Damascus, Apr 7, (RHC), -- Mamun Abdolkarim, director of Archaeological and Cultural Monuments of Syria, has recently denounced that some 15,000 antiquities are in danger of being sold on the black market by terrorist groups occupying the city of Idleb.... More


NAIROBI, April 7 (Xinhua) -- A Kenyan court on Tuesday ordered the police to detain 17 suspected Al-Shabaab operatives linked to the Garissa University massacre in which 148 innocent people were killed last week.... More


HANOI, April 6 (Xinhua) -- Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Vietnamese high-ranking leaders on Monday vowed to further strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries.... More


Tikrit, Iraq, Apr 7, (RHC), – Three rounds of gunfire were shot into the air as a mark of respect to the dead. The small ceremony was held on a hill side over looking the Iraqi city of Tikrit. It was retaken from ISIL fighters last week . Iraqi forensic teams are now revealing what went on under the Islamic extremists’ rule.... More


Mexico City, April 07 (teleSUR-RHC) With the official launch of midterm election campaign for nearly 2,000 local and federal seats beginning on Sunday, a growing number of Mexican citizens are seeking to revoke the registration of one party that has racked-up millions of dollars in fines for its abuse of campaign propaganda. ... More


Non-Oil Exports Spike in Ecuador

Quito, April 07 (teleSUR-RHC) As a result of its efforts to diversify the economy and lessen dependence on oil, Ecuador has seen non-oil exports experience considerable success in the past year, the latest figures reveal. ... More


Washington, April 07 (teleSUR-RHC) U.S. President Barack Obama requested a meeting with his Uruguayan counterpart Tabare Vazquez, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet and the Costa Rica’s Head of State Luis Guillermo Solis. ... More


Buenos Aires, April 07 (EFE-RHC) Former Argentine Economy Minister Felisa Miceli on Monday was sentenced to three years in prison in the case where an unusual amount of money was found in 2007 in the private bathroom in her office in the Treasury Palace, court officials said. However, the ex-minister will not serve time behind bars because the sentence was deemed to be "in suspension," whereby sentences of up to three years in prison are not served.... More


Havana, April 7 (RHC) – The members of the Cuban delegation to the forums that will run parallel to the 7th Summit of the America in Panama left for that Central American nation on Tuesday.... More


Havana, April 7 (RHC) – The Cuban Workers´ Confederation (CTC), the union gathering over 3 million Cubans, was excluded from the OAS-sponsored Civil Society Forum, to be held parallel to the Summit of the Americas in Panama later this week.... More


Panama, April 7, (RHC), – The decision to invite Cuba to the Summit of the Americas has been met with massive support, said Panamanian foreign minister, Isabel de Saint Malo.... More


Havana, April 7, (RHC), – The recent Young Cinema Showcase of the Cuban Film Institute closed doors with a call for a legislation that protects local film production.... More


Havana, Apr 7, (RHC), -- The 8th International Workshop on Aseptic Processing in the Bio-pharmaceutical Industry (PROCEASEP 2015) will take place in Havana from April 15th to 17th, with the presence of internationally renowned scientists and important figures from the industrial field.... More


Havana, Apr 7, (RHC), – The Cuban News Agency (acn) has announced the opening of a paid ad space, both on tabloid and on-line, in which cooperatives, state companies, private workers and people in general can now post ads to advertise products and services.... More


Havana, April 6 (RHC)-- At the upcoming Summit of the Americas in Panama, the Cuban delegation will get details of the ongoing process to update Cuban economy and the social achievements the country has maintained over the past 56 years of Revolution.... More


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