Cuban single rower Angel Fournier departs today for Italy where he'll observe a training base with a view to participation in the World Rowing Championships, from August 30th to September 6th at Aiguebelette Lake in France.... More
Sanaa, August 1 (RHC)-- At least eight civilians have been killed and 20 others wounded in fresh Saudi airstrikes on Yemen. Yemen's al-Masirah TV network reported on Saturday that Saudi warplanes bombarded the province of Lahij in the southwest of the impoverished Arab country. ... More
The Hague, August 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Mediators from Nicaragua and Colombia must meet to try to solve a long dispute over a territory in the Caribbean sea, the International Court of Justice, the ICJ, has announced.... More
Riyadh, August 1 (RHC)-- Saudi state media say at least four Saudi soldiers have been killed and eight others injured in retaliatory attacks by Yemeni forces against the Asir region in Saudi Arabia. ... More
Ramallah, August 1 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has ordered Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki to file a lawsuit with the International Criminal Court (ICC) over the killing of an infant by Israeli settlers. ... More
Washington, August 1 (RHC)-- The whistleblowers at WikiLeaks have published a trove of documents that reveal a systematic mass surveillance program that the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) has been conducting against high ranking Japanese politicians. ... More
Washington, August 1 (RHC)-- More than 40 U.S. lawmakers are scheduled to travel to Israel next week to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before they vote in Congress on the nuclear agreement with Iran. ... More
Washington, August 1 (RHC)-- The U.S. Department of Defense says it has received the State Department’s approval to sell $5.4 billion worth of Patriot missiles to Saudi Arabia. According to reports, Saudi Arabia has been seeking to purchase 600 Patriot Advanced Capability-3, Cost-Reduction Initiative Missiles with containers, built by Lockheed Martin. ... More
Washington, August 1 (RHC)-- The Koch brothers and other wealthy conservatives planning to spend nearly $1 billion in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential election have invited four leading Republican candidates -- Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio and Scott Walker -- to have a chance at their monetary blessing. ... More
Buenos Aires, August 1 (RHC)-- Renowned physicist Stephen Hawking, philosopher Noam Chomsky, leading technologist Elon Musk and thousands of other high-profile experts have called for the banning of "killer robots" with Artificial Intelligence. ... More
Naypyidaw, August 1 (RHC)-- Severe flooding across Myanmar has hampered rescue efforts as thousands are sheltered at monasteries there. ... More
Lima, August 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Nelly Canción, a psychologist and specialist on domestic violence, announced on Friday the findings of recent studies regarding abused women carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Information and statistics of Doctor Doris Caceres from the National Hospital Dos de Mayo.... More
Quito, August 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Against the backdrop of a wave of violent opposition protests in Ecuador demanding the ousting of the elected and popular Rafael Correa government, former London mayor Ken Livingstone and prominent filmmaker John Pilger are among those to have signed an international call for solidarity.... More
Quito, August 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuador obtained its second certificate for breaking an environmental Guinness World Record on Thursday for mobilizing thousands of people to simultaneously plant seeds across the country on its reforestation day of action in May.... More
Tegucigalpa, August 1 (teleSUR-RHC)-- After months without rain, Central American agriculture is suffering and farmers are struggling against crop loss and hunger in the face of a severe drought battering the region.... More
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