London, September 9 (RHC)-- UK Defense Secretary Michael Fallon says London would not hesitate to carry out more secret drone attacks on British militants in Syria. His statements come one day after UK Prime Minister David Cameron revealed that British forces have killed three Daesh terrorists, including two young Britons, in the northern Syrian city of Raqqah in a drone airstrike. ... More
Damascus, September 9 (RHC)-- A Hungarian camera operator has been filmed kicking and tripping up refugee children, fleeing the police at the country's southern border with Serbia. In the footage released on social media on Tuesday, the N1TV channel camerawoman, identified as Petra Laszlo, can be seen tripping up an asylum seeker carrying a child and kicking a running child in a separate incident. ... More
Damascus, September 9 (RHC)-- A massive sandstorm has struck the western parts of the Middle East, killing at least eight people and causing respiratory problems for hundreds more. The huge and dense sandstorm hit vast areas of Syria on Monday and shrouded larger regions of the Middle East on Tuesday as it spread to Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Cyprus, Iraq, and Turkey. ... More
Paris, September 9 (RHC)-- The former French secret service agent responsible for bombing the Greenpeace flagship Rainbow Warrior has broken his silence and apologized to his victims, 30 years after the attack. ... More
Washington, September 9 (RHC)-- A second review of e-mails Hillary Clinton received on her private e-mail server as secretary of state has backed an earlier finding the e-mails contained highly classified information when she received them. ... More
Washington, September 9 (RHC)-- Democratic presidential pre-candidate Hillary Clinton will deliver a major address on the Iran nuclear deal, voicing support for the agreement, after helping to lay the groundwork for it as secretary of state. ... More
Tokyo, September 9 (RHC)-- Japanese stocks have posted their largest one-day gain since the 2008 global financial crisis. Nikkei index soared 7.7 as Asian stocks extended a global rally on Wednesday. ... More
Berlin, September 9 (RHC)-- Lufthansa has axed 1,000 flights on the second-day of a two-day strike by the German flag carrier’s pilots staged amid a long-drawn-out labor dispute with the management. ... More
Paris, September 9 (RHC)-- The deputy governor of a prison in northern France has been taken hostage by an inmate, authorities say. Officials in France’s Pas-de-Calais region told AFP on Wednesday that the hostage-taker, identified as Fabrice Boromee, kidnapped Fabrice Bels in the isolation unit of the Vendin-le-Vieil prison. ... More
Baltimore, September 9 (RHC)-- In the U.S. city of Baltimore, municipal authorities have reached a tentative $6.4 million settlement with the family of Freddie Gray, an African-American man who died in April after being arrested and transported without a seat belt in a police van. ... More
Mexico City, September 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Mexican government will slash public spending by 221 billion Mexican pesos or $13 billion for 2016, in order to “preserve the economic stability of the country,” the Finance Minister Luis Videgaray announced on Tuesday.... More
Caracas, September 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodriguez Tuesday said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called her in an attempt to normalize relations between the two countries, which became increasingly tense in March after President Barack Obama ordered unilateral sanctions against Venezuela.... More
Montevideo, September 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Uruguayan President Tabaré Vazquez will withdraw the country from negotiations on an international free-trade deal, after a vote by the ruling Broad Front to do so.... More
Quito, September 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- Two hundred years ago, South American independence leader Simon Bolivar wrote the “Jamaica Letter,” a visionary document, which speaks of South American and Caribbean integration and unity in their joint struggle against imperial powers for independence.... More
Santiago de Chile, September 9 (teleSUR-RHC)-- The Chilean government said Tuesday that it is planning to host at least 100 Syrian families, making Chile the latest Latin American country to offer asylum to Syrians who are fleeing violence at home. ... More
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