Washington, August 1 (RHC)-- More than 40 U.S. lawmakers are scheduled to travel to Israel next week to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before they vote in Congress on the nuclear agreement with Iran. ... More
Washington, August 1 (RHC)-- The U.S. Department of Defense says it has received the State Department’s approval to sell $5.4 billion worth of Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia. According to reports, Saudi Arabia has been seeking to purchase 600 Patriot Advanced Capability-3, Cost-Reduction Initiative Missiles with containers, built by Lockheed Martin. ... More
Washington, August 1 (RHC)-- The Koch brothers and other wealthy conservatives planning to spend nearly $1 billion in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election have invited four leading Republican candidates -- Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Scott Walker -- to have a chance at their monetary blessing. ... More
Buenos Aires, August 1 (RHC)-- Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, philosopher Noam Chomsky, leading technologist Elon Musk and thousands of other high-profile experts have called for the banning of "killer robots" with Artificial Intelligence. ... More
Naypyidaw, August 1 (RHC)-- Severe flooding across Myanmar has hampered rescue efforts as thousands are sheltered at monasteries there. ... More
Lima, August 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Nelly Canción, a psychologist and specialist on domestic violence, announced on Friday the findings of recent studies regarding abused women carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Information and statistics of Doctor Doris Caceres from the National Hospital Dos de Mayo.... More
Quito, August 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Against the backdrop of a wave of violent opposition protests in Ecuador demanding the ousting of the elected and popular Rafael Correa government, former London mayor Ken Livingstone and prominent filmmaker John Pilger are among those to have signed an international call for solidarity.... More
Quito, August 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuador obtained its second certificate for breaking an environmental Guinness World Record on Thursday for mobilizing thousands of people to simultaneously plant seeds across the country on its reforestation day of action in May.... More
Tegucigalpa, August 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- After months without rain, Central American agriculture is suffering and farmers are struggling against crop loss and hunger in the face of a severe drought battering the region.... More
Quito, August 1 (teleSUR-RHC)- Overwhelmed by Colombian imports in the Ecuadorean market, the Indexcode factory was on the verge of closing last year. Now, with economic safeguards in place to protect domestic industry, it is stronger than ever and has increased its production output for national consumption.... More
Santiago de Chile, August 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Five more former Chilean army officers have been charged for involvement in the burning of two teenage activists protesting against the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet in 1986, bringing the total to 12 people.... More
New York, July 31 (RHC) -- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez met with her counterparts from Jamaica and Antigua and Barbuda, Arnold Nikolson and Gaston Brown, respectively, as part of efforts to consolidate the existing ties of friendship and cooperation between those nations.... More
Sanaa, July 31 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia has conducted fresh attacks on Yemen as international organizations voice concern about the humanitarian situation in the impoverished Arab country.... More
Quito, July 31 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Many in Ecuador’s robust indigenous movement are questioning a call by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, also known as CONAIE, for a national uprising against the government of President Rafael Correa. ... More
Istanbul, July 31 (RHC)-- At least 30 Turkish military aircraft have bombarded the positions of Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq. ... More
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