Havana, September 28 (RHC)-- Cuban revolutionary Jorge Risquet Valdés-Saldaña died of cancer Monday morning in Havana at the age of 85.... More
Geneva, September 28 (RHC)-- Cuba has reiterated the necessity of ending the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on the country by the United States for more than half a century.... More
Geneva, September 28 (RHC)-- The 13th International Congress on Sugar and Derivatives DIVERSIFICATION 2015, where professionals from 20 countries will present technical and commercial works, will take place from October 5th through the 9th in Havana. ... More
The Voices of The World Festival or Voces del mundo orchestrated by the office of maestro Leo Brouwer continues in Havana until the 18th. of October. Here is the schedule for this week and the beginning of the weekend:... More
Kabul, September 28 (RHC)-- A huge explosion has taken place in Afghanistan's southern province of Paktika near the border with Pakistan. A bomber on a motorbike on Sunday detonated his explosives at a sports stadium in the east of the province. ... More
New York, September 28 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuela and Guyana will send their respective ambassadors back to their diplomatic missions, after the neighboring country’s agreed to United Nations mediation on Sunday.... More
United Nations, September 28 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin has denounced US support for militants in Syria as illegal and ineffective. "In my opinion, provision of military support to illegal structures runs counter to the principles of modern international law and the United Nations Charter," he told U.S. media on Sunday ahead of a meeting with President Barack Obama. ... More
United Nations, September 28 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States "cannot ignore" the refugee crisis that has gripped Europe, calling on all countries to open borders to asylum seekers. Addressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit at the UN General Assembly in New York, Obama said Sunday that more should be done to deliver aid to asylum seekers. ... More
Washington, September 28 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has left the United States after a historic six-day visit. During his pastoral visit, Pope Francis addressed Congress and the United Nations General Assembly, fed homeless people in Washington, D.C., and met with immigrant families and people who survived child sex abuse by clergy. ... More
Paris, September 28 (RHC)-- France has carried out its first airstrikes in Syria against the self-proclaimed Islamic State, making it the latest country to expand its anti-ISIL bombing campaign to Syria. ... More
Barcelona, September 28 (RHC)-- Near complete official results show an absolute majority in regional elections for the pro-independence parties in Catalonia. With nearly 94% of the votes counted, the Together for Yes, Mas' party, won 62 seats, while the far-left separatist CUP party is expected to secure 10 mandates. ... More
Brussels, September 28 (RHC)-- In Europe, 12,000 refugees fleeing violence in their home countries of Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Nigeria, and Eritrea crossed the border on foot between Hungary and Austria over the weekend. ... More
London, September 28 (RHC)-- Britain's new Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn suffered his first humiliating defeat after his party on Sunday rejected his bid to overhaul the country's nuclear deterrent. ... More
United Nations, September 28 (RHC)-- The French foreign minister has announced plans to take part in a ceremony to hoist the Palestinian flag at the United Nations next week despite opposition against the move by the Israeli regime and the United Nations. ... More
Mecca, September 28 (RHC)-- Survivors of a deadly crush during the Hajj rituals have shared their accounts of the incident in which hundreds of people were killed near Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca. ... More
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