Santiago de Chile, June 28 (PL-RHC) -- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet meets Monday with her U.S. counterpart, Barack Obama, in Washington. ... More
Gaza City, June 28 (RHC)-- At least two Palestinians have been killed and several others injured in an Israeli drone strike on the besieged Gaza Strip.... More
Islamabad, June 28, (RHC), – At least 17 Pro-Taliban militants have been killed in the Pakistani army’s most recent offensive on militant hideouts in the country’s tribal region. ... More
Quito, June 28 (PL-RHC), -- Ecuador managed to destroy 4 million marijuana and some two million poppy plants between 2004-2013; therefore the United Nations declared the country free from illegal drug crops, according to a report presented in Quito.... More
Moscow, June 28, (RHC), – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the United States of encouraging Ukraine to challenge Moscow and heavily weighing in on the European Union.... More
Geneva, June 28 (RHC)-- New figures show the number of refugees is at its highest level since World War II. The United Nations says more than 51 million people are displaced worldwide, half of them children.... More
Washington, June 27 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has asked Congress for $500 million to train and arm Syrian rebels. If approved, it would mark the most direct U.S. military role in the conflict to date, following more covert forms of support for the rebels. ... More
Caracas, June 27 (PL-RHC) -- Venezuelan Attorney General Luisa Ortega has denounced an attack against the headquarters of the Public Ministry in Caracas.... More
Washington, June 27 (RHC)-- In a decision Thursday, the Supreme Court struck down three appointments to the National Labor Relations Board made by President Barack Obama during a three-day Senate recess in 2012. ... More
Kabul, June 27 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, a former finance minister and World Bank official, says he has won the presidential election.... More
Ottawa, June 27 (RHC)-- Canada’s Supreme Court has issued a landmark victory for First Nations who oppose the corporate exploitation of their land. In what has been hailed as the most significant indigenous rights case in Canadian history, the court gave the Tsilhqot’in First Nation title to nearly 700 square miles of land in British Columbia. ... More
Buenos Aires, June 27 (Mercopress-RHC) -- Argentina said that in five weeks it will restart operations at an enriched uranium plant as part of a peaceful pursuit of nuclear energy.... More
Detroit, June 27 (RHC)-- Activists in the U.S. city of Detroit have appealed to the United Nations over the city’s move to shut off the water of thousands of residents. The Detroit water authority says half of its 323,000 accounts are delinquent. It has begun turning off the taps of those who do not pay bills that total above $150 or that are 60 days late. ... More
Washington, June 27 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration is responding to the surge in child migrants with increased detention and speedier deportations. Thousands of children are being held in U.S. detention centers after fleeing violence and poverty in Central America. ... More
Buenos Aires, June 26 (PL-RHC) -- Latin America has joined Argentina in the dispute over so-called “vulture funds” and called for unity to avoid the plundering of natural resources in the region.... More
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