Rome, August 5 (RHC)-- Italy’s coast guard says hundreds of migrants who tried to cross the Mediterranean are feared to have lost their lives in the perilous journey across the sea off the coast of Libya. ... More


Tegucigalpa, August 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Honduran lawmakers shot down the possibility of creating an International Commission on Corruption on Monday, despite weekly popular protests over the past three months to demand such a body. ... More


Washington, August 5 (RHC)-- The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is investigating the security of the private e-mail server that Hillary Clinton used when she was secretary of state. ... More


Washington, August 5 (RHC)-- The anti-Israel boycott campaign in the United States is gaining momentum as more American academic institutions and Christian religious organizations join the movement to protest Tel Aviv's oppression of Palestinians. ... More


Tel Aviv, August 5 (RHC)-- Israel has arrested and jailed a Jewish settler for six months without charges or trial. The detention comes as Israel attempts to crack down on Jewish extremism following a firebombing of a Palestinian home in the West Bank last week, which killed an 18-month-old baby.... More


Gaza City, August 5 (RHC)-- A Palestinian soccer team in the West Bank will face off against its rival team in Gaza for the first time in 15 years. ... More


New York, August 5 (RHC)-- Fox News has chosen the top 10 Republican candidates to participate Thursday in the first debate of the 2016 presidential election. ... More


Salt Lake City, August 5 (RHC)-- Over 40 U.S. prisoners are on hunger strike, demanding better conditions at their maximum security jail. Since July 31st, 42 inmates at Utah State Prison have refused to eat, according to the Utah chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU, Sputnik news reported Tuesday. ... More


New Delhi, August 5 (RHC)-- Indian officials have confirmed the deaths of 12 people in two passenger train derailments in India's central Madhya Pradesh state. ... More


San Francisco, August 5 (RHC)-- Thousands of firefighters in the U.S. state of California are working round the clock to contain a massive wildfire threatening numerous homes and forcing thousands of people to evacuate. ... More


A charismatic new force in contemporary dance, Havana-based Malpaso Dance Company comes to Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival's intimate Ted Shawn Theatre, this weekend, August 5-9, , according to Broadway World news on Wednesday.... More


Antonio Banderas is to act in an executive production of Havana Quartet, an hour-long drama series based on the detective novels of Cuban writer Leonardo Padura, Starz announced recently.... More


Havana, August 5 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro has expressed to the Vietnamese people and leadership his deepest sympathies for the human victims and material damage caused by intense rains in the northern province of Quanh Ninh.... More


Brasilia, August 5(RHC-PL) -- President Dilma Rousseff expressed her appreciation for the contribution of thousands of Cuban doctors to improve health care in Brazil. ... More


Havana, August 5 (RHC-PL) -- The Russian embassy in Cuba has announced several cultural activities to give continuity to the celebration this year of the 55th anniversary of the restoration of relations between the two countries. ... More


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