Damascus, November 21 (RHC)-- The Syrian Air Force has conducted 114 sorties in less than a week, destroying some 450 terrorist targets in seven provinces, an army spokesperson says. "Since November 15, the Syrian Air Force has carried out 114 sorties and destroyed 447 targets in Damascus, Homs, Hama, Idlib, Aleppo, Deir ez-Zor and Lattakia provinces," Syrian army spokesperson Brigadier General Ali Mayhoub told reporters on Friday.... More
Paris, November 21 (RHC)-- The French Senate has approved President François Hollande's plan to extend the state of emergency by three months, granting Hollande a sweeping expansion of state powers. ... More
Bamako, November 21 (RHC)-- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has denounced the "horrific terrorist attack" at a luxury hotel in Mali, warning that the violence is targeting peace efforts in the country. "The secretary general deplores any attempt to derail the implementation of the agreement" signed in June between rival factions in Mali, Ban's spokesman Stephane Dujarric said on Friday.... More
Paris, November 21 (RHC)-- The number of anti-Muslim incidents, including attacks on women and hateful graffiti, has risen sharply across France since the recent deadly attacks in Paris, two monitoring groups say. ... More
Ramallah, November 21 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have reportedly clashed with Palestinians in several locations of the occupied West Bank, injuring over a dozen of the protesters, one of them in critical condition. ... More
Washington, November 21 (RHC)-- Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard has been released from a North Carolina prison after 30 years behind bars. Pollard is a former U.S. Navy intelligence officer sentenced to life in prison for passing U.S. secrets to Israel. ... More
New York, November 21 (RHC)-- U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has outlined her foreign policy proposals, which call for "intensifying and accelerating" President Obama's strategy against the Islamic State. ... More
Princeton, November 21 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New Jersey, Princeton students have ended a 32-hour sit-in at the university president's office after administrators signed a commitment to begin conversations about addressing campus racism. ... More
Montevideo, November 21 (RHC-PL) -- Uruguay convened today the joining of the world drive HeForShe, promoted by the UN organization devoted to gender equality and the empowerment of women (UN Women), aimed at involving men and boys as defenders and agents of change for gender equality.... More
Brasilia, November 21 (RHC-PL) –- Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has urged young members of the Workers Party (PT) to assume a central role within the party and present proposals to improve the country.... More
Lima, November 21 (RHC-PL) -- The plan to eradicate hunger fostered by the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was described in a Latin American parliamentary meeting as a priority, said the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).... More
Caracas, November 21 (RHC-PL) -- Amid the economic war and an over 60-percent fall in the price of oil, the Bolivarian Government continues committed to the Venezuelan working class, said President Nicolas Maduro.... More
Havana, November 21 (RHC)-- The Emir of the State of Qatar, Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, pays an official visit to Cuba on Sunday, November 22nd.... More
Havana, November 21 (RHC)-- The Commander of the Bolivian Armed Forces, Army General Omar Jaime Salinas, was welcomed on Saturday by the first deputy minister of the Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces and Chief of Staff, Army General Alvaro Lopez Miera. ... More
Havana, November 21 (RHC)-- The Second Secretary of Cuba's Communist Party, Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, said that the strengthening of Cuban society needs production results and called on political leaders to demand more of agricultural and government managers. ... More
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