Islamabad, June 12 (RHC)-- The U.S. has resumed its drone war in Pakistan after a nearly six-month pause. At least 14 people have been killed in two strikes on Wednesday, making it the first known U.S. drone attack in Pakistan since December. ... More
Baghdad, June 12 (RHC)-- Iraq is in crisis as Sunni militants seize more towns and now set their sights on the capital Baghdad. In the past few days, al-Qaeda-linked rebels have seized control of Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, as well as Tikrit and Dhuluiya. ... More
London, June 12 (RHC)-- Traffic in several of Europe’s biggest cities has been severely disrupted as thousands of taxi drivers and train workers staged strikes in protest at changes to the travel industry.... More
Brasilia, June 12 (PL-RHC) -- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is on an official visit to Brazil where she is holding talks on energy and physical integration issues with her counterpart, Dilma Rousseff.... More
Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- In the United States, Republican Eric Cantor has announced he will step down as House majority leader following his historic primary loss in Virginia. Cantor became the first House majority leader to ever lose a primary when he fell to tea party challenger David Brat. ... More
Santiago de Chile, June 12 (PL-RHC) -- Ministers and deputy ministers of Latin American and Caribbean countries have agreed to promote policies in science, innovation, information technologies and communications.... More
The band Arrabio, from the central Cuban province of Sancti Spíritus, will participate in the Sled Island Music and Art Festival in Calgary, Canada from June 17th through 20th. ... More
Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- The U.S. Senate has approved a measure that would help ease healthcare delays for military veterans. The bill would increase access to private care and free up the Department of Veterans Affairs to expand medical services. ... More
Buenos Aires, June 12 (PL-RHC) -- The creation of a new South American military force is one of the topics debated at a conference called "The Defense and Natural Resources", now in session in Buenos Aires.... More
Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- A coalition of immigration and civil rights groups has filed a complaint alleging "widespread and systematic" abuse of migrant children by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. ... More
Rio de Janiero, June 12 (Mercopress-RHC) -- Floods have killed nine people and driven tens of thousands of people from their homes while swelling rivers to record levels in southern Brazil and neighboring Paraguay and Argentina, authorities said. ... More
New York, June 12 (RHC)-- New York City has settled a lawsuit over the false arrest of more than a dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters in 2011. The city will pay $583,000 to plaintiffs detained after officers surrounded them and refused to let them disperse. ... More
Havana, June 12 (RHC) –- Cuban authorities found the dead bodies of four persons who were murdered presumably in an attempt to illegally leave the country, in the western province of Artemisa.... More
Quito, June 12 (RHC) -– Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said in Quito that without Cuba’s full participation, there will be no Summit of the Americas in Panama next year. ... More
Havana, June 12 (RHC) -– Cuba ratified at the UN General Assembly its commitment to fight all acts and forms of terrorism.... More
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