Damascus, October 8 (RHC)-- After regaining control of the Syrian town of Dukhaniyeh, the army plans larger scale attacks aimed at completely clearing the regions around the capital Damascus from militant groups. ... More
Lima, October 8 (Andina-RHC) --Electronic voting was successfully implemented in several districts in the recent Peru municipal and regional elections, paving the way for greater citizen participation in the democratic process, analysts said.... More
Baghdad, October 8 (RHC)-- U.S. warplanes have killed at least 22 civilians and wounded 43 others during an air strike in Iraq. According to reports, the attack occurred in the city of Hit, recently captured by the ISIL terrorists, in the Anbar province on Monday. ... More
New York, October 8 (RHC)-- A group of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered outside the offices of two U.S. senators in New York City to condemn their support for Israel’s continued aggressions against the Palestinian people.... More
Tegucigalpa, October 8 (NNN-RHC) -- Honduran police have arrested two leaders of the local drug cartel Los Valles near the Guatemalan border. The head of the National Police, Ramon Sabillon, announced that the two were arrested on Sunday in the region of Copan. He said that with these arrests, organized crime in the country has been dealt a severe blow.... More
Dallas, October 8 (RHC)-- The first Ebola patient diagnosed in the United States has died at a Dallas hospital. Thomas Eric Duncan was reportedly receiving an experimental drug and was on dialysis in a fight for his life, which was lost early Wednesday morning.... More
Geneva, October 8 (EFE-RHC) -- Mexican activist Alejandra Ancheita was honored in Geneva Tuesday with the Martin Ennals human rights prize, which recognizes individuals whose work demonstrates "deep commitment" and places them at "great personal risk."... More
Geneva, October 8 (RHC)-- The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the spread of the deadly Ebola virus across Europe is almost inevitable. The WHO's European director, Zsuzsanna Jakab, made the comments on Tuesday, just hours after Europe's first case of Ebola infection was confirmed in Spain. ... More
Mexico City, October 8 (RHC)-- A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted 121 km southwest of El Dorado, Mexico, at 02:40:54 GMT on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said.... More
Bogota, October 7 (RHC)-- President Juan Manuel Santos blasted as 'contradictory' the tough stance taken by his predecessor and right-wing opponent Alvaro Uribe on the ongoing peace negotiations between the Colombian government and the country's largest guerrilla group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP).... More
Washington, October 7 (RHC)-- U.S. military officials announced that Arab and other allied nations have conducted about 10 percent of nearly 2,000 airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq and Syria since August, dropping nearly 1,000 bombs. ... More
Panama City, October 7 (RHC)-- Panama's Vice President and Foreign Minister Isabel de Séint Malo presided over a high-level preparatory meeting to work on the main documents ahead of the 7th Summit of the Americas.... More
London, October 7 (RHC)-- A new report finds a large percentage of the ammunition used by Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria came from the United States. ... More
Montevideo, October 7 (RHC)-- The candidate of the ruling Broad Front Party Tabaré Vásquez leads in the polls ahead of presidencial elections in Uruguay, set for October 26th. ... More
Tripoli, October 7 (RHC)-- More than 100 people are missing after a boat carrying migrants from Syria and sub-Saharan Africa sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. Dozens of other migrants were rescued.... More
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