Quito, September 15 (NNN-RHC) -- Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa is taking on U.S.-owned fast food chains in a bid to combat the escalating obesity problem in the country.... More
Tripoli, September 15 (RHC)-- Only 26 people have been rescued out of the 250 African emigrants on board a boat that sank off Libya's coast while heading for Europe. The boat sank near the northeastern town of Tajoura, some 25 kilometers from the capital Tripoli, on Sunday, said Ayub Qassem, a spokesman for the Libyan navy. ... More
Gaza City, September 15 (RHC)-- Children who have started the new school year in the besieged Gaza Strip are grappling with the trauma of the recent Israeli military offensive on the blockaded area. ... More
Canberra, September 15 (RHC)-- Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his country will deploy 600 soldiers to the United Arab Emirates to fight ISIL Takfiri terrorists operating in Iraq. On Sunday, the Australian premier said that some "400 air personnel and about 200 military personnel" would be deployed to join the US-led international coalition preparing to fight the ISIL militants. ... More
New York, September 13 (RHC)-- A group of peace activists gathered in the U.S. city of New York to denounce President Barack Obama's plan to launch airstrikes in Syria in the name of fighting ISIL terrorism.... More
Havana, September 13 (RHC)-- A group of victims of Colombia’s long civil war have called on the government and leftist rebels for an immediate ceasefire so that the peace process can go forward.... More
Santiago de Chile, September 13 (NNN-RHC) -- Fourteen people were wounded and 179 arrested during protests that broke out on the 41st anniversary of the coup that brought Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet to power, police said on Friday.... More
Damascus, September 12 (RHC)-- Damascus and Moscow have denounced possible unilateral U.S. air raids against ISIL terrorists in Syria, saying the attacks without a UN mandate would constitute an act of aggression.... More
Buenos Aires, September 12 (RHC) -- Argentina's lawmakers Thursday passed a bill that allows the government to pay its foreign debt through domestic banks.... More
Baghdad, September 12 (RHC)-- A chain of car bomb explosions has claimed the lives of at least 19 people and injured dozens more across Iraq’s capital city of Baghdad. ... More
Bogota, September 12 (RHC) -– Six guerrilla fighters with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were killed in an operation launched jointly by police and the military, officials said Friday.... More
Washington, September 11 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States is prepared to expand its bombing campaign against ISIL terrorists and launch airstrikes in Syria. During a speech delivered at the White House on Wednesday, the U.S. president outlined Washington's strategy against ISIL, saying he would hunt down terrorists "wherever they are."... More
Caracas, September 11 (RHC) -- Ambassadors of nine signatory countries to the trade accord within the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA-TCP) are meeting in Caracas to celebrate the successful cooperation of the bloc during its ten years of existence.... More
Damascus, September 11 (RHC)-- Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem says fighting terrorism should be an international priority. In a meeting with visiting UN envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura in Damascus on Wednesday, Moallem said that the international community needs to prioritize battling terror and use all of its resources in accordance with a recent UN resolution.... More
Brasilia, September 11 (RHC) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff continues to maintain her lead over main rival Marina Silva with less than a month to go before the October 5th general elections, polls showed Wednesday.... More
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