Caracas, November 3 (RHC)-- The electoral schedule for Venezuela's regional and municipal elections, to be held on November 21, is 82 percent advanced, according to the president of the National Electoral Council (CNE), Pedro Calzadilla.... More


Managua, November 3 (RHC)-- Nicaragua closes its electoral campaign period four days before the elections, after having started last September 25th when political parties campaigned for the legislative positions and for president and vice president of the country.... More


Quito, November 3 (RHC)-- The National Service of Integral Attention to Adults Deprived of Liberty and Adolescent Offenders (SNAI) of Ecuador reported on Tuesday the death of three inmates in the Guayas 1 Prison, also known as Penitenciaría del Litoral, due to clashes between rival gangs.... More


Damascus, November 3 (RHC)-- Israel has launched an aerial attack with a number of missiles targeting an area on the outskirts of the Syrian capital of Damascus, Syrian state TV said early on Wednesday, citing a military source.  It added the attack resulted in some material damage.... More


Tehran, November 3 (RHC)-- Iran has confirmed that its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has foiled an attempt by American forces to intercept an oil tanker, and that the vessel is now back in Iranian waters.... More


Glasgow, November 3 (RHC)-- The president of Bolivia, Luis Arce, proposed this Tuesday in the framework of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change 2021 in its 26th edition that took place in Glasgow, a support from developed countries to create programs to combat the climate phenomenon.... More


Guatemala City, November 3 (RHC)-- Police in Guatemala have found 54 Haitian migrants, including 14 children, travelling towards Mexico in a truck trailer with the hope of reaching the United States, according to officials.... More


Houston, November 3 (RHC)-- A Houston company has sued the state of Texas saying the state’s ban on doing business with companies that participate in a boycott of Israel is unconstitutional.... More


United Nations, November 2 (RHC)-- The United Nations Security Council has extended the UN peacekeeping mission in Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara for another year.  The resolution calls for a resumption of U.N.-brokered talks between Morocco, which has occupied the northwest African territory since 1975, and the Polisario Front, the Sahrawi liberation movement seeking independence. ... More


United Nations, November 2 (RHC)-- The United Nations warned that without urgent action, Afghanistan is poised to become the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.  Families displaced by fighting have been living in tents as the winter cold sets in, with food remaining scarce. ... More


Washington, November 2 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Monday on whether to uphold Texas’s ban on abortions after six weeks, before most women know they are pregnant. ... More


Managua, November 2 (RHC)-- The Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) of Nicaragua is distributing ballots and electoral material for the general elections to be held next Sunday in the Central American country.... More


Mexico City, November 2 (RHC)-- Officers from Mexico’s National Guard fatally shot a migrant after opening fire at a pick-up truck attempting to avoid a checkpoint, authorities said.... More


Kabul, November 2 (RHC)-- At least 19 people were killed and 43 wounded when two explosions followed by gunfire hit Afghanistan’s biggest military hospital in the capital Kabul, interior ministry sources told Al Jazeera on Tuesday.... More


Tel Aviv, November 2 (RHC)-- A private jet used by close associates of Libya’s rebel commander General Khalifa Haftar has arrived in Israel, coming from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), reports said Tuesday.... More


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