Bangkok, February 1 (RHC)-- Anti-government protesters in Thailand have formed blockades around buildings where ballot papers are being kept in a bid to prevent their distribution ahead of elections tomorrow, Sunday.... More


Geneva, January 31 (RHC)-- The United Nations says the Syrian opposition and government officials are to resume crisis talks in February. ... More


Brasilia, January 31 (RHC) -- Brazil's Foreign Minister Luiz Alberto Figueiredo said Thursday that his meeting with a leading U.S. official over U.S. spying on Brazil failed to resolve the matter.... More


La Paz, January 31 (RHC) -- Bolivian President Evo Morales on Thursday called on the world's economic powers to seek solutions to climate change and the natural disasters it causes.... More


Ramallah, January 31 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have razed down an entire Palestinian village in the Jordan Valley region of the occupied West Bank.... More


Tel Aviv, January 31 (RHC)-- The Bethlehem governorate has filed a petition against the Israeli regime's plan to build a wall that will isolate two Palestinian villages, Press TV reports. ... More


Brasilia, January 31 (RHC) -- Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday announced changes to her cabinet in the lead-up to October general elections, as several ministers are leaving to run as candidates for public office.... More


Tokyo, January 31 (RHC)-- Over 100 prominent U.S. activists have expressed solidarity with the Japanese people, who are against a U.S. military base hosting thousands of U.S. troops on Japans' Okinawa Island.... More


Washington, January 31 (RHC)-- Director of U.S. National Intelligence James Clapper, America's spy chief who once lied to Congress about domestic spying in the U.S., has urged whistleblower Edward Snowden to return a trove of classified documents he obtained about Washington's spying activities.... More


Havana, January 30 (RHC) -– The Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) underlined in its final declaration its determination to strengthen the regional space among Latin American and Caribbean countries and, at the same time, ratified its full support for Argentina's claim over the Malvinas Islands.... More


Beijing, January 30 (RHC) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday congratulated the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on its successful second summit and lauded its approval of a special statement on the establishment of a China-CELAC forum.... More


Buenos Aires, January 30 (RHC) -– Argentinean President Cristina Fernandez underwent tests for an incident of lumbago or back pain at a Buenos Aires hospital on Wednesday afternoon, according to an official release from the hospital and the Government House Public Communication Office. ... More


Geneva, January 30 (RHC)-- UN-Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi says there is a "quite large" gap between rival sides in the Geneva II conference. ... More


Washington, January 30 (RHC)-- Western nations have doubled arms supplies to mercenaries fighting the Syrian government, according to report amid ongoing talks on the Arab country’s crisis. The United States increased more than twice its supply of light weaponry and munitions to militants linked to the so-called Free Syrian Army's Supreme Military Command during the month of January. ... More


Kabul, January 30 (RHC)-- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, is pressuring Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign the so-called bilateral security agreement with the United States. ... More


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