Rome, June 8 (RHC)-- Three of Italy's eight northern regions have refused to accept more migrants, days after thousands were rescued and arrived on Italian soil. On Sunday, the northern regions of Lombardy, Liguria, and Veneto vowed to defy the government of Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi by refusing to allow in new migrants. ... More
Brussels, June 8 (RHC)-- Prosecutors in Belgium have opened an investigation into claims of extensive spying by Germany, which has allegedly cooperated with the United States in snooping on Berlin's European allies. ... More
London, June 8 (RHC)-- Attackers have ripped the hijab off a Muslim woman while picking up her children after school in London. After asking if it was hot wearing hijab, "they pulled my headscarf off and started punching and kicking me," RT quoted the young woman as saying in a report on Sunday. ... More
London, June 8 (RHC)-- British protesters stage a rally to urge the closure of a notorious immigrant detention center in the United Kingdom. The largest protest yet against Britain's most notorious immigration removal center took place on Saturday, as campaigners denounced Yarl's Wood as an "abomination" that should be closed immediately, the Guardian reported. ... More
Ankara, June 8 (RHC)-- Turkey’s ruling party has lost its parliamentary majority in a major defeat for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The Justice and Development Party, or AKP, still won the most seats, but lost legislative control for the first time in 13 years. ... More
Islamabad, June (RHC)-- Pakistan has acknowledged it has cleared eight of the ten people convicted for the attempted murder of Pakistani education activist Malala Yousafzai. ... More
Madrid, June 8 (RHC)-- Air traffic controllers in Spain have launched four days of partial strikes that could affect thousands of flights in one of the most visited countries in the world. The work stoppage called by the Union of Air Traffic Controllers (USCA) is scheduled to take place on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday between two blocks of four hours each day. ... More
Mexico City, June 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Independent candidate of the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, Jaime Rodriguez, made history on Sunday by breaking with the two-party system after winning the governorship with at least 44 percent of the vote, according to preliminary results and exit polls.... More
Mexico City, June 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Disaster and death marked Sunday's mid-term elections in Mexico, after protesters and activists boycotted the polls and protested against the electoral process. ... More
Quito, June 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuador’s government is proposing a new law to make all migrants legal in the country. ... More
Quito, June 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A new bill put forward by Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa designed to redistribute wealth in the country was officially submitted on Friday to the National Assembly. ... More
Vatican City, June 8 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez held a meeting with Pope Francis on Sunday during her visit to Rome. “It is going to be a great meeting between two people who care for each other very much and who like to talk about what is happening in the world,” said Eduardo Valdes, Argentinian ambassador to the Vatican, ahead of the meeting. ... More
Kabul, June 6 (RHC)-- At least 17 people have been killed in two U.S. assassination drone strikes in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar. According to Afghan officials, the strikes took place in Haska Mina and Chaparhar districts of Nangarhar Province. ... More
Tegucigalpa, June 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of Hondurans took to the streets on Friday holding torches in their hands to protest the alarming levels of corruption in the country and demanding the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez.... More
Ramallah, June 6 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis, and foreigners have taken to the streets of a village near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron to voice anger at Tel Aviv’s plan to demolish the village. ... More
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