United Nations, January 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The United Nations will begin to roll out its Humanitarian Response Plan to help people in drastic need of food, health care, water and sanitation. Over 2.8 million people have been drastically affected by drought in the Central American corridor of Honduras and Guatemala and are in drastic need of humanitarian aid, the United Nations reported Friday. ... More
Washington, January 16 (RHC)-- Migrants to the United States and Mexico are increasingly arriving as families, compared to several years ago when most arrivals were young men looking for agricultural work. ... More
Bogota, January 16 (RHC-PL) -- De-mining operations have begun in the municipality of Briceño by the Colombian Army and FARC-EP troops, and include three other towns in the department of Antioquia, El Colombiano newspaper reported Saturday. ... More
Kabul, January 16 (RHC)-- Afghan authorities say at least eleven people have lost their lives in a new U.S. assassination drone strike in Afghanistan’s troubled eastern province of Nangarhar. ... More
Gaza City, January 16 (RHC)-- At least two Palestinians have been killed and 10 others wounded in an attack by Israeli troops on protesters in the besieged Gaza Strip. ... More
Sanaa, January 16 (RHC)-- At least 30 people have been killed in a Saudi airstrike in northwestern Yemen, a day after six troops were killed at a military base of the kingdom near the border. ... More
Athens, January 16 (RHC)-- Thousands of demonstrators have once again taken to the streets of the Greek capital, Athens, to protest against planned modifications of the country’s pension system demanded by international lenders in return for rescue funds. ... More
Washington, January 16 (RHC)-- The U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Service has reopened its investigation into accusations members of a Navy SEAL team brutally beat several Afghan detainees at a remote outpost in southern Afghanistan in 2012. ... More
Paris, January 16 (RHC)-- Six men have been hospitalized — and one of them was pronounced brain-dead — after a drug trial in northwestern France, the country’s health minister said on Friday. ... More
Geneva, January 15 (RHC)-- Human rights experts from the United Nations and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) have called on the United States government to promptly close its prison at Guantánamo and end impunity for abuses in the so-called ‘global war on terror’ such as ‘enhanced interrogation techniques’ and extraordinary rendition.... More
Washington, January 15 (RHC)-- Ten Yemeni inmates held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo have been sent to Oman. The transfer of the Yemeni inmates, all held for more than a decade without charge or trial, marked the largest group of prisoners shipped out of the notorious detention center. ... More
United Nations, January 15 (RHC)-- The UN special envoy for Syria says the five permanent members of the Security Council will push for "immediate action" to deliver humanitarian aid to beleaguered areas in the Arab country. ... More
London, January 15 (RHC)-- Ecuador says it has agreed to a Swedish request for permission to interrogate Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, in its embassy in London. Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño said: "We will cooperate with the Swedish authorities so they can take some statements. We have said that from the beginning." ... More
United Nations, January 15 (RHC)-- The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) warns that millions of Yemeni children are in need of urgent help, amid the Saudi-led war on the impoverished country. ... More
Gaza City, January 15 (RHC)-- Israel has severely reduced gas supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip, making life even more difficult for families dealing with the extremely cold weather. ... More
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