The World Health Organization has decided to maintain the global alert for Zika Virus, based on confirmed evidence linking the disease to cases of microcephaly and other neurological disorders being reported in Latin America and the Caribbean.... More


The United Nations torture investigator has voiced concern about the U.S. Republican presidential candidates’ call for authorizing the use of torture, saying it is a violation of domestic and international law.... More


The Front for Victory party in the House of Deputies, proposed consulting the people about the government of Mauricio Macri paying vulture funds, with which the executive pledges to down pay huge sums that create a heavy debt for Argentina.... More


U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden says the FBI’s claim to need Apple to break into a terrorist’s iPhone is a sham. The former contractor with the U.S. National Security Agency was speaking from Moscow to a conference on the threat Big Data and mass surveillance poses to democracy.... More


President Nicolas Maduro has called on grassroots and social movements to join a national march against a decree that was recently renewed by U.S. President Barack Obama referring to Venezuela as "a threat."... More


Syrian government forces have taken four villages from Takfiri terrorists in the northern province of Aleppo. ... More


Dozens of women marked International Women’s Day yesterday by rallying outside the Honduran Mission to the United Nations to demand justice for the murder of Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres.... More


Chairman of Brazil's House of Deputies, Eduardo Cunha

Allies of the Chairman of Brazil's House of Deputies, Eduardo Cunha, committed fraud to prevent the Ethics Commission from investigating Cunha, the local press has reported.... More


U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders

In the most surprising upset of the U.S. presidential campaign to date, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders defeated former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Michigan state primary.... More


Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez lashed out at US President Barack Obama for extending the decree against her country, which it defines as an unusual and extraordinary threat to US national security and foreign policy.... More


The Pentagon has reportedly presented the White House with the most detailed outline to date for possible military action against ISIL in Libya.... More


The National Meteorology and Hydrology Service of Bolivia has issued a red alert because of the heavy rains and electrical storms hitting Tarija and Pando, putting six departments under alert.... More


Hungary’s Interior Minister Sandor Pinter says Budapest is declaring a state of emergency in response to a “crisis situation” related to refugees and plans to strengthen the country’s border protection.... More


The National Assembly of Ecuador is to ratify an Agreement with Costa Rica on Maritime Limits, to define permanently the sea borders between both countries.... More


In Slovakia, an extreme right-wing party has made surprising gains in the elections, picking up 14 parliamentary seats. ... More


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