Students who were arbitrarily detained by police in Sao Paulo, Brazil, ahead of a massive anti-coup demonstration denied police accusations that they intended to engage in vandalism and alleged a police infiltrator was responsible for their arrests. ... More


Police forces clashed with a group of students who took the administrative building of the main campus of the National Autonomous University of Honduras in the capital of Tegucigalpa, as part of protests against privatization of education. ... More


U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has pledged to have closer military and intelligence cooperation with Israel if she is elected president. ... More


A nationwide prison strike over conditions and wages behind bars was under way in at least several correctional facilities across the US. ... More


In New York City, dozens of activists held a protest outside the Manhattan office of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, calling for the closure of Attica prison. ... More


In Argentina, a court has convicted the former head of the country’s Air Force on charges of kidnapping and torture committed during the U.S.-backed dirty wars. ... More


The U.S.-based financial giant Wells Fargo will pay $185 million in fines after it was caught illegally manipulating customers’ bank accounts in order to rack up fees and other charges. ... More


Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez held a press conference at the ministry's headquarters in Havana to present Cuba's report on Resolution 70/5 to the United Nations General Assembly... More


President Raúl Castro has proclaimed that on October 1st, Cuba will begin to implement the provisions of the Convention on Cluster Bombs. ... More


Thousands of Brazilian demonstrators have held a massive rally to protest against the newly-installed President Michel Temer.... More


U.S. President Barack Obama says he remains hopeful of being able to fulfill his eight-year-old promise of closing the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo before his term ends in January.... More


Over 30 Australian solidarity groups, unions and political parties issued a statement calling for solidarity with the people of Venezuela and Brazil following the recent parliamentary coup against elected Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff... More


Israeli military officials have confirmed that the Tel Aviv regime has begun construction of a massive underground barrier along the frontier with the already besieged Gaza Strip.... More


U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has warned that the Israeli regime cannot trust her Republican rival Donald Trump, who has “no reason to his comments about Israel.” ... More


A prominent U.S. human rights organization has organized an event in Washington DC to protest the sale of U.S. weapons to Saudi Arabia.... More


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