Abuja, September 11 (RHC)-- The Nigerian army has launched a massive attack against Boko Haram Takfiri militants to retake the northeastern town of Michika that fell to militants over the weekend, witnesses say.... More


Brussels, September 11 (RHC)-- The European Union has once again failed to reach a unanimous decision on whether to implement new sanctions against Russia over the situation in Ukraine, diplomatic sources say.... More


Brussels, September 11 (RHC)-- The European Union has once again failed to reach a unanimous decision on whether to implement new sanctions against Russia over the situation in Ukraine, diplomatic sources say. ... More


Lima, September 11 (Andina-RHC) -- Peru’s Minister of Environment, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal opened Wednesday the seventh Ibero-American Congress on Environmental Education taking place in Lima until Friday.... More


United Nations, September 10 (Mercopress-RHC)-- The United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly in favor of a legal framework that would help regulate restructuring of foreign sovereign debt, a project that was suggested by the Argentinian government and presented before the assembly by the Group of 77 plus China.... More


Kabul, September 10 (RHC)-- A number of civilians, including women and children, have been killed in yet another airstrike by U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan. The attack, which took place in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Kunar, left at least 14 people dead, most of them women and children. ... More


Havana, September 10 (RHC) -– The head of the Colombian government delegation participating in peace talks, Humberto de la Calle, said that they are ready to listen to the victims of the confrontation.... More


Brussels, September 10 (RHC)-- An official European Union delegation that visited the besieged Gaza Strip after the recent Israeli onslaught on the blockaded area says Israel has committed "genocide" against defenseless Palestinians. ... More


Baghdad, September 10 (RHC)-- U.S. fighter jets have conducted more airstrikes against the ISIL terrorist group in western Iraq, according to the Pentagon. Reports say that U.S. warplanes and drones carried out multiple strikes on Monday and Tuesday on the militants near the Haditha Dam on the Euphrates River to protect it from ISIL. ... More


United Nations, September 10 (RHC)-- The United Nations has called damage in the war-torn Gaza "unprecedented" after 50 days of bombardment by Israel against the Palestinian territory. The UN and the Palestinian government released a new appeal on Tuesday, calling for $551 million in aid for the Gaza Strip. ... More


Washington, September 10 (RHC)-- The White House is asserting that U.S. President Barack Obama already has authority for the expanded military campaign against the Islamic State he has asked Congress to approve. ... More


Washington, September 10 (RHC)-- A Syrian prisoner cleared for release months ago from the notorious U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay is withering away because of hunger strike. Forty-three-year-old Abu Wa'el Dhiab started his hunger strike 18 months ago to protest his indefinite confinement without charge. ... More


Freetown, September 10 (RHC)-- Liberia's Defense Minister Brownie Samukai has told the United Nations that his country's "existence" is threatened by the Ebola epidemic. ... More


Brussels, September 9 (RHC)-- The European Union has formerly adopted a fresh package of sanctions against Russia despite Moscow’s retaliation warnings. European Council President Herman Van Rompuy announced the sanctions on Monday, saying that their implementation will take place over the next few days.... More


Sao Paulo, September 9 (Xinhua-RHC) -- An extensive fire in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo, destroyed some 600 slum houses, leaving nearly 2,500 residents homeless, the fire department said Monday. ... More


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