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US and Cuba launched direct telecommunications connection between the two countries, “initially” only for phone calls, but could be extended to other links in the future, said on Wednesday the Cuban state enterprise Etecsa. “It has established a direct...

The Army presumed dead 7 marines and 4 missing soldiers from Wednesday, said a military source, after the accident of a military helicopter that crashed during a nocturne exercise at the Air Force Eglin base, in the Florida Panhandle. It was assumed that 11 soldiers were dead,...

The UN special rapporteur on torture, Juan E. Mendez, reiterated on Wednesday that torture in Mexico is “widespread” and it is practice in a “context of impunity” despite the government assures the contrary. “My statement that torture is widespread...

The Ukrainian army said this Tuesday that pro-Russian rebels are gathering their heavy weapons in deposits near the city of Donetsk, controlled by separatists, despite the cease-fire. The attacks fell last week, but allegations of violations by both sides show the fragile truce...

Japan held this Tuesday the 70th anniversary of the bombing of the city by the United States during World War II. This attack caused 105.400 dead and was held in the morning from 9 to March 10, 1945, where some 300 American B-52s unloaded 1,700 tons of incendiary bombs on the...

The euro hit this Tuesday March 10 its lowest level in twelve years with the dollar, weighed down by the eurozone monetary stimulus, the growing speculation about an advance of the rise of interest rates in the US and the situation in Greece . In London exchanges, the European...

Pope Francisco believes that Argentina has become consumer and producer of drugs, after that in the last 25 years is no longer a country of “transit” according to an interview released this Tuesday. “In relation to Argentina I can say this: to twenty-five years...

The Swedish Supreme Court accepted this Tuesday the appeal request sent by lawyers of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who ask annul his arrest. The information published on the website of the Swedish court says the attorney general shall conduct another investigation of the...

The ELN, the second guerrilla Colombia and currently in exploratory peace talks with the government on Sunday called on the US to assume its responsibility in the Colombian armed conflict, spanning more than five decades. The National Liberation Army (ELN) attributed to...

The Nigerien and Chadian army launched an offensive against Boko Haram in Nigeria and retook the city of Damasak (northeast) in the hands of the Islamists who controlled it since November, Chadian security sources said this Monday. 200 Boko Haram fighters were killed in the...