,000 flights. ... More


Havana, November 10 (RHC)-- Members of the World Federation of Democratic Youth, WFDY, stressed the resistance of the Cuban people and the role of the new generations of Cubans in the defense of the Socialist Revolution, during a session of the International Commission of the Cuban Communist League, held on Monday. ... More


New York, November 10 (RHC)-- Fast-food workers in the United States say they are walking off the job in a record 270 cities today in what organizers call the largest action of its kind to date. ... More


Washington, November 10 (RHC)-- Nearly 1,000 youth activists converged in Washington, D.C., Monday, shutting down parts of the city to demand action on climate change, racial justice and immigration. ... More


Washington, November 10 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled Louisiana can continue to imprison Angola 3 member Albert Woodfox and proceed with plans to try him a third time for murder, after his two previous convictions for the crime were overturned. ... More


Sports News Roundup November 10

The Cuban baseball team fell by a score of 5-1 to Canada in their opening game in Group A at the 2015 WBSC Premier 12 Baseball Tournament, underway in Chinese Taipei and Japan from November 8th to the 21st.... More


Riyadh, November 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The fourth Summit of South American-Arab Countries, known as ASPA, opens Tuesday in Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia, where Venezuela and Ecuador present a joint proposal to stabilize the price of oil at around $80 per barrel.... More


Mexico City, November 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Violence has struck again in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. According to local authorities, an attack on a fair late Sunday left 10 people dead, including a child, while seven others are injured.... More


Asunción, November 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Paraguay could be headed for a political shake-up as the opposition in the capital city Asunción holds its ground 10 points ahead of the incumbent mayor, according to new poll ahead of the South American country’s November 15th municipal election.... More


Castries, November 10 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Health experts in the Caribbean say Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) are the leading causes of death in the Caribbean. Saint Lucia has the highest incidence of diabetes per capita in the world and the Caribbean is the region with the most limb amputations outside a war zone.... More


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