Vatican City, June 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez held a meeting with Pope Francis on Sunday during her visit to Rome. “It is going to be a great meeting between two people who care for each other very much and who like to talk about what is happening in the world,” said Eduardo Valdes, Argentinian ambassador to the Vatican, ahead of the meeting. ... More
Havana, June 6 (RHC)-- The Health Commission of the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO) praised what they described as Cuba's extraordinary results in the fight against Ebola virus in West Africa. The parliamentary commission is currently holding sessions here in the Cuban capital. ... More
Havana, June 6 (RHC)-- Cuban Parliament President Esteban Lazo stressed in Havana the important role the Latin American Parliament (PARLATINO) plays in strengthening regional integration.... More
Havana, June 6 (RHC)-- The International Conference entitled 'New Communications Scenarios in the Digital Era 2015,' is holding sessions in Havana with debates focused on cyber-security and Internet governance.... More
Recife, June 6 (RHC)-- The 22nd Conference of Solidarity with Cuba concluded Saturday in the Brazilian city of Recife with a resolution condemning Washington's blockade policy toward Cuba.... More
Moscow, June 6 (RHC)-- Russian and Cuban authorities will sign a new cooperation agreement in the field of sciences in September, aimed at strengthening bilateral links.... More
Kabul, June 6 (RHC)-- At least 17 people have been killed in two U.S. assassination drone strikes in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar. According to Afghan officials, the strikes took place in Haska Mina and Chaparhar districts of Nangarhar Province. ... More
Tegucigalpa, June 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of Hondurans took to the streets on Friday holding torches in their hands to protest the alarming levels of corruption in the country and demanding the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez.... More
Ramallah, June 6 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis, and foreigners have taken to the streets of a village near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron to voice anger at Tel Aviv’s plan to demolish the village. ... More
Baghdad, June 6 (RHC)-- A top U.S. military commander has revealed that the U.S.-led airstrikes nearly targeted Iraqi forces instead of terrorists of the ISIL group. Lt. Gen. John Hesterman, the U.S. commander of the air campaign in Iraq, said on Friday that aircraft nearly launched airstrikes 100 times on friendly Iraqi forces because they were indistinguishable from ISIL from the air. ... More
Baghdad, June 6 (RHC)-- Iraqi forces have recaptured a strategic area north of the city of Ramadi in the restive province of Anbar from the ISIL Takfiri group, a top Iraqi commander says. ... More
Damascus, June 6 (RHC)-- The U.S. has teamed up with Turkey to arm “moderate” militants in Syria, which have been destroyed by al-Qaeda, says Middle East expert Danny Makki. Speaking with Press TV from Syria, Makki said that the United States’ policy of arming and training “moderate” militants in Syria signifies “hypocrisy” of the Obama administration toward the Arab nation. ... More
Madrid, June 6 (RHC)-- Spain says it has approved an agreement authorizing the permanent military presence of the United Sates at a southern Spanish base for deployment on missions to Africa. Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria told a press conference in Madrid that the government agreed to permanently extend the 1988 military accord under which the U.S. Marines intervention force has been based at Moron de la Frontera in the southern province of Seville. ... More
Beijing, June 6 (RHC)-- At least 396 people have been confirmed dead after rescuers lifted a Chinese cruise ship that capsized with 456 people on board on the Yangtze River in the Jianli county in central Hubei province five days ago. ... More
Brussels, June 6 (RHC)-- Senior officials of the United Nations have called for humanitarian aid for Iraq, warning that if the international community fails to provide the crisis-hit country with assistance, a "catastrophe" will happen there. ... More
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