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The President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko has promised this Friday to “find and destroy” pro-Russian separatists responsible for the death of some twenty Ukrainian soldiers by a Grad missile attack in the Lugansk region, east of country. Poroshenko convened an urgent...

The Brazilian government on Thursday declared a state of emergency in 126 municipalities of the state of Rio Grande do Sul due to heavy rains that have been lashing for weeks southern Brazil and causing flooding. More than 18 thousand 300 people were evacuated due to flooding,...

An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 magnitude was registered this Friday in northeastern Japan and triggered a tsunami warning in the region, public broadcaster NHK reported. The Japan Meteorological Agency said the quake occurred at 04.22 local time (19.22 GMT Friday) with its...

A a mile long row of tanks, armored vehicles and trucks, arrived on Wednesday from Mariupol, without waging battles, and dispersed to various places, said to AFP Ukrainian soldiers. Ukrainian troops are located 23 km south of Donetsk city, east of the country while excavators...

According to medical sources, 70 percent of the 81 deaths so far during the three days of Israeli airstrikes in Gaza were civilians, including seven people -4 women and 3 children- who died early this morning during a house bombing in Jan Yunis, in the south. Specifically,...

At least 15 buses were torched in Sao Paulo and some fans were arrested in fights and riots after the defeat of the Brazilian team 7-1 against Germany in the semifinals of the World Cup Brazil 2014. In Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais, the city where the match was held, some...

The Lawyer Steven Donziger, one of the representatives of Ecuadorians that demanded Chevron for environmental damage in Ecuador, appealed the ruling of the U.S. Justice according to which a judge of Ecuador would have conspired for conviction against the oil company. In a letter...

This week could conclude the negotiations between Ecuador and the European Union (EU), which seeks an ambitious trade agreement for both parties. Thus it was reported the European Commission (EC). Among the issues to be resolved in this fourth round, which takes place i...

The former analyst of the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) Edward Snowden, asked Russia to extend for one year the temporary asylum which was granted on August,1, 2013, confirmed today his lawyer Anatoly Kucherena. “There is a procedure stipulated by Russian law. We...

Israel has launched an extensive air offensive to Gaza with the pretext of ending rocket fire from that territory, which according to them is executed by the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas. Since the beginning of its Protective Edge operation from sunday´s night to Monday,...