United Nations, April 14 (RHC)-- The United Nations continues to issue warnings over Yarmouk, the Palestinian refugee camp invaded by the self-proclaimed Islamic State in Syria. The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Pierre Krähenbühl, said the United Nations is seeking to help civilians who have managed to flee.... More
Miami, April 14 (RHC)-- Republican Senator Marco Rubio has entered the presidential race set to be held in the United States in January 2016. The junior U.S. senator from Florida -- and a defender of right-wing causes in the Cuban-American community of Miami -- announced his bid for the presidency in a conference call on his top donors on Monday.... More
Washington, April 14 (RHC)-- A court in the United States has sentenced 4 former guards with private security firm Blackwater to lengthy prison terms over their roles in the 2007 killing of 17 unarmed Iraqi civilians. ... More
Mogadishu, April 14 (RHC)-- At least 10 people have died in an attack on a government building in the Somali capital of Mogadishu. ... More
Quito, April 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuador has lifted 1.3 million people out of poverty in the past eight years, a new survey revealed on Monday. The results of the first “Survey of Living Conditions in Ecuador” showed that poverty has fallen by one third. It also revealed that 900,000 individuals have been lifted out of extreme poverty, whilst the Gini coefficient, which measures wealth gaps, has dropped 4.8 points since 2006. ... More
Abuja, April 14 (RHC)-- Nigeria is marking the first anniversary of the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls by the Boko Haram. On Monday, the "Bring Back Our Girls" campaign held a silent march in the capital Abuja.... More
San Salvador, April 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Over 100 social justice movements from around the world have signed a letter demanding that the government of El Salvador enshrine the rights to food and water into the country's constitution. ... More
Budapest, April 14 (RHC)-- Hungarian lawmakers have voted to dispatch up to 150 soldiers to help guard a military training center in Iraq’s Kurdistan region as part of the U.S.-led military campaign against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists.... More
New York, April 14 (RHC)-- Activists in the United States have launched a nine-day march from New York City to Washington, D.C., to call for sweeping criminal justice reform from police departments to the courts. ... More
Berlin, April 14 (RHC)-- The Nobel Prize-winning German author Günter Grass has died at the age of 87. Until his death, Grass was considered to be Germany’s most famous living writer. He was best known for his 1959 novel, "The Tin Drum," widely considered a 20th century classic. ... More
Caracas, April 14 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Left-wing movements from around the world that are members of the Sao Paulo Forum met on Monday in Caracas, where they ratified their support to President Nicolas Maduro in face of the U.S. decree declaring the South American country a threat to its national security. ... More
Caracas, April 14 (RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday that after participating in the Summit of the Americas in Panama, he traveled to Cuba, where he met Cuban revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro. ... More
Havana, April 14 (RHC) -- Cuban President Raul Castro has expressed sorrow over the death of Uruguayan writer and journalist Eduardo Galeano.... More
Havana, April 14 (RHC) -– The government of Cuba officially recognized Monday the work of Cuban medical professionals who traveled to West Africa to provide medical care to those afflicted with the deadly Ebola virus.... More
Havana, April 14, (RHC), -- A British Trade and Investment mission is expected to visit Cuba April 27-30 to explore opportunities to increase commercial relations, according to an announcement by the British embassy in Havana.... More
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