Ramallah, July 17 (RHC)-- A large number of Palestinians are facing imminent displacement as Israeli authorities plan to demolish another Palestinian village in the occupied West Bank. ... More
Chattanooga, July 17 (RHC)-- Four U.S. Marines were killed and three people were injured in shootings at two separate military sites Thursday in Chattanooga, Tennessee. ... More
Tokyo, July 17 (RHC)-- Authorities in Japan have urged more than 360,000 residents to evacuate their homes as Typhoon Nangka is barreling towards the country's main island. Local authorities urged at least 367,800 people in the storm's path to evacuate, the Kyodo News agency reported. ... More
Brasilia, 17 jul (EFE).- El presidente venezolano, Nicolás Maduro, anunció en la Cumbre del Mercosur que se celebra en Brasilia que la Unasur convocará para agosto próximo una reunión extraordinaria para analizar el conflicto territorial entre su país y Guyana.... More
Caracas, July 17 (RHC)-- More than 1,000 teachers from Venezuela and invited guests from other countries are meeting in Caracas for the National Pedagogical Congress. Among other issues, the teachers are discussing the quality and sovereignty of Venezuela's educational process.... More
Buenos Aires, July 17 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales highlighted in Argentina the solidarity expressed by Pope Francis in the dispute between his country and Chile for a sovereign outlet to the Pacific Ocean.... More
Houston, July 17 (RHC) -– Havana Air, a private airline, will offer non-stop service from George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas, to Havana, Cuba, beginning in August.... More
Brasilia, July 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- At the 48th summit of the South American sub-regional block MERCOSUR in Brasilia on Thursday, heads of member states decided to focus on reducing trade barriers between their countries over the next six months to promote regional integration. ... More
Mexico City, July 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Mexican Interior Minister Miguel Angel Osorio said that treachery was committed within the federal government in the alleged escape of the world's most wanted and most powerful drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, whose whereabouts are still unknown, according to authorities. ... More
Quito, July 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ecuadorean Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño will step down temporarily to strengthen the grassroots movement supporting the Alianza PAIS government and Citizen's Revolution, President Rafael Correa announced on Thursday. ... More
Montevideo, July 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Uruguayan government will begin a new effort to find the 192 disappeared people still missing since the last military dictatorship. With the help of a team of 10 anthropologists from the Republic University, authorities will renew excavations in a military base in Montevideo. The search had been halted since February due to talks between the university and the government to renew the agreement. ... More
San Salvador, July 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The director of El Salvador’s Civil Protection agency declared on Friday that the country was heading toward a national emergency before the growth of the “El Niño” phenomenon which will provoke a strong drought at the end of the year and throughout the next one. ... More
Mexico City, July 17 (teleSUR-RHC)-- In the central state of Tlaxcala, the Federal Attorney of Environmental Protection (PROFEPA) announced that 18 companies had been temporarily shut down for illegally discharging industrial waste into the Atoyac River. ... More
Athens, July 16 (RHC)-- Protests erupted in Athens Wednesday night as the Greek Parliament approved harsh new austerity measures in exchange for a third European bailout. ... More
Tegucigalpa, July 16 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Ousted former Honduran President and head of the opposition Libre Party Manuel Zelaya has called for a popular referendum on the question of whether to establish the anti-impunity commission known as CICIH in Honduras during a parliamentary session on Wednesday. The creation of the independent body, proposed to promote accountability and investigate the massive corruption scandal embroiling the government, has been a central demand of the popular “outraged” movement taking to the streets in weekly torch-lit anti-corruption marches for the past two months.... More
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