United Nations, September 25 (RHC)-- Pope Francis addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Friday morning, issuing a sweeping call for peace and environmental justice. And he placed blame for the exploitation of natural resources on “a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity.”... More
New York, September 24 (RHC)-- A newly-released report concludes that burning all of the world’s coal, oil and natural gas deposits would cause the entire ice sheet covering Antarctica to melt. ... More
Mecca, September 24 (RHC)-- At least 700 people have been killed and nearly 720 others injured in a crush during Hajj pilgrimage rituals outside Mecca. According to Saudi disaster officials, the incident occurred in Mina, near Mecca, after two large masses of pilgrims coming down parallel streets fused together.... More
Havana, September 24 (PL-RHC)-- Delegations of the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) signed on Wednesday an agreement on special jurisdiction for peace in Colombia.... More
Abuja, September 24 (RHC)-- Nigerian soldiers have rescued more than 240 women and children in a series of security operations against the Takfiri Boko Haram terrorist group in the country's troubled northeast.... More
Washington, September 24 (RHC)-- A video of a little girl delivering a letter to Pope Francis during his papal procession down Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., has gone viral. ... More
Washington, September 24 (RHC)-- Pope Francis continued his first-ever trip to the United States by becoming the first Pope ever to address the U.S. Congress. At the joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Pope's speech was interrupted numerous times by applause from both Republicans and Democrats.... More
Hebron, September 24 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have clashed with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank following the funeral of a young woman shot dead by the Tel Aviv regime's troops.... More
Budapest, September 24 (RHC)-- Police in Hungary say a record high of 10,046 refugees crossed the border into the country on Wednesday, amid the unprecedented influx of asylum seekers to Europe. Data showed that a total of 9,939 refugees entered Hungary from Croatia while 102 crossed from Serbia. The police, meanwhile, failed to explain the discrepancy of five refugees in the figures.... More
Brussels, September 24 (RHC)-- The European Commission has warned 19 member states of the European Union against failure to implement rules on handling the issue of asylum seekers flooding Europe. European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans issued the warning as EU leaders gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit on the refugee crisis on Wednesday.... More
Tokyo, September 24 (RHC)-- Thousands of Japanese people have held a demonstration to voice anger at a newly-passed controversial law that expands the role of the country’s military allowing it to take part in overseas conflicts.... More
Berlin, September 24 (RHC)-- Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn resigned on Wednesday, taking responsibility for the German carmaker's rigging of U.S. emissions tests.... More
Washington, September 24 (RHC)-- The U.S. Office of Personnel Management, OPM, says that hackers have actually gained access to 5.6 million fingerprint records rather than the one million originally reported by the federal agency.... More
Dallas, September 24 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, who is struggling to raise money for his election campaign, has signed on to a 10-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act, after Republicans failed to block the nuclear agreement with Iran last week. ... More
Panama City, September 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Panama's former President Ricardo Martinelli, who served from 2009 until 2014, is facing wide criticism once again, after the Panamanian Supreme Court admitted on Wednesday two new cases of alleged corruption against him. ... More
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