Washington, February 11 (RHC)-- The White House has confirmed it will ask the U.S. Congress for an expansive war powers resolution to fight the Islamic State across the globe. The plan calls for a three-year military campaign and a potential battle zone without geographic limitations. ... More
Bogotá, February 11 (RHC-Xinhua) -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan pledged Tuesday to boost trade, defense and culture cooperation with Colombia in his two-day official visit to the nation.... More
Havana, February 11 (RHC) – Netflix has begun offering its TV and film streaming service in Cuba. ... More
Athens, February 11 (RHC)-- The new Greek government has won the parliament’s confidence vote amid deepening division between Athens and the European Union over the country’s bailout. Early on Wednesday, the first leftist government in the history of Greece secured the confidence vote of the parliament as the negotiations between Athens and the EU over the debt-ridden country's bailout program seem to have reached a critical point. ... More
Brasilia, February 11 (RHC-Xinhua) -- A ministerial meeting of the BRICS bloc of emerging economies got underway on Tuesday with a call for cooperation towards social development.... More
United Nations, February 11 (RHC)-- A spokewoman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) urges the European Union to adopt proper strategies to save the lives of illegal migrants who try to reach the continent through the Mediterranean Sea.... More
Montevideo, February 10 (RHC-EFE)-- Foreign ministers from the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR, said on Monday they will seek to promote a direct dialogue between Venezuela and the United States amid Washington's escalating sanctions against Caracas.... More
Rome, February 10 (RHC)-- Twenty-nine stranded migrants rescued from a drifting boat off Libya by Italian coast guard patrol vessels have died of hypothermia after remaining 18 hours on a vessel's deck en route to the Italian island of Lampedusa. ... More
Mexico City, February 10 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The families of the 43 disappeared Ayotzinapa students said they stand behind the recent revelation by Argentinian experts who called the state's investigations into the case slanted, and asked for extra security for the group of foreign experts. ... More
Washington, Febuary 10 (RHC)-- U.S. President Barack Obama says he has sharp differences with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the Iranian nuclear issue, warning him against souring the ongoing negotiations with Tehran by visiting Washington, DC next month. ... More
Mexico City, February 10 (RHC-EFE) – The preliminary identification of 60 embalmed bodies discovered at a shuttered crematorium in the resort city of Acapulco will require at least three weeks, the attorney general of the southern Mexican state of Guerrero said Monday. ... More
Washington, February 10 (RHC)-- More Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. Congress are planning to boycott a joint session of the bicameral legislature on March 3rd when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scheduled to speak about Iran. ... More
Caracas, February 10 (RHC-teleSUR) -- Venezuelans have been facing shortages of basic goods, in part due to hoarding by businesses and according to a poll conducted by Venezuelan polling firm, Hinterlaces, a staggering 84 percent of them support the government using a “firm hand” against those who are hoarding basic goods.... More
London, February 10 (RHC)-- The British home secretary is to open a probe into treatment of immigration detainees following complaints by activists and inmates about alleged violence and sexual abuse in immigration removal facilities. ... More
Caracas, February 10 (RHC-teleSUR) -- The president of Venezuelan business chamber, Fedecamaras, Jorge Roig, acknowledged on Sunday its participation in the coup against President Hugo Chavez in April 2002. The coup attempted to remove the president, democratically elected more than three years before.... More
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