Ramallah, November 5 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot and killed another Palestinian amid escalating tensions in the occupied West Bank territories. The shooting took place on Wednesday near the city of Hebron, with Israeli forces claiming that the victim had ran over and injured two Israeli policemen in the West Bank, Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported. ... More
Ramallah, November 5 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have abducted at least 28 Palestinians across the occupied territories amid weeks of the Tel Aviv regime’s aggression against Palestinians. The arrests were made in the occupied West Bank cities of Jenin, Hebron and Ramallah as well as Jerusalem, Palestinian Ma’an news agency reported on Wednesday. The report added that a number of children and minors are among the detainees. ... More
Kabul, November 5 (RHC)-- An unmanned aerial vehicle belonging to the US military has reportedly crashed in a remote mountainous area of Afghanistan’s Kabul Province. A senior official from Afghan Interior Ministry told the Associated Press on condition of anonymity that the drone went down in mountains south of the capital, Kabul, on Wednesday evening. The official noted that no casualties were caused by the crash. ... More
London, November 5 (RHC)-- Thousands of Britons and young students took to the streets of London on Wednesday to protest against cuts to free education. The rally was organized by the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts. ... More
Berlin, November 5 (RHC)-- Moody's Investors Service has cut scandal-stricken automaker Volkswagen's credit rating as the emissions-rigging furore around the German industrial tycoon continues to deepen. ... More
Lima, November 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Indigenous groups protested in southern Peru on Wednesday against the Peruvian government’s policies and to celebrate the 235th anniversary of Tupac Amaru’s rebellion against Spanish colonizers.... More
Asunción, November 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- More than 750 Paraguayan doctors began a 48-hour strike on Wednesday in Asunción to try force a dialogue with authorities after no agreements were reached on key issues for doctors in a meeting earlier this week.... More
Mexico City, November 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Rural organizations demanded Wednesday the Mexican government better redistribute the 2016 budget in favor of a “family, indigenous and small-scaled” agricultural model, while multilateral negotiations to be part of the Trans-Pacific trade deal (TPP), which excludes such a model, continue.... More
Mexico City, November 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexico's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday the recreational use of marijuana is constitutional, a decision likely to lead to legalization.... More
Port-Au-Prince, November 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Haitian Prime Minister Evans Paul rejected criticisms of the elections held on October 25 in the Caribbean country and defended the country's democratic system amid accusations of electoral fraud by some candidates.... More
Brasilia, November 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A group of five young activists associated with the Popular Youth Uprising showered opposition politician and speaker of the lower house, Eduardo Cunha, with fake dollars imprinted with the image of the lawmaker in a protest stunt over his alleged role in a corruption scandal in Brazil.... More
Bogotá, November 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In an historic court ruling, same-sex couples can now adopt children in Colombia, the Constitutional Court of Colombia decided on Wednesday.... More
Damascus, November 4 (RHC)-- Syria’s state television says the country’s armed forces have reopened a road leading to government-controlled parts of the northern city of Aleppo. ... More
Port-Au-Prince, November 4 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Haiti's electoral authorities reported Tuesday that the preliminary results of the elections will not be disclosed as expected, according to the national electoral law, but on Thursday.... More
Juba, November 4 (RHC)-- At least 41 people have been killed in an incident during which a cargo plane crash-landed shortly after takeoff in South Sudan. ... More
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