United Nations, September 2 (RHC)-- A small strip of land next to the Mediterranean Sea, which has been ravaged by war and years of a crippling economic blockade may become uninhabitable by the next five years. The United Nations says there is no way to "reverse the ongoing de-development and impoverishment," unless Israel's grueling blockade on the Gaza Strip is lifted. ... More
New York, September 2 (RHC)-- U.S. police killed 105 people during the month of August, in which six cops were also shot. As no American government agency tracks the number, there were conflicting figures of the death, but the Killed by Police Project, put the death toll at 105 people. ... More
Washington, September 2 (RHC)-- U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has said about half the detainees at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba need to be imprisoned "indefinitely" and cannot be released to other nations.... More
Moscow, September 2 (RHC)-- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has called for an end to "unrealistic and illogical" demands for the resignation of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. ... More
Beijing, September 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuela will gradually increase its oil production over the next few months with a $5-billion loan granted by China, President Nicolas Maduro announced in Beijing on Tuesday.... More
Guatemala City, September 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A Guatemalan federal judge prohibited President Otto Perez Molina from leaving the country on Tuesday. The ruling came hours after Congress stripped the head of state of his immunity to face trial on corruption charges.... More
Lima, September 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Peruvian indigenous protesters seized oil wells in an Amazonian oil block on Tuesday to press the government respond to demands for compensation due to the pollution caused by oil operations. Protesters from the Achuar indigenous communities said they also plan to halt output in a nearby concession.... More
Lima, September 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- An assembly of social organizations in the Amazonian region of Loreto has voted to carry out another 48-hour strike beginning Friday to protest the government's privatization move to allocate an oil lot to a Canadian company for two years instead of the country's state-owned company.... More
Caracas September 2 (PL-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro reaffirms that his government seeks to restore peace in border areas with Colombia to protect citizens of his country, who are beset by paramilitary violence and smuggling.... More
Buenos Aires, September 2 (PL-RHC)-- Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector Timerman has praised the World Trade Organization (WTO) decision which favored this country in litigation against the United States for banning imports of Argentinean beef.... More
Bogotá, September 1 (RHC)-- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos expressed satisfaction with advances made during the latest round of peace talks in Havana, Cuba, between his government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP).... More
Abuja, September 1 (RHC)-- Takfiri Boko Haram militants continue their attacks in northeast Nigeria, with four people killed in a raid on the village of Karnuwa. Another attack was reported in the village of Hambagda, where terrorists killed seven people and injured five others. ... More
Vienna, September 1 (RHC)-- Tens of thousands of protesters have taken part in a massive rally in Austria’s capital Vienna against the abuse of asylum seekers and the European Union's failure in tackling the persisting refugee crisis. ... More
New York, September 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Venezuelan Ambassador to the United Nations Rafael Ramirez said his country's presence in the Security Council represents an opportunity to “make heard the voice of developing countries, the countries of the South” at the most powerful body of the worldwide organization.... More
Washington, September 1 (RHC)-- The United States has deployed two surveillance drones to Eastern Europe, where military exercises are being held in the face of what the U.S. and its allies call a possible Russian “aggression” amid a conflict in Ukraine. ... More
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