Bangkok, January 23 (RHC)-- Thailand has declared a state of emergency in the capital Bangkok amid continued protests against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. ... More


Karachi, January 23 (RHC)-- Three members of a polio vaccination team have been shot dead in the Pakistani city of Karachi. The victims were the latest to be killed in the fallout from the U.S. assassination of Osama bin Laden. ... More


Geneva, January 23 (RHC)-- The European Union has frozen talks over a controversial section of a trans-Atlantic trade deal with the United States to allow input from member states. ... More


New York, January 23 (RHC)-- States across the northeastern United States have declared emergencies amid heavy snowfall and freezing temperatures. Thousands of flights were canceled on Tuesday as over a foot of snow hit cities, including Philadelphia and New York City. ... More


United Nations, January 23 (RHC)-- The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has censured Israeli’s acts of aggression against Palestinians, calling on the UN Security Council to take action against the Tel Aviv regime.... More


Buenos Aires, January 23 (RHC)-- Argentinian President Cristina Fernández will travel to Havana to participate in the 2nd Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), to be held January 28th and 29th, her Chief of Staff Jorge Capitanich told the press on Wednesday.... More


Quito, January 23 (RHC)-- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Wednesday described as extraordinarily cooperative his country's relations with Cuba.... More


Havana, January 23 (RHC)-- Cuba will allow residents to rent homes or commercial space from real estate agencies, which previously offer services only to foreign residents, companies or institutions.... More


Madrid, January 23 (RHC)-- The Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visited the Cuban stand at the Madrid Tourism Fair FITUR 2014. Cuban Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero and the island's ambassador to Spain, Eugenio Martinez, welcomed the Prince of Asturias to the Cuban exhibition on Wednesday, where Cuba's tourism offer is showcased.... More


Nicolas Dorr and Gerardo Fulleda were presented the National Theater Award for 2014 at a ceremony in Havana’s Bertolt Brecht Cultural Center on the occasion of Cuban Theater Day.... More


Jan 22, -- A quartet of Cubans will attend the Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Mexico from February 25th to March 3rd this year, told AIN news agency Alejandro Guarsh, head coach of the national team of that discipline, who declared that the hosts invited 4 athletes and 1 coach with all expenses paid.... More


Montreux, January 22 (RHC)-- A long-awaited international conference on the ongoing crisis in Syria kicked off in Switzerland on Wednesday.... More


Buenos Aires, January 22 (RHC)-– Argentina is looking forward to the upcoming summit of the Community if Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) because the Malvinas Islands issue will be on the agenda.... More


Washington, January 22 (RHC)-- As several lawmakers on Capitol Hill have called Edward Snowden a traitor and even go so far as to say he is a Russian spy, other officials are opening calling for his assassination. ... More


Bogotá, January 22 (RHC)-– Fourteen rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have been killed during an aerial and a ground attack on a rebel camp in the northeastern state of Arauca.... More


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