Ottawa, May 7 (RHC)-- Canadian lawmakers have passed a controversial anti-terror law that vastly empowers the country's spy agency. The Canadian parliament passed bill C-51, which allows the country's intelligence agency to operate overseas, in a 183 to 96 vote on Wednesday. ... More
Paris, May 7 (RHC)-- French lawmakers have advanced a measure that would greatly increase government surveillance while minimizing judicial oversight. The legislation would let intelligence agencies tap phones and computers, install bugs in cars and homes, and monitor anyone associated with surveillance targets. ... More
Paris, May 7 (RHC)-- The German co-pilot accused of deliberately crashing a passenger plane into the French Alps reportedly practiced his suicide mission during a previous flight that same day. ... More
Chapel Hill, May 7 (RHC)-- A middle-aged white man charged with the killing of three American Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in February, shot the victims in the head, autopsy reports reveal. ... More
Washington, May 7 (RHC)-- The Pentagon says the U.S. Navy ships will no longer accompany American and British flagged cargo vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz near the Persian Gulf. ... More
Riyadh, May 7 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia has beheaded a citizen convicted of drug trafficking, bringing to 79 the number of executions in the kingdom so far this year. ... More
New Delhi, May 7 (RHC)-- Defying U.S. warnings, India has signed an agreement with Iran to develop a port in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan. The agreement was reached following comprehensive talks between visiting Indian Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari and Iranian Minister of Roads and Urban Development Abbas Ahmad Akhoundi on Wednesday. ... More
Bismarck, May 7 (RHC)-- A North Dakota town was evacuated Wednesday following the derailment of a train carrying crude oil. About 40 residents were forced to leave Heimdal as emergency crews responded to the fire. ... More
Moscow, May 7 (RHC-PL) -- Cuban President Raul Castro and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin examined on Thursday issues of the bilateral political, economic and trade agenda, according to reports from the Kremlin press service.... More
Havana, May 7 (RHC) –- The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, Bert Koenders, began an official visit to Cuba on Thursday.... More
Moscow, May 7 (RHC) -- Cuban First Vice President Miguel Diaz Canel received on Thursday His Excellency Serguei Eugenievich Naryshkin, President of Russia's State Duma, who is paying an official visit to Cuba.... More
Caracas, May 7 (RHC) -- The anti-terrorist fighters known internationally as the Cuban Five witnessed the social achievements of the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela on Wednesday, after touring the headquarters of government social programs in the state of Miranda, located west of Caracas.... More
Moscow, May 7 (RHC-PL) -- Executives with Cuba's oil company Cupet released a regional report on the potential of the Cuban Exclusive Economic Zone in the Gulf of Mexico and announced new projects in the oil-drilling sector.... More
Willemstad, May 7 (RHC-PL) -- The Caribbean airline Insel Air will operate two direct flights between the capitals of Cuba and Curacao starting next July 3rd, the Curacao Chronicle reported.... More
Havana, May 7 (RHC) –- The renowned pianist and professor Alicia Perea passed away this Wednesday at the age of 80, the Union of Artists and Writers of Cuba reported.... More
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