Germany's highest official responsible for refugees has again called for the return of asylum seekers to Greece as the first EU country they normally reach, saying the European Union's Dublin Regulation should be implemented regardless of objections by Athens.... More


Three police vehicles in Germany's eastern city of Dresden have been set on fire in the run-up to a national day and less than a week after far-right extremists carried out two attacks in the city.... More


On Thursday Venezuela hailed the oil output freezing deal reached by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, or OPEC, in order to stabilize prices.... More


Former President of Argentina Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said attacks on progressive governments in Latin America are not isolated cases but articulated plans.... More


The coup-imposed government of Michel Temer in Brazil announced Thursday it will privative 34 state companies in strategic areas around the country.... More


Government forces in Nigeria have killed nine Boko Haram fighters in the country's northeastern state of Borno, an army spokesman said on Thursday.... More


Contemporary police killings and continued racial discrimination against African Americans in the United States are reminiscent of racial terror practices which were once used against black slaves, according to a United Nations-affiliated human rights body report released earlier this week.... More


Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has said that talks aimed at ending hostilities with the country's second largest guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), could start as early as next week if the rebel group agrees to hand over hostages.... More


Peru's Former Spy Chief, Vladimiro Montesinos

A court in Peru has sentenced the country's former spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, to 22 years in jail for the forced disappearance of a professor and two students in 1993.... More


China and Latin America are cooperating in order to make the world a more balanced and peaceful place, a senior Chinese state official said Tuesday in Ecuador.... More


Nearly 600 more U.S. troops will be dispatched to Iraq in coming weeks to reinforce Iraqi government forces to take back the city of Mosul from the extreme Islam State (the IS.... More


The Syrian military intensified its airstrikes on rebel positions in the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday, a military source said on condition of anonymity.... More


Bolivian President Evo Morales on Tuesday called the TV debate between U.S. presidential candidates "only a show" and said the November elections would not affect Bolivia-U.S. ties.... More


Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli

Panama has submitted a formal request with the U.S. Department of State for the extradition of former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli to face Panamanian justice, the country’s foreign ministry said Tuesday.... More


Shimon Peres, Israel's former president and its eldest statesman, passed away in a hospital outside Tel Aviv Wednesday morning, two weeks after he suffered a stroke, a spokesperson for the hospital confirmed.... More


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