Moscow, Dec 27, (RHC), -- The Syrian government is ready to take part in the upcoming Russia-sponsored meeting in Moscow to discuss ways to end the long-running conflict, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Saturday.... More


La Paz, December 27 (RHC-PL), -- Bolivian President Evo Morales said Friday Bolivia will host a meeting of social organizations of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA) on climate change next September or October 2015.... More


Mexico City, December 27 (RHC-teleSUR), -- For the last two decades, salaried workers in Mexico haven't been able to garner more than 35 percent of the dividends generated by the economy, according to the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).... More


Moscow, December 27 (RHC)-- Russia has approved an updated version of the country’s military doctrine which considers NATO military buildup as a major foreign threat against its national security. The new doctrine, which was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, also lists the American Prompt Global Strike (PGS) concept among the top security threats to the country, Russia Today reported.... More


Tikrit, Dec 27, (RHC-Xinhua) -- Iraqi security forces on Saturday made some gains on the ground against the Islamic State (IS) militant group, advancing to break the siege of the town of Dhuluiyah in Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin.... More


Caracas, December 27 (RHC-teleSUR), -- As Venezuela is set to join the United Nations Security Council, President Nicolas Maduro has appointed his current foreign minister as the U.N. representative.... More


Birmingham, December 27 (RHC)-- Activists held a demonstration in the U.S. state of Alabama on Friday to demonstrate against ongoing police brutality against African Americans. The “Black Lives Matter” demonstration was organized in the city of Birmingham on Friday.... More


San Salvador, December 27 (RHC-teleSUR), -- A Salvadoran man who went missing 32 years ago during El Salvador's bloody civil war from 1980-92, has finally been reunited with his biological family, according to officials.... More


Cubans are celebrating the 110th birthday of renowned Cuban writer and intellectual, Alejo Carpentier, on December 26th... More


Old Havana’s San Francis of Assisi Square will be the venue of the New Year Concert “Por Mi Habana” on Saturday, December 27th, starring Cuba's National Symphony Orchestra... More


Bogotá, December 26 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Overtures toward peace for 2015 in Colombia include land reform and future participation in politics, as well as the release of a captive Colombian soldier.... More


Mexico City, December 26 (RHC-teleSUR) -- On Christmas Eve, in pouring rain, a few dozen Mexican parents and supporters met in front of the presidential complex at Los Pinos to reiterate their pledge to keep up the search for their children and to demand President Enrique Peña Nieto keep his promise to find them.... More


London, December 26 (RHC)-- Former British Foreign Office Minister Baroness Sayeeda Warsi says the United Kingdom must unilaterally recognize Palestine as an independent country. In an exclusive interview with English-language newspaper daily The Independent on Thursday, Warsi said London's policy of "Israeli appeasement" is not working, and called on British ministers to openly condemn Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank. ... More


Mexico City, December 26 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Dozens of family members of the missing Mexican students, organizations and supporters protested Thursday in front of the German embassy to demand that the European country stop selling weapons to Mexico.... More


Tel Aviv, December 26 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has approved the construction of 243 new illegal settler units in the occupied Palestinian territories, despite mounting international criticism of Israeli settlement expansion. ... More


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