Baghdad, September 30 (RHC)-- Seven people have been killed in a bomb explosion at a busy commercial district in Iraq’s capital, Baghdad. Iraqi officials said three people were also injured in the incident, where an explosives-laden vehicle was blown up at a garage in Sadoun Street of central Baghdad late on Monday.... More


Sanaa, September 30 (RHC)-- The United Nations has confirmed that over 130 people were killed in a Saudi airstrike on a wedding ceremony in Yemen. The strike killed at least 135 civilians, including many women and children, the UN said on Tuesday. ... More


Ramallah, September 30 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Israel is pursuing the ultimate destruction of Palestine, citing the examples of the efforts made by Tel Aviv toward the realization of the goal. ... More


Kabul, September 30 (RHC)-- A soldier serving with the U.S.-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has died as a result of a non-battle cause in the violence-plagued northern Afghanistan. ... More


Kabul, September 30 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, the U.S. military has carried out two airstrikes in efforts to bolster the Afghan government’s attempts to retake the northern city of Kunduz. ... More


United Nations, September 30 (RHC)-- The United Nations human rights office has urged the Tel Aviv regime to refrain from employing excessive force against Palestinians amid ongoing clashes and tensions in East Jerusalem and in the occupied West Bank. ... More


Riyadh, September 30 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia says Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must leave office or face being removed via military intervention. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir made the remarks at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday following a meeting with his country’s allies. ... More


Kingston, September 30 (RHC)-- Jamaicans are calling for Britain to pay billions in reparations for its role in the transatlantic slave trade, ahead of British Prime Minister David Cameron’s first official trip to the island today.... More


New York, September 30 (RHC)-- U.S. multinational technology company Apple has removed an app which covers airstrikes the United States launches throughout the world by its terror drones. Apple said the application is “objectionable” and “crude,” Sputnik reported early Wednesday. ... More


Washington, September 30 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has announced his long-awaited tax plan. The plan departs with his pledges over recent weeks that he would increase taxes for "hedge fund guys." Instead, the proposal slashes taxes for the rich, eliminates the estate tax, and lowers the corporate tax rate from the current level of 35 percent to no more than 15 percent. ... More


Washington, September 30 (RHC)-- In news from the U.S. presidential campaign trail, U.S. Republican candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina has endorsed the use of waterboarding in order to "get information that was necessary." ... More


New York, September 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- President of the Dominican Republic Danilo Medina addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, saying economic inequality is the root problem that needs to be tackled.... More


Quito, September 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Democracy needs a major overhaul and socialist movements of Latin America will deliver it, Bolivian Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera said on Tuesday.... More


New York, September 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro addressed the United Nations General Assembly during its second day, Tuesday, in New York. ... More


Mexico City, September 30 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Indigenous and Afro-Latina women media workers will come together in Mexico next month to exchange experiences on common challenges as minority women in the media industry.... More


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