Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says there is an "urgent" need for a UN resolution on Israeli settlements. ... More


The World Bank says developing countries are increasingly seeking credit from the international financial institution at an alarming scale.... More


Thousands of unaccompanied children and teenagers have reportedly disappeared in Germany over the past year amid concerns that they might have fallen into the hands of criminals and human smugglers.... More


The news channel Al Jazeera America has signed off for the last time. ... More


The United Nations atomic energy agency plans to train dozens of participants this month from mostly Latin America and Caribbean countries on how to use nuclear-derived techniques to detect the Zika virus in as short a time as three hours.... More


In Venezuela, the Constitutional Court of the Supreme Tribunal of Justice has voted unanimously the Amnesty Bill unconstitutional. ... More


Mexican Ambassador in Cuba Juan José Bremen said the arrival in Havana of a sail training vessel of the Mexican Navy attests to consolidated relations between his country and Cuba.... More


A regional meeting for solidarity with Cuba was held over the weekend in Argentina, with participants demanding the lifting of Washington's economic, commercial and financial blockade against the Caribbean state.... More


Cuban Intellectual Abel Prieto

Cuban intellectual Abel Prieto has warned of what he called 'a right-wing offensive in Latin America intent on undermining the regional progressive processes that have changed the face of our continent'.... More


After more than three years of negotiations with the Colombian government, FARC rebels are hopeful that a final bilateral cease-fire deal will be sealed in the “coming days” after making crucial progress in the peace talks in Havana, Cuba, leaders announced Sunday.... More


The Syrian prime minister says government forces are preparing an operation to retake control of the northwestern city of Aleppo.... More


The 2nd International Friendship Meeting held sessions over the weekend in the Cuban capital with the participation of Cuban university students and over one hundred young people from Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean... More


The sail training vessel ARM Cuauhtémoc of the Mexican Navy arrived at the port of Havana Monday morning.... More


A UN-brokered ceasefire for Yemen came into effect in the run-up to peace talks in Kuwait. The ceasefire began at midnight (2100 GMT) Sunday and initially went into effect in the war-ravaged Ta’iz and Hajjah provinces.... More


Congress member Kenji Fujimori has received the highest number of votes in Peru’s election despite being implicated in major drug trafficking scandals. According to CPI exit polls, over 500h th,000 Peruvians voted for the younger brother of presidential front-runner Keiko Fujimori.... More


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