The US and Russia have agreed on a draft plan outlining a cessation of hostilities in Syria to begin on February 27, according to media reports. Islamic State (IS, former ISIS/ISIL) and the Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Nusra Front are excluded from the plan.... More
Washington, Feb 20 (Prensa Latina) US President Barack Obama today defended his upcoming visit to Cuba as another step towards the normalization of bilateral relations, although he did not refer to his country''s blockade of Cuba. ... More
Bolivian Supreme Electoral Court Vice President, Antonio Costas, said the Court is ready for the February 21 referendum, that will decide the introduction of changes to the Constitution regarding presidential terms.... More
Authorities in Afghanistan say more than a dozen people have lost their lives in a U.S. drone strike carried out in the country’s eastern province of Nangarhar.... More
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro called on every national sector to work together with the State to boost the Bolivarian Economic Agenda, and accelerate the internal productive apparatus.... More
Nigerian army soldiers have rescued 195 people held hostage by Boko Haram Takfiri terrorists across the country’s northeastern region.... More
Venezuelan Ambassador to Vietnam, Jorge Rondón Uzcátegui, reaffirmed his government's adherance to a legal and peaceful settlement with Guyana in the dispute over Esequibo territory.... More
The United Nations has warned against involvement by more parties in the Syrian conflict amid calls by Saudi Arabia and Turkey to roll their war machines into the battle-scarred country.... More
The UN special envoy for Syria says the world body wants to expand aid deliveries to more besieged areas in the conflict-stricken country. ... More
Mexican Government Prevents Meeting Between Pope Francis and Families of Missing Ayotzinapa Students
The government of Mexico maneuvered to prevent the parents of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students from meeting with Pope Francis during his recent visit to Mexico, Vidulfo Rosales, attorney of the missing student's relatives, has said.... More
The United States has carried out airstrikes in Libya that killed at least 40 people this morning. The strikes hit a farmhouse outside Sabratha, to the west of the capital Tripoli.... More
Ernesto Samper, general secretary of the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, defined as a “democratic statement” next Sunday's referendum in Bolivia, to decide whether or not to reform the Constitution to allow President Evo Morales and Vice President Álvaro García Linera run for another term in the 2019 elections.... More
A Swedish aid group says Afghan forces have killed two patients and a caretaker during an attack on one of its clinics in the central part of the war-torn country.... More
Mexican Immigration authorities in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, at the Mexican border with the United States welcomed a flight with 122 Cubans from Costa Rica.... More
Israeli forces have shot dead a Palestinian allegedly for attempting to run over soldiers in the occupied West Bank shortly and another young Palestinian died of his wounds in clashes with Israeli troops.... More
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