WASHINGTON, July 15 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry would leave for Jordan later Monday to discuss the Israeli- Palestinian peace process as well as the developments in Egypt and Syria, the State Department said. In his meetings with J...
BOGOTA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Colombia's second largest guerrilla group National Liberation Army (ELN) Monday rejected a call by the Catholic Church to lay down arms as a precondition for peace talks with the government of President Juan Manuel Santos....
SANTIAGO, July 15 (Xinhua) -- A Chilean court Monday ruled to uphold the suspension of activity at a Canadian-run mine until the company complies with environmental protection measures, local media reported. The Appellate Court of Copiapo endorsed th...
BOGOTA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- A police officer was killed and another seriously injured by a homemade grenade launched by members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) rebel group in the northwest city of Quibdo, police said Monday. Jesu...
BRASILIA, July 15 (Xinhua) -- Explanations provided so far by the United States concerning its alleged spying on Brazilian telephone and Internet communications are not enough, says Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota. Some explanations were offered, b...
HOUSTON, July 12 (Xinhua) -- A regional airport in the U.S. state of Texas has reopened Friday after a bomb threat closed the airport for a few hours, local media reported. The Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport, located in Texas's northwest...
BUENOS AIRES, July 12 (Xinhua) -- An Argentine federal judge has ordered the arrest and pretrial detention of former Transportation Minister Ricardo Jaime on fraud charges. Judge Claudio Bonadio on Friday also ordered the seizure of property owned by...
BOGOTA, July 12 (Xinhua) -- Colombian authorities announced Friday that Nilson Alberto Avila, one of the most wanted men in the country, has been arrested. The No. 2 leader of criminal group Los Rastrojos was captured in the municipality of Tulua in...
WASHINGTON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns was leaving for Egypt on Sunday to discuss the Arab country's return to an inclusive civilian government, the State Department said. During his three-day visit, Burns will m...
WASHINGTON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Sunday issued a statement on the acquittal of George Zimmerman, calling for calm as well as efforts to curb gun violence. Obama said in the statement that the death of Trayvon Martin, who...
警员德州枪战中丧生 HOUSTON, July 14 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. police officer was killed and another wounded in a shootout with a gunman in central Texas, local media reported Sunday. Police officers went to an apartment complex in Killeen, a city 3...
ATHENS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- A new interim Greek public television channel went on air on Wednesday, a month after the sudden closure of state broadcaster ERT in the context of efforts to overhaul civil services and tackle the Greek debt crisis. The s...
BRUSSELS, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in its public health committee on Wednesday backed a draft proposal to discourage youth smoking by banning the use of strawberry and other flavors in tobacco products. MEPs also...
MOSCOW, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Moscow guarantees that the conclusions of its expertise conducted over use of chemical weapons in Syria are correct, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Wednesday. We guarantee that the trials were taken by the exp...
VIENNA, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Austria aims to boost its economic growth by improving the country's competitiveness, the government said in a report entitled Economic Report of Austria 2013 released on Wednesday. According to the report, despite an econ...
