Tripoli, October 5 (RHC)-- The Libyan Red Crescent says the bodies of nearly 100 refugees have washed up on the North African country’s shores over the past few days. On Sunday, a spokesman for the Libyan Red Crescent, Mohamed al-Masrati, said 95 bodies had been found over the last five days on Libyan shores.... More
Washington, October 5 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama’s latest push for tougher gun laws, in the wake of last week’s deadly shooting at an Oregon Community College, has radically increased arms sales in the United States, according to a report.... More
London, October 5 (RHC)-- A 15-year-old boy who is believed to be the youngest person convicted of terrorism charges in Britain has been sentenced to at least five years in prison for sending thousands of online messages to extremists in Australia. ... More
Oslo, October 5 (RHC)-- Three scientists have won the Nobel Prize for medical breakthroughs in treatments for parasitic diseases that afflict more than one-third of the world’s population. ... More
Columbia, October 5 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of South Carolina, at least eight people have been killed amid "once in a millennium" floods. Roads and buildings have buckled, a swath of a major highway has been shut down, and hundreds of people have had to be rescued from the rising waters. ... More
Caracas, October 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan Vice President Jorge Arreaza held a meeting with the indigenous Wayuu and Añu communities aimed at strengthening and improving government's policies and operations on its border with Colombia. ... More
Guatemala City, October 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- At least 131 people were reported dead late Sunday with 300 others missing, after a devastating landslide in Guatemala.... More
Brasilia, October 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Brazil’s justice minister said Sunday the country’s audit court's expected decision against the government’s 2014 accounting practices has not grounds for impeaching President Dilma Rousseff.... More
La Paz, October 5 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Bolivia’s minister of the presidency called Sunday for investigations into WikiLeaks cables revealing the U.S. had plans in 2008 to either topple the government of Evo Morales, or allow his assassination.... More
La Paz, October 5 (PL-RHC)-- Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera announced his country will ask delegates attending the World Peoples Conference on Climate Change this week in Cochabamba to individually defend Mother Earth.... More
Viña del Mar, October 5 (PL-RHC)-- Sustainable fishing is one of the main issues being discussed at the 2nd International Conference "Our Ocean," that is underway in Viña del Mar and Valparaíso, Chile, today and tomorrow, October 5th and 6th.... More
Havana, October 3 (RHC)-- Peace negotiations between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) continue in Havana, focused on implementing the agreement on special jurisdiction for peace as soon as possible.... More
Santa Marta, October 3 (RHC)-- Venezuela and Colombia held new talks Friday over Caracas' decision to close their shared border. ... More
La Paz, October 3 (RHC-NNN)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales said he would seek another term if the people voted in favor of a constitutional reform that would allow his candidacy.... More
Bogotá, October 3 (RHC-Telesur)-- Colombian Senator Ivan Cepeda accused his right-wing counterpart Alvaro Uribe, a fierce critic of the talks launched by the Colombian government with the FARC guerrillas, of posing a serious threat to peace. ... More
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