Mexico City, April 08 (teleSUR-RHC) A criminal attack against federal police forces left 15 officers dead and five wounded, confirmed local authorities from the western state of Jalisco on Tuesday. The police unit was ambushed late Monday on the road linking Guadalajara with the tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta, reported the local attorney general on social media. ... More


Ottawa, April 8 (RHC)-- CIA whistleblower John Kiriakou has revealed new details about the CIA’s internal debate over the arrest, rendition and torture of Canadian citizen Maher Arar.... More


United Nations, April 8 (RHC)-- Civilians in Yemen are increasingly suffering from the ongoing violence in their country as Saudi Arabia’s aggression against the Arab nation continues unabated, the United Nations says.... More


Athens, April 8 (RHC)-- Greece says it seeks to reach an initial agreement with its troika of international creditors in the hope of securing the EUR 7.2 billion (USD 7.9 billion) remaining in its current bailout program.... More


Vancouver, April 8 (RHC)-- A seawater sample collected near Canada’s west coast has revealed traces of radioactive contamination originating from the damaged Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan in 2011.... More


MADRID, April 8 (Xinhua) -- Spain could face heat waves with temperatures of up to 50 degrees Celsius by the year 2050, according to a report on the effects of climate change published on Tuesday.... More


Damascus, Apr 8, (RHC), – A PLO delegation met with Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad in Damascus on Tuesday to discuss preventing the Islamic State terror group from maintaining control of the Yarmouk refugee camp, where thousands of Palestinians live.... More


MOSCOW, April 8 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Russia may lift embargo on farm product imports from Greece introduced last year, Economic Development Minister Alexei Ulyukayev said Wednesday.... More


KIRKUK, Iraq, April 8 (RHC-Xinhua) -- The Islamic State (IS) militant group released about 216 Yazidis it kidnapped months ago in Iraq, a Kurdish security source said on Wednesday.... More


Washington, April 8 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama said on Tuesday he would act to take Cuba off the list of terrorism-sponsoring countries once he gets a State Department recommendation. ... More


Washington, April 8 (RHC)-- U.S. government official says the State Department is expected to recommend that Cuba be removed from the government's list of State Sponsors of Terrorism. ... More


Havana, April 08 (RHC)Cuban farmer Abelardo Silva currently heads a cooperative farm in the western province of Artemisa and he is part of the Cuban delegation participating in one of the forums running parallel to the 7th Summit of the Americas, in Panama.... More


Varadero, Cuba, April 08 (RHC) Cuba counts on over one million university graduates, representing 11.1 percent of the population and 18,7 percent of its labor force, according to a higher education official.... More


Panama City, April 08 (RHC) Cuban Reverend Raul Suarez, who is participating in the forums parallel to the 7th Summit of the Americas in Panama, condemned the decree issued by the Obama administration describing Venezuela as a threat to U.S. national security.... More


Havana, April 8 (RHC) Mitigation of climate change and urban design are among the main topics on the third day of sessions of the 15th Meeting of Latin American Geographers.... More


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