United Nations, October 10 (CARIBBEANNEWS-RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has requested that the Organization’s Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) launch an audit of the interaction between the UN and the Global Sustainability Foundation and the Sun Kian Ip Group, and the use of any funds received from these entities, according to a UN spokesperson.... More
Mexico, October 10 (PL-RHC)-- The ancestral rights of indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants were addressed in the Second Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which concluded Friday in Mexico City.... More
Buenos Aires, October 10 (RHC)-- A Roman appeals court has confirmed a ruling against Italy’s Corriere Della Sera newspaper for a defamatory piece on Argentinian President Cristina Fernández, the Buenos Aires Herald reported.... More
Kabul, October 9 (RHC)-- Afghan army troops have killed more than 170 Taliban militants and wounded tens of others in a series of mop-up operations conducted across the war-torn country over the past 24 hours.... More
Baghdad, October 9 (RHC)-- Medical authorities in Iraq say the number of recorded cases of cholera in the Arab country has climbed to more than 1, 300, though there have been no new deaths as a result of the waterborne disease.... More
As part of the ongoing Voices of the world concerts and events in and around Havana, on Friday the 16th. of October at the Mella Theatre or Teatro Mella at 8.30 pm Cuba’s Vocal Sampling are in concert. The program contains a wide selection of music, including Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the common man, Leo Brouwer’s Paisaje cubano con rumba, Benny Moré’s Dolor y Perdón and many other favourites.... More
Havana, October 9 (RHC)-- Dr. Pablo Duran, Regional Advisor on Perinatal Health with the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), praised Cuba’s results in public health, particularly the country's mother-child program, which he described as an example for the entire region.... More
Havana, October 9 (RHC)-- Cuba and Algeria have signed various cooperation accords, which provide for strengthened cooperation in the area of water resources, particularly the sharing of research and technical expertise, professional training, the setting up of joint economic associations. ... More
Kabul, October 9 (RHC)-- The medical aid agency Doctors without Borders says at least 33 people are still missing, five days after a deadly U.S. airstrike on its hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz. ... More
Havana, October 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The peace delegation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said Thursday that talks with the Colombian government are at its “most decisive stage” and called on the government to act in good faith so that a final deal can be reached before the March 23, 2016 deadline they both recently set.... More
Kabul, October 8 (RHC)-- Doctors Without Borders has said U.S. forces knew the coordinates of the hospital and continued the attack for half an hour after being informed a hospital had been hit. ... More
Damascus, October 9 (RHC)-- A huge car bomb targeting areas just outside the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo has killed at least 20 people. Security sources said on Thursday that tens of people were also injured in the blast in the Hraytan town, about five kilometers north of Aleppo. ... More
Washington, October 9 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration is abandoning the $500 million program to train and arm so-called 'moderate' rebels in Syria. ... More
Damascus, October 9 (RHC)-- An Iranian general has reportedly been killed by ISIL in Syria. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say General Hossein Hamedani had been advising Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s troops. ... More
Brussels, October 9 (RHC)-- U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says Russia will soon start paying the price for launching airstrikes against terrorists in Syria in the form of reprisal attacks and casualties. ... More
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