United Nations, October 16 (RHC)-- The UN Security Council has called on the international community to step up its efforts to curb the spread of the deadly Ebola outbreak. The 15-member council issued a unanimous statement on Wednesday, saying that the world "has failed to date to adequately address the magnitude of the outbreak and its effects." ... More
Mexico City, October 16 (NNN-RHC) -- Mexican authorities in the town of Iguala scrambled to find 43 students missing since gang-affiliated police attacked them 19 days ago, as angry protesters demanding their safe return threw rocks at the attorney general`s office.... More
Geneva, October 16 (RHC)-- The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) plans to provide the Ebola-ravaged West African countries with specialized diagnostic equipment. A nuclear-derived diagnostic technology will be delivered to the West African countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone which have been most devastated by the spiraling Ebola outbreak, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano announced in a statement on Tuesday. ... More
Lima, October 16 (RHC-Andina) -- While speaking at the 18th American Regional Meeting held in Lima, Peruvian President Ollanta Humala urged countries of the region to fight inequality in order to achieve decent working conditions.... More
Berlin, October 16 (RHC)-- A United Nations employee who contracted the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has died after arriving in Germany for medical treatment, a report says. A Sudanese doctor, who had arrived in Germany from Liberia last week, died Monday night, according to a brief statement issued in Berlin. ... More
Buenos Aires, October 16 (RHC-Mercopress) -- An Argentinian delegation will be attending trade and investment conferences in New Delhi this week as part of the country's efforts to increase exports to the growing Indian market and attract investors.... More
Tel Aviv, October 16 (RHC)-- Israel has expressed anger at the British parliament’s vote in favor of recognizing the state of Palestine. The Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that the vote in favor of recognizing Palestine as a state risks undermining efforts for what it called “real peace with Palestinians.” ... More
Santiago de Chile, October 16 (RHC-Xinhua) -- The unemployment rate in Latin America could dip slightly this year despite limited job growth, two UN agencies said Wednesday.... More
London, October 16 (RHC)-- Thousands of British public sector workers have begun a 24-hour strike demanding better pay amid ongoing pay freezes and government cuts. Some 250,000 members of UKs Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) across the country joined the strike on Wednesday. ... More
Rio de Janeiro, October 16 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Brazil's Federal Police arrested 51 suspected pedophiles Wednesday in a massive dragnet against child pornography, Brazilian news portal G1 news reported.... More
Berlin, October 16 (RHC)-- German train passengers face travel disruptions as members of train drivers' union call for a strike over pay disputes. For the second time in a week, the GDL, Germany's main train driver union, called for a nationwide strike on Wednesday. ... More
Mexico City, October 16 (RHC-Xinhua) -- U.S.-based NuStar Energy and PMI, an affiliate of Mexico's state oil firm Pemex, have signed a letter of intent to form a joint venture to lay pipelines, the companies announced Wednesday.... More
Mexico City, October 15 (RHC-EFE) -- A reputed leader of a criminal organization suspected in the abduction of 43 students took his own life to avoid capture, a source with Mexico's Federal Police told EFE news agency on Tuesday.... More
London, October 15 (RHC)-- The British Parliament has passed a non-binding motion recognizing Palestine as a state with a majority of the votes. British Members of Parliament (MPs) voted in favor of the motion with a majority of 274 to 12 after a six-hour debate. ... More
Gaza City, October 15 (RHC)-- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for an independent investigation into Israel's deadly shelling of a UN-run school during the Tel Aviv regime's latest onslaught on the Gaza Strip. The UN head expressed shock at the devastation during his Tuesday visit to some of the areas worst hit during the Israeli raids on Gaza in July and August, saying: "No amount of Security Council sessions, reports or briefings could have prepared me for what I witnessed today." ... More
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