Panama City, July 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Panama’s Indigenous Commission, a coalition of the country’s indigenous groups, refused at the last minute on Friday to start a new round of negotiations with the government over the controversy on Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam. ... More
Lima, July 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Peru’s Ministry of Culture held a press conference on Thursday announcing their implementation of a “plan of controlled contact” with the indigenous group Mashco Piro in the region of Madre de Dios. ... More
Mexico City, July 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- More than half of the time Mexicans spend working goes unpaid, which disproportionately affects women who work three times more hours than men in domestic labor, a new study finds. ... More
Ballet legend, Alicia Alonso, and the Cuban National Ballet Company, are joining Santiago’s 500th anniversary celebrations with performances of Giselle at the Heredia Theater on Saturday and Sunday... More
Mogadishu, July 17 (RHC)-- A fresh U.S. drone strike has claimed the lives of at least 30 people in southern Somalia, local residents and officials say. The sources said that the deadly attack was carried out near the town of Bardere, about 400 kilometers southwest of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in the southern Gedo region on Thursday. ... More
Tegucigalpa, July 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Honduran human rights defenders on hunger strike to protest government corruption attempted to gain access to the presidential palace in a peaceful demonstration in Tegucigalpa on Thursday, but police and military forces brutally responded to block their entry, local media reported. ... More
Baghdad, July 17 (RHC)-- Iraq has closed its sole border crossing with Jordan after reports emerged that the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group levies taxes on goods crossing areas under its control. A spokesman for Iraq's Joint Operations Command said Thursday that the Trebil crossing will remain closed until further notice. ... More
Brussels, July 17 (RHC)-- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) says it plans to conduct its largest military maneuvers in a decade next October. A NATO commander said on Thursday that the planned drills, code-named Commonwealth Trident Juncture-2015, would be held across the Mediterranean. ... More
Austin, July 17 (RHC)-- The United States has begun a secretive two-month military exercise, known as Jade Helm 15, spanning across seven southwestern states. The war games officially got underway in Bastrop, Texas, and parts of Arizona, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Utah. ... More
The Hague, July 17 (RHC)-- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered its chief prosecutor to review an earlier decision not to open a probe into a 2010 Israeli attack on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine Turkish activists. ... More
Damascus, July 17 (RHC)-- Syrian air defense forces have reportedly shot down a Turkish reconnaissance drone after it violated the crisis-hit Arab country's airspace and flew over parts of the northwestern province of Idlib.... More
Ramallah, July 17 (RHC)-- A large number of Palestinians are facing imminent displacement as Israeli authorities plan to demolish another Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank. ... More
Chattanooga, July 17 (RHC)-- Four U.S. Marines were killed and three people were injured in shootings at two separate military sites Thursday in Chattanooga, Tennessee. ... More
Tokyo, July 17 (RHC)-- Authorities in Japan have urged more than 360,000 residents to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Nangka is barreling towards the country's main island. Local authorities urged at least 367,800 people in the storm's path to evacuate, the Kyodo News agency reported. ... More
Brasilia, 17 jul (EFE).- El presidente venezolano, Nicolás Maduro, anunció en la Cumbre del Mercosur que se celebra en Brasilia que la Unasur convocará para agosto próximo una reunión extraordinaria para analizar el conflicto territorial entre su país y Guyana.... More
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