Port au Prince, January 19 (RHC-PL) -- Sustainable development is the focus discussions of the 21st Regular Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), held Tuesday in Petionville, Haiti. ... More
Bogota, January 19 (RHC-PL) -- Colombian Justice Minister Yesid Reyes announced Monday that 16 rebel prisoners will be set free this week, benefiting from a presidential pardon approved for a group of 30 members of the FARC-EP. ... More
Guatemala, January 19 (RHC-PL) -- Guatemala will host a regional meeting on Tuesday to discuss the issue of Cuban migrants in Costa Rica and assess the results of the transfer of the first group of migrants to the United States, a Foreign Ministry source has reported. ... More
Bogota, January 19 (RHC-PL) -- The European Union envoy for peace talks, Eamon Gilmore, Monday began a five-day visit to Colombia to meet with post-conflict minister, Rafael Pardo, the defense minister, Congress members and constituents.... More
Mexico City, January 19 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Mexican actress Kate del Castillo will be called to testify next week on her meeting with drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who was captured January 8, six months after his escape from prison. ... More
Washington, January 19 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The United States deported 133 Hondurans Monday, bringing the total number of Honduran deportees in this year to nearly 1,000.... More
Islamabad, January 19 (RHC)-- At least six paramilitary soldiers were killed and one was wounded when a powerful explosion targeted an army patrol in the Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta. ... More
Ramallah, January 19 (RHC)-- A young Palestinian has lost his life after an Israeli settler in a car ran over him in the West Bank amid relentless tensions in the occupied Palestinian territories.... More
Kabul, January 19 (RHC)-- Security officials in Afghanistan say at least nine police officers have been killed by assailants in police uniforms in the country’s central province of Uruzgan. ... More
Abuja, January 19 (RHC)-- Fifty-five Nigerians, including former ministers, governors, business leaders and public officials, have stolen nine billion dollars in public funds in seven years, according to the country's information minister. ... More
Berlin, January 19 (RHC)-- A German minister has called on Chancellor Angela Merkel to close the country’s borders to incoming refugees from conflict zones. ... More
Berlin, January 19 (RHC)-- German police have arrested a male refugee over alleged sex assaults against women in the Western city of Cologne on New Year’s Eve. Prosecutors said on Monday that police arrested the first suspect directly linked to the string of assaults that have shocked Germany. ... More
London, January 19 (RHC)-- Indian steel giant Tata Steel and Asda, the British supermarket arm of U.S. retailer Wal-Mart, have announced plans to cut hundreds of jobs in Britain. ... More
Havana, January 18 (teleSUR-RHC) -- The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, has proposed the release of various prisoners including social leaders and rebels suffering from serious health issues as part of the ongoing peace process.... More
Brasilia, January 18 (teleSUR-RHC) -- The Brazilian Health ministry announced it has developed new testing kits to quickly identify the presence of Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya viruses, which are all carried by the same species of mosquito. ... More
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