Washington, May 28 (RHC)-- The United States has advised its citizens in Libya to leave the North African country immediately with the crisis there deepening fast. The U.S. State Department issued the warning on Tuesday in its latest travel advisory for Libya, where militia battles have plunged the country into chaos.... More


La Paz, May 28 (PL-RHC) -- The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) will provide its full support to the Summit of the Group of 77 plus China (G-77), scheduled for June 14th and 15th.... More


Tripoli, May 28 (RHC)-- The United States is sending a warship with 1,000 Marines into the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya to boost the American forces already deployed in the region, a U.S. military official says.... More


Santiago de Chile, May 28 (PL-RHC)-- A majority of Chileans support President Michelle Bachelet's plan for Constitutional, educational, fiscal and electoral reforms, an opinion poll showed.... More


Cairo, May 28 (RHC)-- Egypt's electoral commission says about 37 percent of the country's eligible voters have cast ballots in two days of presidential election. According to electoral commission chief Abdel Aziz Salman, the turnout by the end of the second day on Tuesday stood at about 37 percent of the 53 million electorate.... More


Moscow, May 28 (PL-RHC) -- Important mutually-beneficial agreements are expected to be signed during the state visit to Russia this week by Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elías Jaua, according to a diplomatic source.... More


Caracas, May 28 (PL-RHC) -- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has appointed Luis Motta and Nicia Maldonado as state Ministers of the Strategic Integral Development Regions (REDI) Central and Guayana, respectively.... More


Washington, May 28 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has announced the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan will continue until the end of 2016. On Tuesday, Obama said that the United States will maintain nearly 10,000 troops in Afghanistan after its formal combat mission concludes at the end of this year. The United States will eventually withdraw troops until only a small residual force remains after 2016.... More


Santa Barbara, May 28 (RHC)-- Thousands of people gathered at the University of California-Santa Barbara yesterday during a day of mourning for the victims of last Friday’s shooting and stabbing rampage. ... More


Winston-Salem, May 28 (RHC)-- In the United States, African-American author and poet Maya Angelou has died at age 86 in North Carolina, local media reported on Wednesday, citing her agent and a local official.... More


Havana, May 28 (RHC) -– The President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Thomas Donohue is paying a visit to Cuba, which included talks on Tuesday with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez and with Foreign Trade and Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmierca... More


Sport News Roundup May 28

Spain, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador and Cuba will take part in the Cuba's Track Cycling Cup from today Wednesday to Saturday in Havana. ... More


Hanoi, May 28 (RHC) -– The First Secretary of the Cuban Young Communist League Yuniasky Crespo is in Vietnam to participate in the General Congress of the World Federation of Democratic Youth.... More


Havana, May 28 (RHC) –- Latin America is now exposed to a new disease known as Chikungunya virus, as many countries of the region are reporting cases of the virus, which is transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, said doctor Lilia Ortega, head of the intensive care unit at Havana’s Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine Institute.... More


Havana, May 28 (RHC) –- Media professionals from over 20 countries are attending the 9th Ibero-American Encounter on Gender and Communication underway in Havana until May 30th.... More


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