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
Havana, January 22 (RHC)-- Members of Puerto Rican Independence-oriented organizations will come to Havana in the context of the Second Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, which will promote the membership of Puerto Rico.... More
Havana, January 22 (RHC)-- Brazil will boost the number of Cuban doctors contracted under the Mais Médicos program to 11,000, the Brazilian ambassador in Havana announced Tuesday.... More
Asuncion, January 22 (RHC)-- The president of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes, will attend the 2nd summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), to be held here in Havana, Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga said Tuesday.... More
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