Abuja, June 23 (RHC)-- Two teenage female bombers have detonated their explosives near a crowded mosque in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, killing about 30 people. ... More
Berlin, June 23 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter has praised Washington's decision to station heavy weaponry in Eastern Europe, and vowed the United States will defend its allies against Russia. ... More
Brussels, June 23 (RHC)-- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is contemplating to boost its rapid response force in Europe to up to 40,000 troops, a 10-fold rise from the initial 4,000-strong force deployed in 2014, which will mostly be stationed near Russian borders. ... More
Damascus, June 23 (RHC)-- Kurdish forces have uncovered a 400-meter-long tunnel dug by ISIL Takfiri terrorists near the Turkish border with Syria. Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) found the uncompleted tunnel after they retook the Syrian border town of Tal Abyad last week, the Associated Press quoted YPG spokesman Redur Khalil as saying on Monday. ... More
Mayadeen, June 23 (RHC)-- ISIL Takfiri terrorists have hung two teenage boys in Syria for eating during daylight hours during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, a monitoring group says. According to residents of the village of Mayadeen in the eastern Deir Ezzor province, the terrorists hung the two young boys, both under 18, from a crossbar near a Takfiri police headquarters, the so-called the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said on Monday. ... More
Ramallah, June 23 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have once again attacked Palestinian property in the occupied West Bank, demolishing two structures in Salfit district. Abdul Hamid al-Dik, the district governor, said bulldozers escorted by Israeli troops entered Khirbet Susiya on the outskirts of Kafr al-Dik Village on Sunday and destroyed an agricultural storage room belonging to a Palestinian. ... More
Islamabad, June 23 (RHC)-- Over 570 people have been killed across Pakistan due to a persisting heatwave in the country with casualty figures in the largest city of Karachi and other districts of the southern province of Sindh surpassing the 400 mark. ... More
United Nations, June 23 (RHC)-- The United Nations has again recognized the inalienable right of the Puerto Rican people to independence and their self-determination after 117 years of U.S. domination.... More
Quito, June 23 (RHC)-- Social movements, political and cultural organization in Ecuador expressed their rejection of destabilization attempts promoted by ultra-right sectors against the democratic government of President Rafael Correa and the Citizen's Revolution.... More
Havana, June 23 (RHC)-- Peace talks between representatives of the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People's Army (FARC-EP) continue in Havana, as part of the 38th round of negotiations to put an end to the long-standing armed conflict in the South American country. ... More
Lima, June 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- After a public awareness campaign highlighted how Peru has the lowest percentage of investment in education out of all countries participating in the Copa America tournament, some observers are saying that current attempts to increase funds are too little, too late.... More
Mexico City, June 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- A new report published by Forbes magazine on Sunday revealed Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has spent almost $1 billion in publicity during his three years in power. ... More
La Paz, June 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Bolivian women continue to face many obstacles in the labor market, as discrimination, a wide salary gap, and work overload, warned anthropologist Aida Ferreyra Villarroel during a presentation of the recently released bi-annual journal Technical Training, which is sponsored by the Swiss Cooperation. ... More
Social Movements in Ecuador Begin National Debate on Inheritance Tax and Laws Limiting Capital Gains
Quito, June 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Confederation of Indigenous and Farmer Organizations (FEI) is one of the many social movements participating in the national debate on the inheritance tax bill and law for limiting capital gains. ... More
Santiago de Chile, June 23 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Chilean prosecutors announced on Monday that they have opened an investigation against conservative politicians over alleged tax fraud, as the government sent a bill to Congress that seeks to demand more transparency from political parties. The move follows a trial against four members of the Independent Democratic Union (UDI) - the closest political party to former dictator Augusto Pinochet - who are accused of financing their election campaigns with false receipts and donations from companies under investigation for tax fraud. ... More
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