Havana, January 23 (RHC)-- Cuba will allow residents to rent homes or commercial space from real estate agencies, which previously offer services only to foreign residents, companies or institutions.... More


Madrid, January 23 (RHC)-- The Crown Prince of Spain, Felipe de Borbon, visited the Cuban stand at the Madrid Tourism Fair FITUR 2014. Cuban Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero and the island's ambassador to Spain, Eugenio Martinez, welcomed the Prince of Asturias to the Cuban exhibition on Wednesday, where Cuba's tourism offer is showcased.... More


Nicolas Dorr and Gerardo Fulleda were presented the National Theater Award for 2014 at a ceremony in Havana’s Bertolt Brecht Cultural Center on the occasion of Cuban Theater Day.... More


Jan 22, -- A quartet of Cubans will attend the Modern Pentathlon World Cup in Mexico from February 25th to March 3rd this year, told AIN news agency Alejandro Guarsh, head coach of the national team of that discipline, who declared that the hosts invited 4 athletes and 1 coach with all expenses paid.... More


Montreux, January 22 (RHC)-- A long-awaited international conference on the ongoing crisis in Syria kicked off in Switzerland on Wednesday.... More


Buenos Aires, January 22 (RHC)-– Argentina is looking forward to the upcoming summit of the Community if Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) because the Malvinas Islands issue will be on the agenda.... More


Washington, January 22 (RHC)-- As several lawmakers on Capitol Hill have called Edward Snowden a traitor and even go so far as to say he is a Russian spy, other officials are opening calling for his assassination. ... More


Bogotá, January 22 (RHC)-– Fourteen rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) have been killed during an aerial and a ground attack on a rebel camp in the northeastern state of Arauca.... More


New York, January 22 (RHC)-- Amnesty International says Washington's continued operation of the notorious detention camp at Guantánamo and the torture of detainees there is a prime example of the U.S. double standard on human rights.... More


Tel Aviv, January 22 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again threatened Hamas, saying he will teach the Palestinian resistance movement a lesson very soon. Speaking in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu said: "We have a very clear policy and we respond forcefully against whoever hurts us." ... More


Islamabad, January 22 (RHC)-- At least 22 Shia pilgrims returning from Iran are killed when a powerful bomb explosion hit their bus in the restive Balochistan Province in southwest Pakistan.... More


Managua, January 22 (RHC)-- Nicaragua attracted 1.5 billion U.S. dollars in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2013, up 17 percent from the previous year, state-run investment agency ProNicaragua said Tuesday.... More


Cairo, January 22 (RHC)-- Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi is to stand trial on charges of conspiring with foreign groups to carry out terrorist attacks. Egypt's prosecutor general said on Tuesday that Morsi will stand trial on February 16th for alleged espionage and conspiracy charges.... More


Gaza City, January 22 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have launched another airstrike on the blockaded Gaza Strip, with initial reports indicating there have been at least two deaths. In the attack, which occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, an Israeli fighter jet targeted a vehicle in the city of Beit Hanoun in northeast Gaza.... More


Tokyo, January 22 (RHC)-- Voters on the Japanese island of Okinawa have re-elected a mayor opposed to the relocation of a major U.S. military base. Local officials agreed to a deal last month that would move the base from a densely populated urban area to a more remote location. ... More


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