Berlin, September 8 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of refugees continue flooding into Europe amid an increasingly violent crackdown from right-wing governments and mounting grassroots efforts to show that refugees are welcome. ... More
Paris, September 8 (RHC)-- Following massive pressure, some other Western European governments have agreed to accept additional refugees, although the figures remain only a fraction of the number who have entered Europe this year alone. ... More
Athens, September 8 (RHC)-- New clashes have erupted between Greek police and stranded refugees on the flash-point island of Lesbos in Greece, where extra security staff have been deployed to calm the situation. ... More
London, September 8 (RHC)-- UK Prime Minister David Cameron has revealed that British forces have killed three Daesh terrorists, including two young Britons, in the northern Syrian city of Raqqah in a drone airstrike. ... More
London, September 8 (RHC)-- Sixteen-year-old Tasneem Kabir was on her way to college in London when she became the target of an unprovoked attack by a Nigerian-born man identified as Michael Ayoade, probably because of her hijab. She was knocked unconscious by the attack, which also left her with a smashed lip and a number of broken teeth. ... More
Rabat, September 8 (RHC)-- A protest was held on the beach of the Moroccan capital on Monday. In tribute to Aylan Kurdi, a number of Moroccans lay on the ground motionless similar to the three-year-old Syrian boy, whose tiny body washed up on the Turkish shore last week. ... More
Ramallah, September 8 (RHC)-- In the West Bank, thousands of Palestinians marched in a funeral procession Monday to mourn the death of 27-year-old Riham Dawabsheh, the mother of the 18-month-old Palestinian child who was killed when the family’s home was firebombed by Jewish settlers, in July. ... More
London, September 8 (RHC)-- A group of British union leaders, lawmakers and other dignitaries has condemned the upcoming visit to the UK by the Israeli prime minister, insisting he “must bear responsibility for war crimes” his regime committed in the besieged Gaza Strip in 2014. ... More
Berlin, September 8 (RHC)-- Pilots at Germany's main airline, Lufthansa, have started a two-day strike in a long-standing dispute with the German flag carrier's management over retirement benefits. ... More
Caracas, September 8 (RHC)-- President Nicolas Maduro said that only Venezuela can establish the conditions in which a dialogue with Colombia can take place in order to resolve the ongoing conflict on the border.... More
Caracas, September 8 (RHC)-- Venezuela has extended control measures taken on its border with Colombia to the municipality of Paraguachón in Zulia State, with the canceling of free transit to and from the neighboring country.... More
San Salvador, September 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A Salvadoran federal court ordered the arrest of a retired colonel accused of illegal possession of firearms he allegedly was planning to sell to violent gangs that operate in the Central American country, a source said Monday.... More
Caracas, September 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accepted the offered by Brazil and Argentina on Monday to mediate in a dialogue between him and his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos to discuss and resolve the border issue.... More
Bogotá, September 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The family members of Colombian human rights lawyer Jesus Maria Valle Jaramillo are demanding investigations into his murder more than a decade ago include former President Alvaro Uribe.... More
Port of Spain, September 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Polls closed a bit later than expected due to rain in Trinidad and Tobago, but soon after the results were given Keith Rowley of the People's National Movement (PNM) celebrated the electoral victory with 23 of 41 constituencies.... More
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