Berlin, April 15 (RHC)-- West Germany secretly helped and funded Israel with its development of nuclear weapons in the 1960s, according to a report from Berlin. The government of former German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer clandestinely channeled hundreds of millions of dollars into Israel's nuclear program, said a report published in the German daily Die Welt on Tuesday. ... More


Washington, April 15 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has spent a second day urging lawmakers on Capitol Hill not to interfere in Iran nuclear talks, as senators prepare to vote on a bill that would give Congress authority to reject a final nuclear agreement with Tehran. ... More


New York, April 15 (RHC)-- Protests have been held from coast to coast in a day of action against police violence and racial profiling. ... More


Washington, April 15 (RHC)-- Protests are being held across the United States today in what organizers call the "largest-ever mobilization of underpaid workers." Fast-food workers in 230 cities are walking off the job as part of the "Fight for $15" campaign, a push for a $15-an-hour minimum wage. ... More


Berlin, April 15 (RHC)-- A nine-year-old girl is reportedly pregnant after being gang-raped in captivity by the militant group Islamic State in Iraq. The young girl is one of more than 200 Yazidi Christians released by ISIS last week.... More


Sports News Roundup April 15

Four Cuban baseball players will play this Season in the Canadian Independent League Baseball (Can-Am), including Yunieski Gourriel, who repeated with The Capitals of Quebec.... More


Quito, April 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- During a massive event with social movements and indigenous leaders in the town of Cangahua, in the outskirts of Quito, Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa promised he will raise a social security scheme designed for the informal sector workers. ... More


Santiago de Chile, April 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Five indigenous Mapuche communities from the Bio-Bio region in Southern Chile are seeking to invalidate an approval granted to the Celulosa Horcones company to expand their factory, saying the community was not properly consulted. ... More


Montevideo, April 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In an exclusive interview with teleSUR, Uruguayan Senator and former President Jose Mujica said on Tuesday that the world owes a great debt to the recently departed intellectual and author, Eduardo Galeano. ... More


Mexico City, April 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Mexican southeastern state of Tabasco has implemented an emergency plan to provide potable water to capital Villahermosa, after an oil pipeline tapped by thieves polluted two rivers that supply water to the city of more than 200,000 people. ... More


Quito, April 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- After a marathon 11 hour session, the National Assembly of Ecuador approved a historic reform of the country's labor laws on Tuesday. ... More


Havana, April 15 (RHC) –- Cuban officials have welcomed the decision by U.S. President Barack Obama to remove Cuba from the State Department's list of sponsors of terrorism, where the island was unjustly included.... More


Sao Paulo, April 15 (RHC) -– Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva on Tuesday hailed the decision by U.S. President Barack Obama to take Cuba off the list of state sponsors of terrorism, and urged Washington to lift the economic blockade against Cuba.... More


Geneva, April 15 (RHC) -- Cuba advocated at the United Nations, the total and complete prohibition of autonomous lethal weapons, especially mines, through a legally binding mechanism.... More


Mexico City, April 15 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A federal judge in Mexico has ordered the media conglomerate MVS to meet with their former employee, renowned journalist Carmen Aristegui, in order to reach an agreement. ... More


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