Brussels, September 24 (RHC)-- The European Commission has warned 19 member states of the European Union against failure to implement rules on handling the issue of asylum seekers flooding Europe. European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans issued the warning as EU leaders gathered in Brussels for an emergency summit on the refugee crisis on Wednesday.... More
Tokyo, September 24 (RHC)-- Thousands of Japanese people have held a demonstration to voice anger at a newly-passed controversial law that expands the role of the country’s military allowing it to take part in overseas conflicts.... More
Berlin, September 24 (RHC)-- Volkswagen Chief Executive Martin Winterkorn resigned on Wednesday, taking responsibility for the German carmaker's rigging of U.S. emissions tests.... More
Washington, September 24 (RHC)-- The U.S. Office of Personnel Management, OPM, says that hackers have actually gained access to 5.6 million fingerprint records rather than the one million originally reported by the federal agency.... More
Dallas, September 24 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz, who is struggling to raise money for his election campaign, has signed on to a 10-year extension of the Iran Sanctions Act, after Republicans failed to block the nuclear agreement with Iran last week. ... More
Panama City, September 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Panama's former President Ricardo Martinelli, who served from 2009 until 2014, is facing wide criticism once again, after the Panamanian Supreme Court admitted on Wednesday two new cases of alleged corruption against him. ... More
Lima, September 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Block 61 oil field has undergone major transformations since it was discovered by U.S. oil giant Texaco in 1970. Ecuador’s state company, PetroAmazonas EP, has rehabilitated much of this land which was abandoned by the company. Production has increased by over 60,000 barrels a day since PetroAmazonas became the state oil company in 2010.... More
Buenos Aires, September 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Argentinean opposition will have to face the courts after a criminal complaint was filed on Wednesday against the current mayor of Buenos Aires and presidential candidate, Mauricio Macri, and four top officials from the city government.... More
San Jose, September 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Costa Rican lawmakers from the left-wing Broad Front (FA) party and the far-right Libertarian Movement (ML) joined forces for the first time to demand the release from prison of two community leaders unjustly sentenced to 12 years in jail.... More
La Paz, September 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled Thursday that it will hear Bolivia's claim demanding access to the Pacific Ocean.... More
Mexico City, September 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mexico's Attorney General's office (PGR) announced Wednesday that it had received a second arrest warrant for extradition to the U.S. for the world's most wanted and most powerful drug lord, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, head of the Sinaloa cartel. ... More
Buenos Aires, September 24 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The creativity of drug traffickers to smuggle cocaine to other countries continues to surprise authorities around the world, and in the latest most peculiar way to traffic the white powder was discovered in Argentina after police dogs sniffed the narcotic impregnated in rice.... More
Washington, September 23 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama thanked Pope Francis for his help in reestablishing diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba. During the official welcoming ceremony at the White House on Wednesday morning, the U.S. president expressed his appreciation for the Pope's efforts to begin a new phase of dialogue and cooperation with Cuba. ... More
Havana, September 23 (RHC)-- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos announced early Wednesday he would make a stop-over in Havana on his way to the United States, in order to meet with peace negotiators. On his Twitter account, the Colombian president said: “Peace is near.”... More
Brussels, September 23 (RHC)-- Interior ministers of the European Union have adopted by majority a resolution to distribute some 120,000 refugees among the member states, much to the dismay of some central and eastern European nations who oppose the mandatory quotas in sharing of the refugee exodus. ... More
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