Quito, June 2 (RHC) -- Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa will attend the 42nd General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) to be held in the Bolivian department of Cochabamba from June 3 through 5.

Buenos Aires, June 2 (RHC) -- Argentina’s Ministry of Defense announced the beginning of works for the design, development and construction of the first South American military training aircraft.

Cairo, June 2 (RIA Novosti-RHC) -- The Cairo criminal court has sentenced former President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison on Saturday, as he was declared guilty for deaths of protesters during an uprising in January 2011.

United Nations, June 2 (Xinhua-RHC) -- China assumed the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council for June on Friday.

Beijing, June 2 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Although the international community supports UN-Arab League joint envoy Kofi Annan’s six-point peace plan on Syria, differences remain over how to solve the crisis.

Berlin, June 2 (Xinhua-RHC) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that they favor a political solution for Syria and agreed to work with other countries to prevent the worsening of the crisis.

Washington, June 2 (Xinhua-RHC) -- U.S. Democratic President Barack Obama and Republican presumptive nominee Mitt Romney continued warring over who will better lead the recovery of the U.S. economy, the top agenda in the 2012 presidential campaign.