Montevideo, Oct. 17 (PL-RHC) Nearly 200 people were displaced by floods in the northern departments of Artigas, Salto, Rivera and Tacuarembó.... More


Quito, Oct. 17 (PL-RHC) Ecuador and Chile expanded their cooperation ties with the recently concluded visit to Quito by President Michelle Bachelet and the 4th Meeting of the Inter-Ministerial Binational Council.... More


Montevideo, Oct. 17 (PL-RHC) Uruguay has launched a new digital passport, demanded by Washington. The digital passport was a precondition for Washington to hold talks on allowing Uruguayans to enter the U.S without a visa.... More


Damascus, October 16 (RHC)-- Syrian armed forces, backed by Russian air support, have reportedly launched a large-scale military offensive against Takfiri terrorists in the southern countryside of Aleppo, the country’s second-largest city.... More


Havana, October 16 (RHC)-- The International Meeting for Inter- religious Dialogue and World Peace got underway today in Havana with the objective of contributing to unity and fraternity. ... More


Santiago de Cuba, October 16 (RHC)-- The self-defense speech known as “History Will Absolve Me” –- presented by Fidel Castro during the trial for the assault on the Moncada and Carlos Manuel de Cespedes Garrisons -- is remembered today, 62 years later, at a tribute celebrated at the Popular Provincial Tribunal in Santiago de Cuba. ... More


Abuja, October 16 (RHC)-- At least 42 people lost their lives when two bomb explosions ripped through a mosque in Nigeria's restive northeastern state of Borno.... More


Caracas, October 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced a 30 percent increase of the country's minimum wage and food stamps on Thursday in a Bolivar state speech.... More


Tel Aviv, October 16 (RHC)-- The Israeli government has deployed thousands of soldiers and border police and has erected checkpoints to seal off Palestinian neighborhoods amid escalating violence in Israel and the Occupied Territories. ... More


Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- The U.S. administration has backtracked on its criticism of the Israeli government over the recent escalation of violence in the occupied Palestinian territories. ... More


Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- Environmentalists held protests in cities across the United States, calling for action on climate change and protesting against the institutions that continue to drive fossil fuel extraction. ... More


Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- Newly leaked U.S. government documents have provided an unprecedented window into the secret U.S. drone assassination program across the globe. ... More


Brussels, October 16 (RHC)-- NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has expressed support for U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to slow down troops withdrawal from Afghanistan.... More


Washington, October 16 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has told Congress he will send approximately 300 U.S. troops to Cameroon to help fight extremist groups such as Boko Haram. Ninety of these troops have reportedly already been deployed. ... More


Berlin, October 16 (RHC)-- Germany has ordered Volkswagen to recall 2.4 million of its diesel cars equipped with software intended to manipulate emissions test results. This is the first government-ordered recall since Volkswagen admitted last month that it had installed the emissions cheating software in 11 million diesel cars worldwide. ... More


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