Havana, October 22 (RHC-BBC) -- The Cuban government has launched a long-term plan to protect shark populations around its shores. The plan, devised together with a U.S. environmental group, will oblige fishermen to record and limit shark catches as well as create new protected fishing areas.... More
Paris, October 21 (RHC)-- The French Bank Credit Agricole agreed on Tuesday to pay U.S. authorities over one billion dollars to settle a dispute for its alleged violations of U.S. sanctions against Cuba, Sudan and Iran. ... More
Of all the stops starting today, the Matanzas-Ciego de Avila duel could define whether the former will continue within the 50th National Baseball Series, the domestics classic in Cuba.... More
Havana, October 21 (RHC)-- Cuban Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca is paying a working visit to the United Arab Emirates to explore business opportunities, following a tour that took him to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. ... More
Moscow, October 21 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned of the extension of terrorist groups from the Middle East region across the globe. During a meeting with high-ranking military officers in Moscow, Putin said: “Having established a foothold in Syria and some other Middle Eastern countries, the terrorists have built, and continue building plans to increase expansion to destabilize entire regions, have recruited and continue to recruit fighters into their ranks from many countries, including - unfortunately - from Russia and CIS (the Commonwealth of Independent States) countries.” ... More
Guatemala City, October 21 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Guatemala will deploy more than 59,000 police and military officials as well as fiscal and international observers to protect the presidential elections Sunday. Their role will be to guarantee the safety of voters and ensure voting is free of irregularities, according to local officials.... More
Moscow, October 21 (RHC)-- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has traveled to Moscow to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. ... More
Moscow, October 21 (RHC)-- Russia and the United States have officially signed a coordination memorandum based on which the two countries' aircraft and drone flights over Syria will be regulated. "We undoubtedly consider the signing of such a document as an important step of practical significance," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Major General Igor Konashenkov said on Tuesday. ... More
Ottawa, October 21 (RHC)-- The Canadian prime minister-elect, Justin Trudeau, has vowed to withdraw his country’s CF-18 fighter jets from Syria and Iraq, where a so-called US-led aerial campaign is hitting purported Daesh targets. ... More
Geneva, October 21 (RHC)-- Amid a wave of Israeli-Palestinian violence, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, adopted a resolution on Wednesday condemning Israeli handling of Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque. ... More
Ramallah, October 21 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have killed two more Palestinians near the city of Hebron in southern West Bank as the Palestinian death toll in the ongoing violence in the occupied territories rises. Israeli media claimed on Tuesday that the two Palestinians had been killed following attempted knife attacks. ... More
Moscow, October 21 (RHC)-- The Russian Foreign Ministry has called plans by Estonia to expand an airbase to provide more space for NATO aircraft as "provocative." ... More
Washington, October 21 (RHC)-- The United States has deployed a number of attack aircraft to an airbase in southern Turkey, a US military official says. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP on Tuesday that 12 A-10 ground-attack planes arrived at Incirlik over the weekend. ... More
Vatican City, October 21 (RHC)-- The Vatican on Wednesday categorically denied a report in an Italian newspaper that Pope Francis has a small, curable brain tumor, saying he is in good health and that his head is "absolutely perfect." ... More
Bratislava, October 21 (RHC)-- Slovenia has called in the army as refugees fleeing violence in their home countries are streaming across Slovenian territory in a bid to reach northern Europe as winter approaches. ... More
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