Geneva, October 20 (RHC)-- A Cuban delegation of lawmakers headed by Yolanda Ferrer, President of the International Relations Committee of the National Assembly of the People's Power (Parliament), is attending the 133rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU), which began its general debate on Sunday at the International Conference Center of Geneva, Switzerland. ... More
Havana, October 20 (RHC)-- A second flight connecting Cuba to Georgetown, capital of the Cayman Islands, with the city of Holguin, will join the route of Cayman Airways starting November 28th.... More
Luanda, October 20 (RHC-PL) –- Angolan women can learn from the vast experience of Cuban women, said Roberto de Almeida, Vice President of the ruling party, the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA). ... More
Sanaa, October 20 (RHC)-- Saudi fighter jets have conducted a fresh round of attacks against several areas across Yemen. On Tuesday morning, Saudi fighter jets struck a commercial neighborhood of al-Rahidah district in Yemen's southwestern province of Ta'izz, though no reports of casualties were available.... More
Brasilia, October 20 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and her predecessor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have been exonerated of all responsibility in the Petrobras scandal in a report released this Monday by the parliamentary commission in charge of the investigation.... More
Baghdad, October 20 (RHC)-- Police and medical officials in Iraq say at least four people have been killed and nearly two dozen others injured in separate bomb explosions that struck areas in and around the capital, Baghdad.... More
Rome, October 20 (RHC)-- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and its allies have kicked off their biggest military drills in over a decade in the central Mediterranean. Dubbed "Trident Juncture," the exercises involve some 36,000 soldiers, sailors and airmen from more than 30 countries testing what the military alliance regards its ability to respond to new security threats.... More
Ankara, October 20 (RHC)-- Turkish authorities have identified a new suspect in the recent deadly bombings in the capital, Ankara, who also happens to be the brother of a suspect in a similar attack in Suruç, southern Turkey, back in July.... More
Ottawa, October 20 (RHC)-- Canadian voters have unseated right-wing Prime Minister Stephen Harper after nearly a decade in office. In a surprise result following the closest election campaign in recent history, the centrist Liberals jumped from third place to a parliamentary majority.... More
Tel Aviv, October 20 (RHC)-- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is visiting Israel and the Occupied Territories today amid a spate of Palestinian stabbing attacks and an intensified Israeli crackdown. ... More
Washington, October 20 (RHC)-- U.S. military leaders have recommended that Washington should leave as many as 20,000 American troops in Afghanistan after 2016, says U.S. Senator John McCain.... More
Pyongyang, October 20 (RHC)-- Hundreds of South Koreans have entered a resort inside North Korean territory for a new round of family reunions.... More
New York, October 20 (RHC)-- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has lodged a lawsuit compelling the CIA to turn over basic details about U.S. drone strikes.... More
Chicago, October 20 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Illinois, three people are in critical condition after a drive-by shooting in Calumet City late Monday night.... More
Caracas, October 20 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan Electrical Energy Minister Luis Motta Dominguez told press on Monday that 13 attacks on Venezuela's electrical grid took place over the last week, in an attempt to destabilize the December 6th National Assembly elections.... More
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