Beijing, December 19 (RHC)-- China's Defense Ministry said Saturday that the U.S. committed "a serious military provocation" by recently flying two Air Force B-52 bombers over a Chinese-controlled man-made island in the South China Sea, a mission that the U.S. appeared to indicate had strayed off course. ... More
Ramallah, December 19 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have killed three more Palestinians and wounded dozens of others as tensions continue unabated in the occupied West Bank and the blockaded Gaza Strip... More
Ankara, December 19 (RHC)-- At least 18 refugees have died after their boat overturned in the Aegean Sea on the way from Turkey to Greece, the Turkish coastguard says. The fatalities occurred on Saturday when a vessel en route from Turkey to the Greek island of Kalymnos went down. ... More
Brussels, December 19 (RHC)-- The number of refugees entering Europe in 2015 has hit a new high to approach nearly a million, a global monitoring body says. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that nearly 991,000 refugees have arrived in Europe by land and sea so far this year, adding that the number could reach one million in the coming days. ... More
Brasilia, December 19 (RHC-PL) -- After the deferral to 2016 for the analysis of the request of his dismissal, the leader of the Chamber of Deputies Eduardo Cunha will seek support to speed up the political trial against Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff.... More
Bogotá, December 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHRC) is demanding the Colombian state adopt measures to protect the children and teenagers of the Wayu community after activists and indigenous leaders said that about 4,770 of them died over the eight past years as a result of malnutrition and lack of clean drinking water.... More
Lima, December 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa met with his Peruvian counterpart Ollanta Humala on Friday as part of the 9th Bilateral Cabinet meeting.... More
Santiago de Chile, December 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Thousands of Chilean teachers took to the streets on Thursday as part of a national protest over the government’s so-called “historic debt” to teachers, dating back to 1981 when the government failed to make good on a promise to increase their salaries.... More
Mexico City, December 19 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A Mexican judge sentenced Friday two men to 520 years in prison for the kidnapping and murder of 13 young people, a case that shocked the nation in 2013.... More
Brasilia, December 19 (teleSUR-RHC) Finance Minister Joaquim Levy was replaced following a series of disagreements over economic policy with President Rousseff, a senior government official told Reuters on Friday.... More
La Paz, December 19 (RHC-PL) -- Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera says that the country has ideal conditions to achieve comprehensive first class education.... More
La Paz, December 19 (RHC-PL) -- President Evo Morales will meet next February with the legal team defending the maritime claim of Bolivia imposed against Chile at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague in 2013.... More
Moscow, December 18 (RHC)-- In the presence of foreign experts, Russian officials on Friday opened the damaged black box of a warplane shot down by Turkey last month, promising a transparent probe into the incident. ... More
Damascus, December 18 (RHC)-- Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekhad says his country will not participate in the so-called coalition of Islamic nations allegedly fighting against terrorism. ... More
United Nations, December 18 (RHC)-- United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said that 2015 will be remembered as a year of human suffering and migrant tragedies. ... More
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