Havana, August 17 (RHC)-- Communications researchers and experts from different countries will meet in Havana to discuss current issues and perspectives of digital television.... More
Last World Championship silver medalists China began their campaign in the competition with a loss on the hands of Cuba at the FIVB Volleyball Boys' U19 World Cap. The Caribbean side prevailed 3-1 (25-15, 25-22, 18-25, 25-22) and celebrated for the first time in Argentina.... More
Sanaa, August 17 (RHC)-- Saudi warplanes continue to pound more areas across Yemen despite reports of civilian casualties in the impoverished Arabian Peninsula country. ... More
Mexico City, August 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Internationally renowned intellectual, writer, linguist and political analyst Noam Chomsky and over 400 others signed and sent Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto a letter demanding “prompt and efficient clarification” of the deaths of Ruben Espinosa and other journalists.... More
Islamabad, August 17 (RHC)-- Pakistani military fighter jets have pounded militant positions in the rugged northwestern tribal region close to the border with Afghanistan, killing dozens of militants. According to a statement released by the Pakistani Army, airstrikes were carried out on Sunday in the militant-infested Shawal area of the North Waziristan. ... More
Bangkok, August 17 (RHC)-- A bomb has exploded outside a Hindu shrine in central Bangkok, killing at least 16 people and wounding scores more, police say. Police spokesman Prawut Thavornsiri said on Monday that a "significant portion" of the casualties were foreigners. ... More
Ankara, August 17 (RHC)-- The Greek coast guards allegedly tried to sink a boat carrying dozens of Syrian refugees in the Aegean Sea, a group of Turkish fishermen say. The fishermen who were reportedly present at the site of the incident told the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet Daily News that the Greek forces sank the inflatable migrant dinghy by deliberately "piercing it with a lance." ... More
London, August 17 (RHC)-- British police have made several arrests during a rally against the so-called ‘White Man March’ in Liverpool. According to reports, at least six people were arrested during anti-fascist protests in Liverpool on Saturday. ... More
Washington, August 17 (RHC)-- Documents from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden have exposed how extensively the NSA relied on telecommunications giant AT&T for its vast spying operations. ... More
Juba, August 17 (RHC)-- In news from Africa, South Sudan’s warring sides are meeting for peace talks in Ethiopia in a bid to end a civil war which has claimed tens of thousands of lives. ... More
Rome, August 17 (RHC)-- Italian and Norwegian authorities have discovered the bodies of 49 migrants who appear to have asphyxiated to death in the hold of an overcrowded fishing boat as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. ... More
Baghdad, August 17 (RHC)-- In Iraq, a parliamentary panel has called for former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and dozens of other officials to face trial for the fall of the city of Mosul to the self-proclaimed Islamic State last year. ... More
Philadelphia, August 17 (RHC)-- Five months after being rushed to the hospital, new medical tests show that U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal has active Hepatitis C. But, according to his supporters, prison officials are refusing to treat him for it. ... More
Miami, August 17 (RHC)-- Julian Bond, a prominent U.S. civil rights leader and the longtime board chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), has died at the age of 75. ... More
Los Van Van is a major timba music band in Cuba. And the ensemble is prepping for its fifth tour in the United States to promote his latest album “La Fantasía” (The Fantasy), according to a report published by the Albuquerque Journal on Sunday.... More
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