Tegucigalpa, June 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of Hondurans took to the streets on Friday holding torches in their hands to protest the alarming levels of corruption in the country and demanding the resignation of President Juan Orlando Hernandez.... More
Ramallah, June 6 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Palestinians, Israelis, and foreigners have taken to the streets of a village near the occupied West Bank city of Hebron to voice anger at Tel Aviv’s plan to demolish the village. ... More
Baghdad, June 6 (RHC)-- A top U.S. military commander has revealed that the U.S.-led airstrikes nearly targeted Iraqi forces instead of terrorists of the ISIL group. Lt. Gen. John Hesterman, the U.S. commander of the air campaign in Iraq, said on Friday that aircraft nearly launched airstrikes 100 times on friendly Iraqi forces because they were indistinguishable from ISIL from the air. ... More
Baghdad, June 6 (RHC)-- Iraqi forces have recaptured a strategic area north of the city of Ramadi in the restive province of Anbar from the ISIL Takfiri group, a top Iraqi commander says. ... More
Damascus, June 6 (RHC)-- The U.S. has teamed up with Turkey to arm “moderate” militants in Syria, which have been destroyed by al-Qaeda, says Middle East expert Danny Makki. Speaking with Press TV from Syria, Makki said that the United States’ policy of arming and training “moderate” militants in Syria signifies “hypocrisy” of the Obama administration toward the Arab nation. ... More
Madrid, June 6 (RHC)-- Spain says it has approved an agreement authorizing the permanent military presence of the United Sates at a southern Spanish base for deployment on missions to Africa. Spain’s Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria told a press conference in Madrid that the government agreed to permanently extend the 1988 military accord under which the U.S. Marines intervention force has been based at Moron de la Frontera in the southern province of Seville. ... More
Beijing, June 6 (RHC)-- At least 396 people have been confirmed dead after rescuers lifted a Chinese cruise ship that capsized with 456 people on board on the Yangtze River in the Jianli county in central Hubei province five days ago. ... More
Brussels, June 6 (RHC)-- Senior officials of the United Nations have called for humanitarian aid for Iraq, warning that if the international community fails to provide the crisis-hit country with assistance, a "catastrophe" will happen there. ... More
Washington, June 6 (RHC)-- The U.S. government has admitted hackers may have accessed the personal data of four million current and former federal employees. The Federal Bureau of Investigation, the FBI, said it had launched an investigation and would hold the culprits accountable who penetrated deep into the data held by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). ... More
Dallas, June 6 (RHC)-- Former Texas Governor Rick Perry has entered the U.S. presidential race, becoming the eleventh major Republican candidate to announce his bid. Speaking from an airplane hangar outside of Dallas, Texas, Perry said that as commander-in-chief of the U.S. military he would reassert American influence over the world. ... More
Montevideo, June 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The second Peace Forum got underway on Friday in Montevideo, where lawmakers from Latin America will discuss measures supporting the current Colombian peace process being negotiated in Havana. ... More
Santiago de Chile, June 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Land conflicts in the central region of Araucania between the indigenous communities of Mapuches and local residents and hydroelectric companies have intensified this week following the visit of the energy minister to the region. Minister Maximo Pacheco argued the new dams will significantly improve electricity access in the region, reduce the electricity rates. ... More
London, June 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands turned out for a London rally in support of Venezuela and called on the United States to end the sanctions and interventions on the country. The keynote speaker was Labour MP Jeremy Corbyn, who has tossed his hat in the ring to be the next Labour leader. ... More
Quito, June 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Despite the appreciation of the U.S. dollar and the low international price of oil, the amount of foreign investment in Ecuador has increased from 2013 to 2014. The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (Cepal) has reported that foreign investment in Ecuador increased 6 percent in 2014, two-thirds of which has been directed to energy development projects. ... More
Lima, June 6 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Hundreds of intellectuals, led by U.S. linguist Noam Chomsky, have urged Peru’s President to end the multinational Tia Maria mining project in a letter released on Friday. ... More
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