Caracas, October 10 (PL-RHC)-- The Minister of Petroleum and Mining and President of Petroleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa), Eulogio Del Pino, announced a technical forum to assess the situation with oil prices.... More
La Paz, October 10 (PL-RHC)-- Delegates from 54 countries are taking part in the 2nd World Summit on Climate Change underway from today until Monday, October 12th, in Cochabamba, Bolivia.... More
Bridgetown, October 10 (NNN-BGIS)-- Prime Minister Freundel Stuart has reiterated that Barbados, like several other small international financial centers, continues to be buffeted at every turn by “the unjustified attacks of powerful nations.”... More
United Nations, October 10 (CARIBBEANNEWS-RHC)-- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has requested that the Organization’s Office of Internal Oversight Services (OIOS) launch an audit of the interaction between the UN and the Global Sustainability Foundation and the Sun Kian Ip Group, and the use of any funds received from these entities, according to a UN spokesperson.... More
Mexico, October 10 (PL-RHC)-- The ancestral rights of indigenous peoples and Afro-descendants were addressed in the Second Session of the Regional Conference on Population and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, which concluded Friday in Mexico City.... More
Buenos Aires, October 10 (RHC)-- A Roman appeals court has confirmed a ruling against Italy’s Corriere Della Sera newspaper for a defamatory piece on Argentinian President Cristina Fernández, the Buenos Aires Herald reported.... More
Kabul, October 9 (RHC)-- Afghan army troops have killed more than 170 Taliban militants and wounded tens of others in a series of mop-up operations conducted across the war-torn country over the past 24 hours.... More
Baghdad, October 9 (RHC)-- Medical authorities in Iraq say the number of recorded cases of cholera in the Arab country has climbed to more than 1, 300, though there have been no new deaths as a result of the waterborne disease.... More
Kabul, October 9 (RHC)-- The medical aid agency Doctors without Borders says at least 33 people are still missing, five days after a deadly U.S. airstrike on its hospital in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz. ... More
Havana, October 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The peace delegation of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said Thursday that talks with the Colombian government are at its “most decisive stage” and called on the government to act in good faith so that a final deal can be reached before the March 23, 2016 deadline they both recently set.... More
Kabul, October 8 (RHC)-- Doctors Without Borders has said U.S. forces knew the coordinates of the hospital and continued the attack for half an hour after being informed a hospital had been hit. ... More
Damascus, October 9 (RHC)-- A huge car bomb targeting areas just outside the northwestern Syrian city of Aleppo has killed at least 20 people. Security sources said on Thursday that tens of people were also injured in the blast in the Hraytan town, about five kilometers north of Aleppo. ... More
Washington, October 9 (RHC)-- The Barack Obama administration is abandoning the $500 million program to train and arm so-called 'moderate' rebels in Syria. ... More
Damascus, October 9 (RHC)-- An Iranian general has reportedly been killed by ISIL in Syria. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say General Hossein Hamedani had been advising Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s troops. ... More
Brussels, October 9 (RHC)-- U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter says Russia will soon start paying the price for launching airstrikes against terrorists in Syria in the form of reprisal attacks and casualties. ... More
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