Port Vila, March 17 (HRC)-- A devastating cyclone in the South Pacific Island state of Vanuatu has left half the population homeless and more tan 20 dead. A Category 5 storm, Cyclone Pam flattened buildings and washed away roads and bridges.... More


New York, March 17 (teleSUR-RHC) Nicaragua’s representative to the United Nations has called on all countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to reject the “unacceptable” United States aggression against Venezuela.... More


Washington, March 17 (RHC)-- A U.S. immigration appeals court has upheld the deportation order of a former El Salvadoran general accused of murder and torture. Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova is wanted in El Salvador for his role in the notorious killings of four U.S. churchwomen in 1980.... More


Quito, March 17 (teleSUR-RHC) Having had to previously compete with China and other major importers, the state-run Aletec backpack and suitcase company is looking to benefit from newly introduced tariffs which have gone into effect in Ecuador.... More


BAGHDAD, March 17 (RHC) -- A total of 22 militants from the Islamic State (IS) extremist group were killed on Tuesday in an airstrike and two IS attacks on Iraqi forces in north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, security sources said.... More


Lima, March 17 (teleSUR-RHC) Confrontations in the Peruvian region of Apurimac reached a new high on Monday, with demonstrators injured at the hands of police officers.... More


Conakry, March 17 (RHC) -- Thirty two new Ebola cases have been confirmed in Guinea's southwestern Forecariah prefecture, close to the border with Sierra Leone, an official said on Monday.... More


Caracas, March 17 (teleSUR-RHC) Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro announced that presidents from the ALBA group of nations will meet Tuesday in Caracas to outline a unified position with regards to U.S. aggression toward the South American country and its democratically-elected government.... More


Ramallah, March 17 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have arrested at least 23 Palestinians during separate overnight raids on a number of houses across the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian Prisoners Society said Israeli military trucks and jeeps rolled into al-Fawwar refugee camp in Hebron, located about 30 kilometers south of Jerusalem, early on Monday.... More


St. Petersburg, March 16 (RHC) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday dismissed rumors of his poor health at a meeting with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev in St. Petersburg, saying "life would be boring without gossip."... More


Washingon, March 17 (teleSUR-RHC) Foreign ministers from Central America's Northern Triangle are meeting with U.S. Lawmakers to garner political support for the Alliance for Prosperity Plan (PAP), which aims to address security, governance and economic challenges in the region in order to reduce migration to the United States.... More


Havana, March 17 (RHC) – Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro sent Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro a message in which he lauded the discipline and firm stance of the Venezuelan people in defense of the Bolivarian Revolution in the midst of Washington's threats.... More


Caracas, March 17 (RHC) – Cuban President Raul Castro arrived in Caracas Tuesday morning to participate in the Extraordinary Summit of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our Americas, ALBA.... More


Havana, Mar 17, (RHC), – Cuban President Raul Castro met on Monday afternoon with Ri Su Yong, foreign minister of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, who is on an official visit to Cuba.... More


Luanda, March 17 (RHC) – Cuba´s First Vice President Miguel Diaz-Canel kicked off a three-day official visit to Angola, a second leg of an African tour that has already taken him to South Africa. ... More


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