Havana, October 8 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raúl Castro held official talks Thursday with visiting Prime Minister of the Slovakian Republic, Robert Fico, who began a three-day official visit to Cuba on Wednesday.... More
Havana, October 8 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez held official talks Wednesday with his visiting counterpart from the Republic of Chad, Moussa Faki Mahamat. ... More
Santa Clara, October 8 (RHC)-- More than 90,000 Cuban school children across the country joined the José Martí Young Pioneers' Organization this morning, paying tribute to Ernesto Che Guevara on the 48th anniversary of his death.... More
Havana, October 8 (RHC) --- In the French capital of Paris, beginning on October 17th, the Collective FRANCE ALBA Committee and the International Peace, Justice and Dignity of the Peoples, with the support of Latin American and French solidarity organizations, will celebrate a campaign to end the economic, financial and commercial blockade of the United States on Cuba.... More
The U.S. Commerce Secretary arrived in Cuba on Tuesday for talks about steps taken by President Barack Obama to ease the trade blockade against Havana for more than 50 years.... More
Sanaa, October 8 (RHC)-- In Yemen, a Saudi-led airstrike has killed at least 23 people attending a wedding party south of the capital Sana’a Wednesday. Another Saudi-led airstrike killed at least 70 people attending a wedding last week. ... More
Caracas, October 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuela's leftist political alliance, Gran Polo Patriotico (GPP), announced on Wednesday that it will formally ask the National Electoral Council to make all the country's political parties respect the results of the upcoming December 6th parliamentary elections. ... More
Abuja, October 8 (RHC)-- More than a dozen people have been killed in three separate bomb attacks in northeastern Nigeria. The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said on Wednesday that the bombings were carried out in the town of Damaturu in the state of Yobe. At least 14 people died and ten others were injured.... More
Damascus, October 8 (RHC)-- Syria’s top military commander has announced the launch of a massive operation against the strongholds of foreign-backed terrorists in the northwestern Aleppo Province following heavy air raids by Russian and Syrian air forces.... More
Moscow, October 8 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin says the country’s Air Force, which has been bombing the positions of the militants in Syria, will support Syrian government forces fighting on the ground.... More
Moscow, October 8 (RHC)-- Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that Russian forces have struck 112 targets in war-torn Syria since launching a bombing campaign against the militants in the Arab country last week.... More
Washington, October 8 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has apologized to Afghanistan and the Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) organization for a deadly airstrike on a hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz.... More
Athens, October 8 (RHC)-- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government has won a confidence vote, starting the clock for it to pass reform laws before an October 15th deadline. “The [government’s] four-year term will be the term that will lead the country out of the crisis and Greek economy will return to growth, despite the difficulties that lie ahead,” Tsipras said in a speech before the vote held early on Thursday.... More
Brussels, October 8 (RHC)-- Police in Belgium have clashed with protesters in the capital, Brussels, where thousands of people took to the streets to demonstrate against government austerity measures. On Wednesday, police used tear gas and water cannons to break up crowds of protesters in the city.... More
Luxembourg, October 8 (RHC)-- European Union ministers are to discuss plans to speed up the deportation of asylum seekers during a meeting in Luxembourg. On Thursday, EU home affairs ministers are set to decide on measures aimed at containing an influx of refugees by deporting those who fail to gain asylum in EU states.... More
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