Bogotá, October 3 (RHC)-- Colombia's security forces killed an alleged drug lord during a joint police and military operation, President Juan Manuel Santos said Friday. ... More


Brasilia, October 3 (RHC)-- Brazilian authorities have launched a criminal investigation against Eduardo Cunha, prosecutors said Thursday, accusing the speaker of Brazil's lower house of Congress of money laundering.... More


Guatemala City, October 3 (RHC-NNN) -- At least 29 people have died and 600 are missing following a landslide which destroyed about 125 homes on the outskirts of the Guatemalan capital, officials said late Friday. ... More


Paris, October 3 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin says one of the key objectives of Moscow’s anti-terror airstrikes in Syria is to preserve the Arab country’s territorial integrity. ... More


United Nations, October 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations has asked the United States to take measure to reduce gun violence following a mass shooting that killed nine people at a college campus in the state of Oregon.... More


Portland, october 3 (RHC)-- A U.S. official says thirteen weapons have been recovered from the gunman who killed nine people and wounded seven others in the state of Oregon on Thursday. The gunman, identified as Chris Harper Mercer, opened fire on Thursday inside a classroom at Umpqua Community College near Roseburg, Oregon.... More


Ramallah, October 3 (RHC)-- Israeli settlers have once again attacked Palestinian properties across the occupied West Bank, attempting to set houses on fire. The attacks took place when settlers, backed by Israeli forces, stormed towns and villages across the occupied territories and injured several Palestinians. ... More


Washington, October 3 (RHC)-- A new report has documented hundreds of cases of Palestinian rights activists in the United States being harassed, disciplined, fired, sued, censored or threatened for their advocacy around Palestine. ... More


Geneva, October 3 (RHC)-- The United Nations Human Rights Council has abandoned a plan to launch an investigation into human rights violations and possible war crimes in the ongoing conflict in Yemen following aggressive lobbying from Saudi diplomats. ... More


Havana, October 2 (RHC)-- Peace delegations from the Colombian government and the Revolutionary armed Forces of Colombia (FARC-EP) began Friday a new round of talks in Havana, aimed at putting an end to the decades-old armed conflict in the South American country.... More


Moscow, October 2 (RHC)-- Russia's Defense Ministry says over 50 Russian warplanes and helicopters are involved in the country's airstrikes against militants in Syria. Igor Konashenkov, the spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said on Thursday that the Russian Air Force fleet in Syria includes the latest Sukhoi Su-24M and Sukhoi Su-25 ground attack aircraft. ... More


Bogotá, October 2 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos struck back Thursday at far-right former president Alvaro Uribe, accusing him of deliberately stirring up fears amongst Colombians about the ongoing peace negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).... More


Moscow, October 2 (RHC)-- Russia says journalists should gain information over its airstrikes on Syria from the Russian Defense Ministry and not from the Pentagon. ... More


Kabul, October 2 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, 11 Americans have died after a U.S. transport plane crashed at the Jalalabad airport, killing six U.S. soldiers and five civilian contractors. Three Afghan civilians also died in the crash. ... More


Washington, October 2 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama has repeated his call for the gun laws to be changed after a 20-year-old man gunned down several people in the state of Oregon. ... More


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