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A UN report released on Wednesday said that tortures and mistreatment of detainees in the Afghan conflict fell in 2013-2014 compared to the previous two years, although it persists, according to one third of prisoners. 790 detainees interviewed by the UN, 278 (35%), said they had...

At least five drones have been spotted for a second night in the sky of Paris flying over different parts of the French capital, as reported by official sources. The flights of drones were spotted early Wednesday in various locations, including near the National Assembly and the...

The Vatican said that the Pope’s words over the risk of “mexicanization” of Argentina did not intend to stigmatize Mexico and acknowledged the efforts of his government against violence, the Mexican Chancellery reported. “The Holy See recognized the...

Large part of the southern United States has declared this Wednesday a state of emergency and several schools have been closed before the mix of snow and ice that is expected to continue affecting that part of the American nation. Heavy snowfall and rains accompanied by...

British Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Tuesday that the UK will send military personnel to Ukraine to train troops and advise Kiev in the fight against pro-Russian separatists. Cameron told before a parliamentary committee that British troops will arrive to Ukraine in...

A Nigerian market town of Potiskum (north) was the scene of an attack this Sunday after a girl with a hidden bomb in her body exploded leaving at least five people dead, reported witnesses and medical sources. “At least five people were killed, along with the girl, while 19...

At least 69 people were dead in Bangladesh after the sinking of a passenger ferry collided with a ship, police said. The MV Mostofa, from Rajbari district, was heading Paturia, about 30 miles away, by the Padma river when it suffered a collision with a merchant ship and sank...

The Peruvian government confirmed on Thursday that three NCOs of Peru’s Navy are prosecuted for alleged spying on Chile, a country that has not ruled on the case, between 2005 and 2012. “It is a reprehensible fact, shameful that Navy NCOs have been participated in...

Colombia’s Constitutional Court denied on Wednesday the possibility that same-sex couples can adopt, but retained the option to do it when the child is the biological child of one of the two implied. “The same-sex couples can only adopt when the request rests to the...

The Pope Francis Thursday advised the priests to officiate the Mass to avoid behaving like a “showman” and recover “the charm of beauty and amazement, both of whom celebrated as people”. “When we see a priest who preaches sophisticated or artificial,...