Macedonia sent special police reinforcements by helicopter Monday to its border with Greece, after repelling hundreds of frustrated Iraqi and Syrian refugees with tear gas and stun grenades when they tried to force their way across the border.... More
Syrian government forces have managed to retake control of a strategic road in northern Syria in a new major advancement that paves the way for purging the northern city of Aleppo of the Takfiri Daesh terrorists.... More
Hundreds of Palestinians, including lawmakers, held a demonstration in the occupied West Bank over the weekend, calling for the boycott of Israeli products.... More
A landmark two-week ceasefire has gone into effect in Syria, urging the "cessation of hostilities" by the warring sides of the conflict. Minutes before the midnight on Friday local time, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution, drafted by Russia and the United States, to endorse the truce. The agreement demanded the ceasefire to begin at midnight Damascus time (22:00 GMT Friday). ... More
The Pentagon has announced it's planning to send dozens of U.S. special operations troops to the front lines of Nigeria's fight against the extremist group Boko Har... More
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has slammed Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump's rhetoric regarding immigration as "dangerous, damaging and incredibly ill-advised." ... More
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has endorsed Donald Trump for the U.S. presidency, a major development that gives the Republican frontrunner a significant boost. Christie, who was a candidate for president himself, told American voters on Friday that no one is better prepared to lead the country than Trump. ... More
A new report by two Israeli human rights groups accuses the Israeli Shin Bet security agency of abusing dozens of Palestinian prisoners at the Shikma interrogation facility. ... More
Venezuela will reopen its border with Colombia during the day, according to an announcement by the governor of Tachira state.... More
Marking 17 months since municipal police in Iguala, Guerrero, attacked and disappeared the 43 Ayotzinapa students, their families and classmates held a series of protest rallies in Mexico City and Matamoros.... More
Hebe de Bonafini, Argentinean human rights activist and founder of the Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo, has strongly criticized the timing of U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to Argentina, which will coincide with the anniversary of the 1976 military coup. ... More
At least 15 people have been killed and some 50 others wounded in a twin bomb attack that targeted a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, security sources say.... More
Panama has temporarily stopped the transfer to Mexico of more than 400 Cuban emigrants camped on Panama's western border, and said it would resume flights next week.... More
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says at least 10 rounds of airstrikes hit the rebel-held town of Douma to the east of Damascus Friday morning, only hours before a U.S.- and Russian-brokered plan to stop the fighting is slated to take effect.... More
Latin American communication experts discuss in Venezuela the importance and regional influence of the Bolivarian Alliance of the Peoples of Our America- People's Treaty (ALBA-TCP).... More
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