Lima, October 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- On Sunday, for the first time in Peruvian history, citizens voted in a primary election to choose the country’s next presidential candidate of Frente Amplio, a coalition of leftist parties, movements, and independent citizens. In the historic elections, over 30,000 Peruvians voted in more than 350 polling stations across the country to decide who would represent the left in the upcoming elections.... More
Bogotá, October 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) is calling on Colombian citizens to take part in the peace process by presenting ideas and initiatives on how to end the armed conflict in the country.... More
Havana, October 5 (RHC)-- President of Laos Choummaly Sayasone concluded Sunday an official visit to Cuba, during which he held talks with Cuban officials, including President Raúl Castro.... More
Havana, October 5 (RHC)-- Cuba has confirmed its adherence to the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity.... More
Damascus, October 5 (RHC)-- The Russian military has launched airstrikes against Islamic State militant targets in Syria, reportedly striking targets where high military officials of the Islamic State were hiding. ... More
Havana, October 5 (RHC)-- The Representation in Cuba of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began Monday implementing a series of activities on occasion of World Food Day, which is observed every year around the world on October 16th. ... More
Havana, October 5 (RHC)-- More than 600 delegates from 20 countries are participating in the congresses of the Pan-American Federation of Nursing Professionals and the Cuban Nursing Society, two parallel events that began sessions Monday at Havana's Convention Center.... More
The current leader and defending champion Ciego de Avila will visit this Monday the inspired Cienfuegos team in the continuation of the qualifying round of the 55th Cuban Baseball Championship.... More
Gaza City, October 5 (RHC)-- Israeli fighter jets have launched airstrikes on an area in the central Gaza Strip while another Palestinian is shot to death by Israeli troops. The early Monday attacks, which hit two sites belonging to the armed wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, were carried out after rockets were allegedly fired from the enclave towards an uninhabited area in southern Israel.... More
Bogotá, October 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A poll conducted by Semana magazine found support growing inside Colombia for the ongoing peace process between the leftist rebel Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and the government. The head of the rebel group, Timoleon Jiménez, and President Juan Manuel Santos recently signed an important agreement regarding transitional justice.... More
Ramallah, October 5 (RHC)-- At least three Palestinians have been killed and 400 others wounded in clashes with Israeli forces and settlers in the occupied West Bank during the past 24 hours, says the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).... More
Kabul, October 5 (RHC)-- Doctors Without Borders is demanding an independent inquiry into a suspected U.S. airstrike on an Afghan hospital that killed 22 people in the city of Kunduz, saying it may be a war crime. ... More
Paris, October 5 (RHC)-- The death toll from recent flooding caused by torrential rain and violent storms in southeastern France has reached 16. Three people are also unaccounted for following the violent storms and severe flooding that hit the Mediterranean coastline of the southeastern France, known as the French Riviera, over the weekend.... More
Tripoli, October 5 (RHC)-- The Libyan Red Crescent says the bodies of nearly 100 refugees have washed up on the North African country’s shores over the past few days. On Sunday, a spokesman for the Libyan Red Crescent, Mohamed al-Masrati, said 95 bodies had been found over the last five days on Libyan shores.... More
Washington, October 5 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama’s latest push for tougher gun laws, in the wake of last week’s deadly shooting at an Oregon Community College, has radically increased arms sales in the United States, according to a report.... More
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