La Paz, May 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Legal representatives on behalf of the Bolivian government presented their arguments on Wednesday before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague, calling on the Chilean government to negotiate Bolivia’s claim of sovereign access to the sea. ... More
Kabul, May 6 (RHC)-- At least two people have been killed and four others wounded in a bomb explosion that destroyed their vehicle in Afghanistan's eastern province of Ghazni. ... More
Mexico City, May 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- At least 103 Central American migrants who were apparently kidnapped and held captive in a security home in the central State of Mexico were rescued after one of the individuals abducted managed to escape and alert authorities, Reforma newspaper reported on Wednesday. ... More
Bogota, May 6 (RHC)-- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, through an executive order, has approved the extradition of Leiver Padilla Mendoza, also known as ‘El Colombia,’ to Venezuela. ... More
Nairobi, May 6 (RHC)-- At least 46 people have been killed in fierce fighting between rival ethnic groups in the troubled northwestern part of Kenya. Members of the Pokot ethnic group attacked a village of the Turkana group in the Turkana region on Monday. Turkana is located in the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. ... More
Abuja, May 6 (RHC)-- Nigerian soldiers have rescued more than two dozen women and children from the Boko Haram Takfiri militant group in the northeastern state of Borno. The army issued a statement on Wednesday saying that at least 25 people held by the militants were rescued during an operation in the Sambisa Forest, which is considered a Boko Haram stronghold south of the major city of Maiduguri. ... More
Lima, May 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A leading human rights lawyer and professor have denounced the high levels of big business influence in the Peruvian government. The criticisms come after one of the rare incidences of a business leader being sentenced for crimes committed in the country. ... More
Kathmandu, May 6 (RHC)-- In Nepal, the death toll from a 7.8-magnitude earthquake has topped 7,700. Scores of bodies have been discovered in the remote village of Langtang along a popular Himalayan trekking route. It’s believed the entire village was wiped out. ... More
Vatican City, May 6 (RHC) -– The Holy See confirmed that Pope Francis will receive Cuban President Raul Castro in a private meeting on Sunday, May 10th.... More
Quito, May 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Foreign ministers and representatives of the 33 Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) have met in Quito to discuss Ecuador's proposals for five regional objectives to be met by the year 2020. ... More
Washington, May 6 (RHC)-- A new analysis of documents leaked by former NSA spy Edward Snowden sheds light on sophisticated software used by the agency to turn phone call speech into words. ... More
Washington, May 6 (RHC)-- U.S. Navy warships have begun escorting British-flagged commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz near the Persian Gulf after Iran detained a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship last week, according to the U.S. Defense Department. ... More
Panama City, May 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega will face trial for his alleged role in the 1970 disappearance and death of leftist leader Heliodoro Portugal, Panama’s Supreme Court announced on Monday. ... More
Geneva, May 6 (RHC)-- A record 38 million people across the globe are displaced inside their own homelands due to conflicts and violence, with Iraq being the hardest-hit nation, a watchdog group reveals. ... More
Mexico City, May 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexican radio and print journalist Armando Saldaña Morales was found dead Monday in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca with apparent signs of torture, the state attorney general's office confirmed. ... More
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