London, January 23 (RHC)-- New official figures show murders and killings in England and Wales have increased to their highest level in the last five years.... More


London, January 23 (RHC)-- In a victory for press freedom in Britain, an appeals court has ruled the UK's sweeping counterterrorism laws are "incompatible" with fundamental rights. ... More


La Paz, January 22 (RHC-teleSUR) -- In 10 years of indigenous president Evo Morales, the Bolivian government and movements have made significant social progress.... More


Bogotá, January 22 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Two more officials who worked under former Colombian President Alvaro Uribe have been arrested and charged with wiretapping members of the Supreme Court, journalists, human rights workers and other politicians while they were in office.... More


Quito, January 22 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio has pledged US$15 million in grants for environmental projects, US$3.4 million of which has been promised specifically to causes in Ecuador.... More


San Salvador, January 22 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Health officials in El Salvador have advised women to delay pregnancy until 2018 amid fears that the spreading Zika virus causes birth defects in newborns.... More


Brasilia, January 22 (RHC-PL)-- Leaders of political parties have demanded unity and mobilization against attempts to remove Dilma Rousseff from power, during the third day of the Porto Alegre World Social Forum (WSF).... More


Santiago de Chile, January 22 (RHC-PL) -- Relatives of victims of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet have reacted angrily to an anti-abortion campaign group seeking to place them on the same level.... More


Athens, January 22 (RHC)-- Thousands of people have poured into the streets of the Greek capital, Athens, to voice their outrage at the government's planned pension reforms. The measures are demanded by international lenders under the debt-ridden country's third bailout package. ... More


Madrid, January 22 (RHC)-- The leader of Spain's leftist party Podemos, Pablo Iglesias, has proposed forming a joint coalition government along with Pedro Sanchez of the Socialist Party PSOE and Alberto Garzon of the United Left. ... More


Davos, January 22 (RHC)-- British Prime Minister David Cameron says he is not in "hurry" to hold a referendum and that a deal with the European Union is possible only if the bloc offers "strong enough curb" on migration. ... More


Cairo, January 22 (RHC)-- In Egypt, former President Hosni Mubarak has begun his second trial over the killing of protesters during the 2011 uprising against his rule. Mubarak was originally sentenced to life in prison for conspiring to murder demonstrators, but a retrial was ordered on appeal. ... More


Cairo, January 22 (RHC)-- China has lent its support to the establishment of the State of Palestine with East Jerusalem as its capital. Chinese President Xi Jinping made the remarks during an address at the Arab League's headquarters in the Egyptian capital, Cairo, on Thursday. ... More


Washington, January 22 (RHC)-- Today marks seven years since U.S. President Barack Obama issued his executive order to close the U.S. prison at Guantánamo. This comes as the Obama administration has moved to suppress footage of a Guantánamo prisoner being force-fed. ... More


Washington, January 22 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court has announced it will take up President Barack Obama’s executive actions on immigration. ... More


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