Brussels, July 18 (RHC)-- The European Union has formally approved a short-term loan of 7.16 billion euros (7.77 billion U.S. dollars) to debt-wracked Greece as Athens and its creditors are working to reach an agreement on a new bailout package. ... More
Tokyo, July 18 (RHC)-- Japan’s lower house of parliament has approved legislation to allow Japanese troops to fight abroad for the first time since World War II. The vote came one day after as many as 100,000 people gathered near the parliament to protest the move. ... More
San Juan, July 18 (RHC)-- Puerto Rico has missed a $93.7 million debt payment as the island’s debt crisis worsens. ... More
Tegucigalpa, July 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The United States' proposed $1 billion Alliance for Prosperity plan for Central America won't do anything to resolve the root causes of migration in the region, warned an international humanitarian mission on Friday after investigating the plight of returned migrants in Honduras. ... More
Mexico City, July 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Less than a year after the high-profile case of the disappeared Ayotzinapa students, military officials are again suspected in the disappearance of seven laborers in the state of Zacatecas, investigative journal Proceso reported on Friday. ... More
Brasilia, July 18 (MERCOPRESS-RHC)-- Uruguay is attending the 48th Mercosur Summit in Brasilia hoping the Common Market of the South grouping will implement deep changes, particularly regarding free movement of goods, services and production factors in South America.... More
Quito, July 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- This is a time of reflection for Ecuadoreans following over a month of protests and escalation of violence. The opposition continues protesting, while other sectors have embraced the national dialogue and celebrate the inauguration of increasingly more public works projects. ... More
Panama City, July 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Panama’s Indigenous Commission, a coalition of the country’s indigenous groups, refused at the last minute on Friday to start a new round of negotiations with the government over the controversy on Barro Blanco hydroelectric dam. ... More
Lima, July 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Peru’s Ministry of Culture held a press conference on Thursday announcing their implementation of a “plan of controlled contact” with the indigenous group Mashco Piro in the region of Madre de Dios. ... More
Mexico City, July 18 (teleSUR-RHC)-- More than half of the time Mexicans spend working goes unpaid, which disproportionately affects women who work three times more hours than men in domestic labor, a new study finds. ... More
Ballet legend, Alicia Alonso, and the Cuban National Ballet Company, are joining Santiago’s 500th anniversary celebrations with performances of Giselle at the Heredia Theater on Saturday and Sunday... More
Mogadishu, July 17 (RHC)-- A fresh U.S. drone strike has claimed the lives of at least 30 people in southern Somalia, local residents and officials say. The sources said that the deadly attack was carried out near the town of Bardere, about 400 kilometers southwest of the Somali capital, Mogadishu, in the southern Gedo region on Thursday. ... More
Tegucigalpa, July 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Honduran human rights defenders on hunger strike to protest government corruption attempted to gain access to the presidential palace in a peaceful demonstration in Tegucigalpa on Thursday, but police and military forces brutally responded to block their entry, local media reported. ... More
Baghdad, July 17 (RHC)-- Iraq has closed its sole border crossing with Jordan after reports emerged that the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group levies taxes on goods crossing areas under its control. A spokesman for Iraq's Joint Operations Command said Thursday that the Trebil crossing will remain closed until further notice. ... More
Brussels, July 17 (RHC)-- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) says it plans to conduct its largest military maneuvers in a decade next October. A NATO commander said on Thursday that the planned drills, code-named Commonwealth Trident Juncture-2015, would be held across the Mediterranean. ... More
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