Geneva, April 18 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow has no plans to send troops to Ukraine as such a move is against the fundamental interests of Russia. Lavrov made the remarks on Thursday, following four-party talks in Geneva among Russia, the United States, European Union and Ukraine to find a diplomatic solution to the turmoil in Ukraine.... More
Bogota, April 18 (Xinhua–RHC) -- The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) Thursday released a Colombian army soldier abducted two days ago from an indigenous community in southwest Cauca department, Colombia's El Tiempo daily reported online.... More
Washington, April 18 (RHC)-- The administration of U.S. President Barack Obama says it will send more “non-lethal” military aid to the new Western-backed government of Ukraine amid increasing tensions between the country and neighboring Russia.... More
Damascus, April 18 (RHC)-- Candidates for the upcoming presidential election in Syria can begin registering on Monday, April 21st, a report quoted a government source as saying. Damascus has said that it would go ahead with presidential election later this year before President Bashar al-Assad’s term ends on July 17th.... More
Tehran, April 18 (RHC)-- Iran is ahead of schedule on diluting its supply of nuclear material under an agreement with the United States and other world powers. ... More
Boston, April 18 (RHC)-- In the United States, immigrants and their supporters from across New England blocked the entrance to a jail used to detain immigrants in Boston, protesting the Barack Obama administration’s record deportations, which have reached an estimated two million. Nineteen people were arrested while more than 150 others rallied to support them. ... More
London, April 17 (RHC)-- A public inquiry in the UK has heard that British soldiers tortured Iraqi civilians and committed other crimes during operations in southern Iraq in 2004.... More
Santiago de Chile, April 17 (Xinhua-RHC) -- The devastating forest fire in the Chilean port of Valparaiso was extinguished Wednesday after claiming at least 15 lives and leaving some 12,500 residents homeless in five days, the city's Fire Department said.... More
Washington, April 17 (RHC)-- The U.S. National Security Agency has reportedly known of the massive new Internet bug "Heartbleed" for several years — and even adopted it for its own use. Bloomberg News reports the NSA was made aware of Heartbleed in early... More
Rio de Janiero, April 17 (Xinhua–RHC) -- On Wednesday, Brazil launched a nationwide campaign against the sexual exploitation of minors, as it readies to host millions of visitors coming for the 2014 World Cup of soccer.... More
Caracas, April 16 (RHC) -- The Venezuelan government and the right-wing opposition ended the second round of talks in Caracas aimed at ending two months of violent protests in the Latin American country with progress on several issues, said Venezuelan Vice President Jorge Arreaza.... More
Santiago, April 16 (RHC) -- Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said in Santiago on Tuesday that her country will respect international treaties in dealing with the dispute with neighboring Bolivia, which handed over documents at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to support its claim in an ongoing sea access case against Chile.... More
Kabul, April 16 (RHC)-- Local Afghan officials say at least three civilians -- including a woman and two children -- have been killed in a U.S.-led airstrike in the country’s troubled east.... More
Constanta, April 16 (RHC)-- As tensions grow between Ukraine and Russia, Romanian President Traian Basescu says the U.S. will send another warship to the Black Sea after its guided-missile destroyer USS Donald Cook leaves.... More
Santiago de Chile, April 16 (RHC) – Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said on Tuesday that her government will be appointing three delegates to deal with the recent disasters that hit the South American nation. The announcement came as her administration announced that at least 3,500 houses have been destroyed and as many as 11,000 people have been displaced by the blaze roaring in the Valparaiso hil... More
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