Baghdad, October 12 (RHC)-- At least eight people have been killed in a series of terrorist attacks around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police say. In the deadliest assault, which was carried out over the weekend in the eastern neighborhood of al-Shaab, three people lost their lives and seven others suffered injuries when a sticky bomb inside a microbus exploded. ... More


Berlin, October 12 (RHC)-- Nearly a quarter of a million people marched in the German capital, Berlin, against a planned trans-Atlantic free trade pact negotiated by the European Union (EU) and the United States. ... More


Washington, October 12 (RHC)-- The United States will pay compensation to those killed and injured last week by U.S. airstrikes on a hospital in Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, the Pentagon says. On October 3, U.S. fighter jets struck an Afghan hospital run by Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), an international medical charity group based in Geneva, Switzerland. ... More


Gaza City, October 12 (RHC)-- Israeli regime forces have killed two Palestinian teenagers and injured 10 more people in the besieged Gaza Strip in clashes with protesters near the border fence in southern Gaza. ... More


Istanbul, October 12 (RHC)-- Thousands of people have gathered in Istanbul in protest against a twin bomb blast, blamed by the main pro-Kurdish party on the Turkish "murderous state." ... More


Washington, October 12 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of African Americans rallied over the weekend in Washington D.C. for the 20th anniversary of the ‘Million Man March’ against racial inequality and police brutality. ... More


New York, October 12 (RHC)-- Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and his potential Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, are leading in Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, a new poll has found. ... More


Washington, October 12 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama says it is not surprising that at this early stage of presidential election process Donald Trump is receiving a lot of attention, but he cannot win the White House in 2016. ... More


Sports News Roundup October 12

Holguin may classify for the 2nd phase of the 55th National Baseball Series after sweeping Sancti Spiritus in the 11th subset of the Season.... More


Matanzas, October 12 (RHC)-- The first fourteen flights of U.S. private aero-clubs flew into Matanzas province as part of a collaboration program between aviation associations from the two countries following the reestablishment of U.S.-Cuba diplomatic relations. ... More


Prof. Angus Deaton, a British economist, was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Science on Monday for improving the accuracy of basic economic gauges, including measures of income, poverty and consumption.... More


Stockholm, October 12 (RHC)-- Cubans residing in Europe have called on the U.S. Congress to lift the economic, commercial and financial blockade that Washington has maintained against their nation for over 50 years. ... More


Guatemala City, October 12 (RHC)-- The Cuban doctors who have been working in Guatemala since Hurricane Mitch hit that nation in 1998 have given over 38.8 million medical consultations to date. ... More


Pinar del Rio, October 12 (RHC)-- Tobacco growers in the Vuelta Abajo region, in western Pinar del Rio, have begun the planting season of the famous Cuban product. ... More


La Paz, October 12 (teleSUR-RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for immediate action on climate change at the World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Defense of Life in Cochabamba, Bolivia. ... More


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