Tel Aviv, December 26 (RHC)-- Israel has announced the arrest of two dozen high-ranking officials for involvement in an unprecedented graft case. Israeli police announced Thursday that it has detained 24 senior officials in a corruption probe which has mostly hit Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu party. ... More
Washington, December 26 (RHC)-- The fallout of a damning U.S. Congressional report condemning CIA torture techniques continues. While the controversial report is still at the center of debates in political circles around the world, new aspects of it are making their way to the media. ... More
Caracas, December 26 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The Venezuelan parliament votes Friday for new magistrates for the Supreme Court of Justice.... More
Colombo, December 26 (RHC)-- More than 650,000 people have been displaced after days of heavy rains triggered massive floods and landslides in Sri Lanka. The Disaster Management Center (DMC) stated on Thursday that the Batticaloa district, located about 300 kilometers east of the capital, Colombo, was the worst-affected area. The center added that the number of displaced people will likely rise. ... More
Havana, December 26 (RHC)-- In a letter to Fidel and Raul Castro, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro hailed the significance of the U.S. decision to release three Cuban anti-terrorist fighters in exchange for an U.S. intelligence operative held in Havana and Cuba's release on humanitarian grounds of U.S. government subcontractor Alan Gross ... More
Moscow, December 26 (RHC-PL) -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with Kommersant daily that his country's strategic partnership with Cuba is “unshakable,” when referring to the recent announcement of actions for normalizing Havana-Washington relations.... More
Santa Clara, December 26 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Cuban doctors successfully performed a rare and complex combined heart-lung surgery over the holidays, saving the life of a young child, according to Granma newspaper.... More
Boston, December 26 (RHC)-- Harriet R. Lewis, Vice Chair of Overseas Adventure Travel and Chairman of Grand Circle Foundation, anticipates a significant increase in travel to Cuba among older Americans in light of President Obama's announcement of a new era of relations between the United States and Cuba. Lewis' charitable Grand Circle Foundation has been operating People-to-People Programs in Cuba since late 2011.... More
Port-au-Prince, December 26 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Haitian President Michel Martelly named veteran politician Evans Paul as prime minister Thursday, as the embattled president seeks to defuse a political crisis over long-delayed elections.... More
Ernesto Miguel Pérez will turn 11 on Dec. 29 as a happy child gifted with a special talent for chess.... More
The Cuban economy will grow four percent "or more" in 2015, the Minister of Economy and Planning, Marino Murillo has said.... More
Mexico City, December 25 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The staff of the Human Rights Unit of the Attorney General of Mexico (PGR) suspended its search for the remaining 42 missing Ayotzinapa students, an official said Wednesday.... More
Washington, December 25 (RHC)-- The U.S. government is preparing to increase the number of American private contractors in Iraq to support the growing number of U.S. troops deploying to the country to "train and assist" Iraqi forces battling the ISIL terrorists. ... More
London, December 25 (RHC)-- A British university professor and commentator has blamed the government policies for the deepening housing crisis in the country. "The housing policy is part of the problem. The other is the attack on living standards by the removal of benefits. So, for example, when the UK government imposed a benefit cap, families cannot get more than a certain amount per week, whatever their need is," Professor Jonathan Rosenhead told Press TV on Wednesday. ... More
Montevideo, December 25 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The United States government could free Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera, as announced by a relative on Wednesday.... More
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