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An offensive of the Syrian Air Force left 82 dead in a district of the opposition in the outskirts of Damascus, in retaliation to rocket attacks by insurgents that hit the center of the capital, said on Friday a monitoring group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which...

The death toll increased to 32 after the accident of a plane of the Taiwanese airlines TransAsia, occurred on Wednesday in Taipei, where in addition, 12 people are still being sought by rescue teams and services. Rescue operations were not interrupted throughout the night, with...

Pope Francis demanded in a letter to the bishops and Catholic religious leaders around the world tp not cover up for any reason pedophilia cases. “There is absolutely no place in the ministry for those who abuse children,” said the Pope in the letter, so at the time...

A plane of the Taiwanese airline TransAsia, crashed in Taipei leaving so far 23 dead, 15 wounded and 20 missing people, while rescue teams try to help survivors, reported local government. The aircraft with 58 people on board crashed into the Jilong River after making a sharp...

The Undersecretary for Multilateral Affairs and Human Rights of Mexico, Juan Manuel Gómez Robledo, announced at the UN he expects that by June the country has a general law of enforced disappearance. “The General Law on Enforced Disappearance is an immediate challenge. The...

At least seven people died on Tuesday when a train crashed against a car on the railroad tracks in the northern outskirts of the city of New York at rush hour, local media reported. The train, heading north, hit a Jeep Cherokee at a railroad crossing in Valhalla, killing the...

A new snowstorm has generated at least the death of 11 people on the east coast and in the Midwestern United States in traffic accidents caused by bad weather, NBC reported. In the US state of Ohio a man died from a heart attack after removing snow with a shovel in front of his...

The Committee on Enforced Disappearances of the United Nations criticized this Tuesday to Mexico on cases of migrants and specifically, emigrant minors who disappear and are victims of sexual, labor exploitation or human trafficking. The rapporteurs of Mexico, Luciano Hazan and...

The official newspaper Granma and other official Cuban media published on Monday the first photos of Cuban leader Fidel Castro in almost six months, in an attempt to quell rumors about an alleged deterioration of his health. “Fidel is one of a kind,” is titled the...

Mexico appears for the first time at a hearing before the Committee on Enforced Disappearances today and tomorrow, by the disappearance of the 43 students in Iguala. In Geneva, the UN Committee will assess the situation of Mexico in this area, being the first time that the...