Bogota, Feb 8 - Thousands of police, air and land troops have been deployed to guarantee the security of the 8th Summit of the Pacific Alliance, underway till Monday in the Colombian city of Cartagenas de Indias. This has been criticized by regional leaders.... More
Washington, February 8 (RHC)-- In the United States, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has warned climate change is already having an impact on U.S. farmers. ... More
Buenos Aires, Feb 8, - Ecuador's Defense minister Maria Fernanda Espinosa made working visits this week to Uruguay and Argentina, where she favored the strengthening of relations in the area of defense. ... More
London, February 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. National Security Agency and its British counterpart are accessing mobile applications to collect huge amounts of personal data from their users, classified documents show.London, February 8 (RHC)-- The U.S. National Security Agency and its British counterpart are accessing mobile applications to collect huge amounts of personal data from their users, classified documents show.... More
Quito, February 7 (RHC)-- The National Assembly of Ecuador gave President Rafael Correa four days to participate in the electoral campaign, as national leader of the movement PAIS.... More
Baghdad, February 7 (RHC)-- At least four people have been killed and nearly two dozen others wounded in a bomb attack in Iraq’s northern province of Salahuddin, according to security sources. Iraqi officials said that a car bomb went off in the Tuz-Khurmato district, located west of Tikrit on Thursday.... More
Islamabad, February 7 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration is reportedly scaling back drone strikes in Pakistan at the Pakistani government’s request. ... More
San Salvador, February 7 (RHC)-- The final count of the elections last Sunday in El Salvador confirmed the victory in the first round of the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN).... More
London, February 7 (RHC)-- The latest leaks from Edward Snowden show the British equivalent of the National Security Agency launched cyberattacks on the online activist groups Anonymous and LulzSec. ... More
Athens, February 7 (RHC)-- Greek state hospital doctors, nurses and administrative staff have held a strike to protest the government’s austerity measures which allegedly aim to make the healthcare sector "more efficient." ... More
Washington, February 7 (RHC)-- A Lithuanian court has ordered a probe of the torture of a Saudi Arabian prisoner held inside a secret CIA prison. ... More
Benghazi, February 7 (RHC)-- Gunmen have attacked studios of two privately-run television channels in Benghazi as violence rages in the cradle of Libya’s 2011 revolution against late Muammar Gaddafi. The television channels targeted overnight Wednesday were the Doha-based Libya al-Ahrar and the Cairo-based Libya al-Oula.... More
Tel Aviv, February 7 (RHC)-- An Israeli minister says a Palestinian state would ruin Israel’s economy, as Tel Aviv steps up efforts to prevent the creation of an independent Palestinian homeland.... More
Washington, February 7 (RHC)-- The U.S. has successfully tested an updated version of a B-61 atomic bomb in defiance of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which calls for nuclear disarmament.... More
New York, February 7 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of New York, lawmakers are seeking passage of a bill that would block financing for academic groups that boycott academic institutions in Israel. ... More
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