Paris, September 26 (PL-RHC) -- Projects in progress in Guatemala and El Salvador won the UNESCO-Japan award on Education for Sustainable Development, according to a statement published on Friday in Paris.... More
New York, September 26 (teleSUR-RHC) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales delivered a speech on Friday at the U.N. General Assembly, calling on world leaders to work together to provide more opportunities to economically disadvantaged populations.... More
Santiago de Chile, September 26 (PL-RHC) -- Chile is arranging the last details to create the first World Seismological Center in order to help the international community to prepare against the scourge of earthquakes.... More
Brasilia, September 26 (PL-RHC) -- Leaders of allied political parties of the Brazilian government reaffirmed their commitment to democracy and their will to fight the attempts of the opposition today in Congress to take President Dilma Rousseff out of office.... More
United Nations, September 25 (RHC)-- World leaders gathered at UN Headquarters in New York, approved Friday the Sustainable Development Goals --17 major objectives which will guide common efforts to fight poverty and inequality over the next 15 years.... More
United Nations, September 25 (RHC)-- Pope Francis addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Friday morning, issuing a sweeping call for peace and environmental justice. And he placed blame for the exploitation of natural resources on “a selfish and boundless thirst for power and material prosperity.”... More
New York, September 25 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) released a statement saying that on the sidelines of the 70th United Nations General Assembly, members of the regional bloc would meet to discuss strengthening their integration.... More
Mecca, September 25 (RHC)-- The death toll from a deadly stampede during Hajj pilgrimage rituals in Mina, outside the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, has soared to about 2,000, says the head of Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, citing Saudi sources. The incident occurred on Thursday, after huge pilgrim processions were joined in their course, leading to the catastrophic entanglement. ... More
Baghdad, September 25 (RHC)-- Iraqi security and medical officials say at least seven people have lost their lives and more than a dozen sustained injuries in a spate of bomb attacks in and around the country’s violence-plagued capital.... More
Baghdad, September 25 (RHC)-- Iraqi forces have killed 110 Daesh terrorists in separate operations against the Takfiri group across the country. A security source, requesting not to be named, told Arabic-language al-Sumaria satellite television network that a total of 20 Daesh extremists were killed when Iraqi aircraft carried out precision strikes against terrorist hideouts in the al-Malahama and Tel Mashihida districts, which lie east of Anbar’s provincial capital city of Ramadi, on Thursday.... More
Jakarta, September 25 (RHC)-- At least 62 people have been injured and hundreds of houses damaged after an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale rocked the eastern Indonesian province of West Papua. ... More
New York, September 25 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York next week at a time of high tension between the two countries. ... More
United Nations, September 25 (RHC)-- The United Nations secretary general has hailed a recent decision by the European Union to earmark one billion euros (1.1 billion USD) in funds to tackle the refugee crisis.... More
London, September 25 (RHC)-- A legal proceeding has been initiated against British Prime Minister David Cameron over his decision to target Daesh or ISIL terrorists in Syria.... More
Tel Aviv, September 25 (RHC)-- The Tel Aviv regime has moved to toughen measures against Palestinian stone-throwers in Jerusalem, broadening the rules that allow Israeli military forces to target Palestinians with live bullets.... More
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