Washington, October 25 (RHC-NNN) -- A former commander of Colombia's leftist FARC rebels was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Friday for his role in the 2003 kidnapping of three U.S. citizens held captive for five years, the U.S. Justice Department said.... More
Mexico City, October 24 (RHC-Xinhua) -- The governor of the violence-torn state of Guerrero in southern Mexico has announced his resignation in the wake of a scandal involving 43 students who are still missing.... More
Washington, October 24 (RHC)-- The Pentagon says it is investigating evidence an airdrop of arms intended for Kurdish fighters has ended up in the hands of Islamic State militants. ... More
Brasilia, October 24 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Supporters of Brazil's two rival presidential candidates clashed in downtown Sao Paulo Thursday, as the race heats up ahead of Sunday's election runoff.... More
Rio de Janeiro, October 24 (RHC-Mercopress) -- In the fourth poll in a row, incumbent President Dilma Rousseff pulled ahead to be the favorite to win Sunday's runoff.... More
New York, October 24 (RHC)-- New York City has reported its first case of Ebola. Dr. Craig Spencer tested positive after returning last week from Guinea where he was treating Ebola patients with Doctors Without Borders. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Spencer is in isolation at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan. ... More
Brasilia, October 24 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Brazilian presidential candidates have had to face up to the country's economic slowdown during their campaigns ahead of the run-off on Sunday.... More
Damascus, October 24 (RHC)-- The Syrian army has flushed out Takfiri militants from a strategic town nine months after it was seized by the terrorists. Reports on Thursday said that Syrian ground forces backed by airstrikes liberated the town of Morek from the mercenaries belonging to the al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front. ... More
Montevideo, October 24 (RHC-Mercopress) -- The three main presidential candidates for Uruguay's election on Sunday closed their campaigns last night with three huge political rallies that gathered thousands of supporters and put an end to months of travel, speeches and baby kissing, in what could prove to be the tightest race in recent years.... More
Washington, October 24 (RHC)-- The claim that the U.S. military will train so-called “moderate” Syrian militants only in “defensive” role is an excuse to set the stage for deployment of U.S. Special Operations Forces inside Syria to lead the offensive against the Syrian government. ... More
Damascus, October 24 (RHC)-- According to reports from Syria, the U.S.-led military coalition has launched four airstrikes on an oil field in eastern Syria. The airstrikes reportedly targeted oil wells in the eastern province of Deir ez-Zor near the Iraqi border. ... More
Lima, October 24 (RHC-Andina) -- The governments of Peru and Belgium today signed a cooperation agreement that will provide scholarships for low-income Peruvian professionals of science and technology at Belgian universities.... More
Abuja, October 24 (RHC)-- Takfiri Boko Haram militants in Nigeria have abducted at least 60 women and girls following attacks on two remote towns in the country's northeast, despite a truce between the government and the militants. ... More
Mexico City, October 24 (RHC-EFE) -- A magazine editor in western Mexico who went missing October 10th has been found murdered, a source in the Sinaloa state Attorney General's Office told Efe Thursday.... More
Berlin, October 24 (RHC)-- In southwestern Germany, an exposed gas pipe at a construction site caused a massive explosion that killed one worker and injured 11 others. ... More
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