Miami, August 19 (RHC)-- Tropical Storm Danny is gaining strength in the Atlantic and still quite distant from populated areas, but could become the first hurricane of the season by Friday, according to U.S. weather forecasters. ... More
Sanaa, August 19 (RHC)-- At least 15 people have lost their lives in Saudi airstrikes in the northwestern Yemeni province of Amran. Saudi fighter jets targeted a residential area in Amran on Tuesday night, leaving 15 people dead, local media reports said. ... More
Mexico City, August 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Mexican government has responded to Noam Chomsky's and almost 500 other international intellectuals' and writers' letter to President Enrique Peña Nieto demanding full clarity in the deaths of journalists in the country, specifically photojournalist Ruben Espinosa.... More
Ramallah, August 19 (RHC)-- More than 250 Palestinians being held in Israel's Negev prison have begun an open-ended hunger strike in protest to their administrative detention. The hunger strike will go on "until Israel's policy of administrative detention comes to an end," a prisoner representative was quoted as saying by the Ma'an News Agency on Tuesday. ... More
Brussels, August 19 (RHC)-- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has launched massive military drills across Europe, in what is seen as a move to deter alleged threats from Russia in the region. According to reports on Tuesday, Germany, Italy, Bulgaria and Romania are currently hosting over 5,000 soldiers from 11 NATO member states participating in the massive airborne drills called "Swift Response 15." ... More
Washington, August 19 (RHC)-- The Pentagon's so-called train and equip program has produced just 54 "moderate" militants in Syria at a cost of $41 million, according to a report. ... More
Washington, August 19 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration has granted Royal Dutch Shell final approval to resume drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic Ocean for the first time since 2012 despite widespread protests from environmental groups. ... More
Washington, August 19 (RHC)-- In the United States, the Internal Revenue Service, the IRS, says hackers have gained access to the personal data of as many as three times more U.S. taxpayers than previously thought. ... More
Washington, August 19 (RHC)-- A U.S. State Department review of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s e-mails has flagged 305 messages which require further scrutiny because they may contain classified information. ... More
Leavenworth, August 19 (RHC)-- Imprisoned U.S. Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been spared the punishment of indefinite solitary confinement after more than 100,000 people signed a petition calling on military prison authorities to drop the charges of possession of unauthorized reading material and other minor infractions. ... More
New York, August 19 (RHC)-- In news from upstate New York, an autopsy report obtained by The New York Times determined that the death of a prisoner from the Fishkill Correctional Facility four months ago was a homicide caused by a "physical altercation with corrections officers." ... More
San Francisco, August 19 (RHC)-- A shocking video shows a group of police officers in the U.S. city of San Francisco in California violently detaining a half-naked Black man with a prosthetic leg after mistaking his crutches for guns. ... More
Washington, August 19 (RHC)-- The U.S. administration is working with Havana to sign an accord before the year's end, allowing U.S. tourists to travel to Cuba on commercial flights, according to the Wall Street Journal.... More
Rome, August 19 (RHC) -- Pope Francis has no plans to meet with representatives of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) during his visit to Cuba in September, a Vatican source reported today.... More
Fort Worth, August 19 (RHC)-- American Airlines and Cuba Travel Services plan to operate the first charter flights between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Jose Marti International Airport (HAV) in Havana later this year, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.... More
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