Washington, February 13 (RHC)-- Seventeen activists arrested for protesting U.S. drone warfare at a New York air base in 2012 have been found guilty of disorderly conduct, but not guilty of trespassing. ... More
Dhaka, February 13 (RHC)-- Two owners of the Bangladesh garment factory where 112 workers died in a 2012 fire have turned themselves in. Delwar Hossain and his wife Mahmuda Akter are among six wanted in connection with the worst factory fire in Bangladesh’s history. ... More
Lima, February 13 (RHC) -– Peruvian President Ollanta Humala began a Middle East tour on Thursday that will take him to Israel, Qatar and the Palestinian Authority-ruled West Bank.... More
London, February 13 (RHC)-- Investigations are underway following reports that confidential files relating to customers of Britain's second-largest bank, Barclays, have been stolen and sold to brokers. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) launched the investigation after The Mail newspaper revealed that a database of information on up to 27,000 customers has been sold to "unscrupulous brokers."... More
Panama City, February 13 (RHC) -- The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) hopes to settle a financial dispute by next Tuesday with the international consortium in charge of the canal expansion so as to resume the project, an ACP official told reporters.... More
Washington, February 13 (RHC)-- Thousands of websites took part in a day of protest against mass surveillance by the National Security Agency by displaying banners and encouraging a flood of calls to the U.S. Congress. ... More
Washington, February 13 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal appeals court has rejected a bid by hunger-striking Guantánamo Bay prisoners to stop the U.S. government from subjecting them to force-feeding. ... More
Havana, February 13 (RHC)-- The chief of the Colombian government delegation to the ongoing peace talks in Havana with the FARC guerrilla fighters, Humberto de la Calle, has expressed his confidence that institutional mechanisms in his country will clarify the presumed espionage by members of the Colombian army against the delegations at the bargaining table in Havana.... More
Asuncion, February 12 (RHC) -– Paraguayan Foreign Minister Eladio Loizaga will travel to Venezuela Thursday to meet with his counterpart, Elias Jaua, according to MercoPress news agency.... More
Buenos Aries, February 12 (RHC) -– Argentina is finishing preparations for the launching of its ArSat-1 communications satellite in May 2014, the Argentine Ministry of Federal Planning confirmed.... More
Lima, February 12 (RHC-NNN) -- Costa Rica's President Laura Chinchilla has signed a declaration of intent to join the Pacific Alliance, a trade bloc composed of Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru.... More
Lima, February 12 (RHC-ANDINA) -- Peruvian President Ollanta Humala met Tuesday with top authorities of the legislative and judicial branches in Colombia on the first day of his state visit to the neighbouring country.... More
Brasilia, February 12 (RHC) -- Brazil is set to embrace a bumper harvest in agriculture during the 2013/14 harvesting season that officially kicked off Tuesday, according to official statistics.... More
Geneva, February 12 (RHC)-- UN-Arab League Special Representative for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi says the peace talks between the Syrian government and foreign-backed opposition in Geneva are not making much progress. Speaking at a news conference in Geneva on Tuesday, Brahimi said: "The beginning of this week is as laborious as it was in the first week. We are not making much progress." ... More
Washington, February 12 (RHC)-- A high-ranking U.S. official says he does not expect Afghan President Hamid Karzai to sign a bilateral security agreement between Kabul and Washington. U.S. National Intelligence Director James Clapper said on Tuesday that it would be best if Washington simply decided to wait for the election of a new Afghan president for signing the deal.... More
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