Beirut, November 13 (RHC)-- Thousands of Lebanese have attended a funeral ceremony in southern Beirut for the victims of twin bomb attacks by the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group. Schools and universities were closed Friday as people gathered in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahieh to mourn the victims of the deadly attacks a day before, where 44 people died. ... More
Ramallah, November 13 (RHC)-- A series of Israeli attacks on Palestinian demonstrations has injured dozens as clashes continue across the occupied West Bank. The Palestinian news agency Ma'an said on Friday that a total of 29 Palestinians were wounded in violent Israeli assaults on marches held in various towns and villages. ... More
Cairo, November 13 (RHC)-- Egyptian officials say a copy of the black box recording of a Russian Airbus that crashed in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula will be sent abroad for analysis amid efforts to identify the exact cause of the incident. ... More
Tel Aviv, November 13 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime is ready to demolish five homes belonging to Palestinians who Tel Aviv accuses of carrying out anti-Israeli attacks. Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday allowed the destruction of the houses, three of which are situated in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus. The other two residences are in the Qalandiya refugee camp near Ramallah, also in the West Bank.... More
Washington, November 13 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's suggestion to discuss Washington's recognition of Israeli rule over the occupied Golan Heights, according to the white House. ... More
Stockholm, November 13 (RHC)-- Sweden has reinstated temporary border checks in a bid to deal with a record influx of refugees. Swedish officials said on Thursday that a surge in new arrivals is threatening public order in the Nordic country. ... More
New York, November 13 (RHC)-- Student protests are sweeping across the United States. On Thursday, students on more than 100 college campuses rallied from coast to coast against institutional racism, as well as against mounting student debt. ... More
Washington, November 13 (RHC)-- Several professors canceled classes at the historically Black college of Howard University in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, after someone claiming to be a University of Missouri student made a violent threat against Howard students. ... More
Mexico City, November 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- At least 15 students from the Ayotzinapa teacher-training college were detained and 20 injured in attacks by state police in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero late Wednesday.... More
Montevideo, November 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The general strike is not directed against the government but rather aims to deepen the changes proposed in 2004 and 2005, said Daniel Diverio, general secretary of the National Construction Union of Uruguay (SUNCA) and the country's union federation PIT-CNT... More
Brasilia, November 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Brazilian government announced on Wednesday that it granted permanent residency to 43,781 Haitian immigrants who entered the country illegally during the past five years. ... More
Bogotá, November 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombiam President Juan Manuel Santos on Thursday rejected the possibility of holding a constituent assembly in efforts to solidify a peace deal between the Colombian government and rebel forces.... More
Quito, November 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In a statement released Wednesday, Ecuador’s governing party, Alianza PAIS, rejected the “latest political intervention against the government of Ecuador by the U.S.-based organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its report released on November 10, 2015.”... More
La Paz, November 13 (PL-RHC)-- The presidential pardon issued by President Evo Morales last July has benefited 4,118 prisoners in Bolivia so far, Cambio state journal reported on Thursday.... More
Port-Au-Prince, November 13 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The country is going through its second day of anti-government protests, after the opposition rejected the presidential and legislative election results announced a week ago. ... More
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