Buenos Aires, October 1 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Argentinian Cabinet Chief Jorge Capitanich on Tuesday dismissed a U.S. judge's contempt-of- court ruling against Argentina as futile.... More


Kabul, October 1 (RHC)-- The Taliban has carried out a suicide bombing on two buses carrying soldiers in the Afghan capital of Kabul, killing seven people and wounding 21. ... More


Caracas, October 1 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Regional and sub-regional blocs should help reform the United Nations to fit the current world political landscape, a Venezuelan legislator suggested in Caracas on Tuesday.... More


Washington, October 1 (RHC)-- The United States is set to send some 1,400 forces to Liberia to supposedly help fight spread of Ebola in the West African country. ... More


San Salvador, October 1 (Xinhua-RHC) -- El Salvador and the United States Tuesday signed an accord that paves the way for the U.S. funding of the development of the Central American nation's Pacific coast.... More


Ramallah, October 1 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech at the United Nations General Assembly has infuriated Palestinian organizations in the Gaza Strip and occupied territories. ... More


Lima, October 1 (Xinhua-RHC) -- The first Peru-Colombia bi-national cabinet meeting concluded Tuesday with the signing of 11 accords between the neighboring South American nations, Peru's Andina news agency reported.... More


Dallas, October 1 (RHC)-- The United States has confirmed its first case of Ebola virus disease in the city of Dallas, which is also the first case outside of Africa. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that a male patient tested positive for the disease on Tuesday. ... More


Lima, October 1 (Mercopress-RHC) -- Uruguay's lawmaker and chief of the Organization of American States Electoral Observation Mission (OAS/EOM) Sergio Abreu arrived on Tuesday in Lima to lead a group of 35 people who will observe Peru's October 5th regional and municipal elections in 16 departments of the country and the Province of Callao.... More


Madrid, October 1 (RHC)-- Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Barcelona, vowing to disobey Spain's blocking of Catalonia's independence referendum. Some 5,000 angry Catalans gathered in one of the city's main squares on Tuesday, waving Catalan independence flags and chanting "We will vote." ... More


Caracas, October 1 (PL-RHC)-- The Venezuelan Government strategy to fight smuggling is producing positive results, with large volumes of food and fuel having been seized by authorities.... More


New York, September 30 (Mercopress-RHC) -- New York District Judge Thomas Griesa on Monday declared Argentina in contempt of court, due to the country's actions in attempting to change debt jurisdictions as a result of the ongoing judicial conflict with holdout investors presided over by the U.S. magistrate.... More


Buenos Aires, September 30 (Mercopress-RHC) -- President Cristina Fernandez said U.S. Judge Thomas Griesa's decision to declare Argentina 'in contempt of court' in the dispute with speculative funds, was in violation of international law, the UN charter and the OAS.... More


Montevideo, September 30 (Mercopress-RHC) -- The Organization of American States Secretary General, Jose Miguel Insulza, has “urged the United States to close the Guantanamo Bay facility without delay and arrange for the trial or release of the detainees,” calling on member countries to consider receiving detainees from Guantanamo.... More


Kabul, September 30 (RHC)-- Afghanistan’s new government has signed an agreement to keep 10,000 U.S. troops in the country. The deal came one day after President Ashraf Ghani was inaugurated. His predecessor, Hamid Karzai, had refused to sign the agreement. ... More


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