Santiago de Chile, November 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Chilean government has increased the presence of its armed forces on its northern border with Peru and Bolivia in a move the Bolivian minister of defense classified as an attempt at intimidation. ... More
Tehran, November 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Gas Exporting Countries Forum, or GECF, met on Monday in the Iranian capital Tehran, with the participation of the heads of state of nine member nations, including the presidents of Venezuela and Bolivia, who agreed on calling for sovereignty over natural resources.... More
Havana, November 23 (RHC-PL) -- The Emir of the State of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, is in Cuba on a two-day official visit. His program includes talks with Cuban President Raul Castro, and other activities.... More
Havana, November 23 (RHC)-- The Hemispheric Meeting: "Defeat of FTAA, 10 years later", concluded Sunday in Havana with a final declaration, condemning coup d'etats and growing foreign military presence in Latin America. Participants also expressed their support for the proclamation of Latin America and the Caribbean as a zone of peace.... More
Brussels, November 23 (RHC)-- Belgian authorities have arrested 16 people in a series of overnight raids as residents of the capital Brussels remain locked in their homes. ... More
Guantánamo, November 23 (RHC)-- The International seminar for Peace and the Elimination of Foreign Military Bases began sessions Monday in Guantánamo with the participation of delegates from 30 countries.... More
Buenos Aires, November 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In a hard fought presidential race in Argentina, ruling party candidate Daniel Scioli lost to right-wing opposition challenger Mauricio Macri in a run off vote. The country's electoral body said that Macri had 51.44 percent of the votes and Scioli had 48.56 percent, with returns in from 99 percent of polling stations.... More
Tel Aviv, November 23 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has approved a plan to establish five towns in an area populated by Palestinian Bedouins in the Negev Desert. The regime's Housing Minister Yoav Galant on Sunday praised the Israeli cabinet's approval of his plan to establish the towns in the southern Negev desert. ... More
Washington, November 23 (RHC)-- A number of U.S. Special Operations Forces will arrive in Syria "very soon," according to a senior American official. Brett McGurk, special U.S. envoy to the so-called coalition fighting Daesh (ISIL) in Syria and Iraq, said on Sunday the troops will have the task of organizing local forces fighting against the Takfiri terrorists in northern Syria. ... More
New York, November 23 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for the return of waterboarding, a near-drowning torture technique used by the CIA at its "black sites" overseas. The billionaire businessman said Sunday the practice was "peanuts" compared to what Daesh ISIL terrorists are doing. ... More
Kabul, November 23 (RHC)-- A magnitude 5.9 earthquake has hit northern Afghanistan, the Indian capital New Delhi, and parts of Pakistan. The epicenter of the seismic activity, which occurred at 1816 GMT late on Sunday, was 22 kilometers southwest of Ashkasham in the Afghan province of Badakhshan, 300 kilometers northeast of the Afghan capital Kabul. ... More
Atlanta, November 23 (RHC)-- Human rights activists converged on the U.S. state of Georgia over the weekend for the annual protest calling for the closure of the U.S. military training school known as School of the Americas. ... More
United Nations, November 23 (RHC)-- Some two million children under five in Sudan suffer from malnutrition every year, UNICEF's representative says. "Over 38 percent of children under the age of five, totaling two million, are chronically malnourished across Sudan," Geert Cappelaere, UNICEF's representative to Sudan, said on Sunday. ... More
Chicago, November 23 (RHC)-- Islamophobic incidents have continued in the United States following the attacks in Paris. ... More
London, November 23 (RHC)-- New research shows that a quarter of people who are diagnosed with cancer after going to the Accidents and Emergency (A&E) departments in London are dead within two months. ... More
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