Kabul, September 30 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, the U.S. military has carried out two airstrikes in efforts to bolster the Afghan government’s attempts to retake the northern city of Kunduz. ... More
United Nations, September 30 (RHC)-- The United Nations human rights office has urged the Tel Aviv regime to refrain from employing excessive force against Palestinians amid ongoing clashes and tensions in East Jerusalem and in the occupied West Bank. ... More
Riyadh, September 30 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave office or face being removed via military intervention. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir made the remarks at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday following a meeting with his country’s allies. ... More
Kingston, September 30 (RHC)-- Jamaicans are calling for Britain to pay billions in reparations for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, ahead of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s first official trip to the island today.... More
New York, September 30 (RHC)-- U.S. multinational technology company Apple has removed an app which covers airstrikes the United States launches throughout the world by its terror drones. Apple said the application is “objectionable” and “crude,” Sputnik reported early Wednesday. ... More
Washington, September 30 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has announced his long-awaited tax plan. The plan departs with his pledges over recent weeks that he would increase taxes for "hedge fund guys." Instead, the proposal slashes taxes for the rich, eliminates the estate tax, and lowers the corporate tax rate from the current level of 35 percent to no more than 15 percent. ... More
Washington, September 30 (RHC)-- In news from the U.S. presidential campaign trail, U.S. Republican candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has endorsed the use of waterboarding in order to "get information that was necessary." ... More
Cuban song-writer and singer Carlos Varela is launching a concert September 30 in New York alongside legendary musician Jackson Browne, as part of the Woodstock Film Festival.... More
Riyadh, September 30 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro has sent his condolences to Saudi Arabia´s King Salman bin Abdulaziz following a stampede that took place during the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage to the Mecca, in the locality of Mina, which resulted in hundreds of deaths, diplomatic sources announced.... More
Havana, September 30 (RHC)-- Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang concludes an official visit to Cuba on Wednesday, during which he held talks with his Cuban counterpart Raul Castro and was awarded the Jose Marti Order, the top distinction granted by the Cuban Council of State.... More
New York, September 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- President of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, saying economic inequality is the root problem that needs to be tackled.... More
Quito, September 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Democracy needs a major overhaul and socialist movements of Latin America will deliver it, Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera said on Tuesday.... More
New York, September 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addressed the United Nations General Assembly during its second day, Tuesday, in New York. ... More
Mexico City, September 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Indigenous and Afro-Latina women media workers will come together in Mexico next month to exchange experiences on common challenges as minority women in the media industry.... More
Quito, September 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Speaking from an international conference in Ecuador, Afro-Latina politician and human rights defender, Piedad Cordoba, didn’t shy away from speaking up for her fellow Afro-descendants across Latin America on Tuesday. ... More
