Caracas, June 7 (RHC)—Presidents Hugo Chavez and Rafael Correa praised the performance of the countries with the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our Americas (ALBA) at the recent 42^nd Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS).

Tel Aviv, June 7 (RHC)-- The Israeli government has announced a new round of illegal settlement construction in the occupied West Bank.  On Wednesday, Israel said it plans to build more than 500 new housing units in various West Bank settlements.

Washington, June 7 (RHC)-- A former CIA counter-terrorism head has slammed President Obama's drone program telling the UK's Guardian that the White House has been "seduced" by drones and that the drones are killing people "indiscriminately."

Washington, June 7 (RHC)-- The alleged U.S. Army whistleblower Bradley Manning appeared in court Wednesday for the first day of a three-day pre-trial hearing.  Manning’s attorneys are seeking the dismissal of 10 of the 22 counts against him related to his alleged leak of a massive trove of government material to the online whistleblower WikiLeaks.

Washington, June 7 (RHC)-- New data shows that the Barack Obama administration is continuing to deport massive numbers of immigrants despite a review aimed at halting deportations for those with no criminal records and family ties to the United States.

Washington, June 7 (RHC)-- A new study is warning the combined effects of global warming, population growth and continued environmental degradation could lead to the collapse of the ecosystem in just a few generations.  A research paper published in the journal Nature says the world faces a "tipping point" of irreversible environmental damage as early as this century.

Washington, June 7 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear a challenge to a case accusing four operatives with the private military firm Blackwater of killing civilians in the 2007 massacre at Baghdad’s Nisour Square.

Washington, June 7 (RHC)-- The Pentagon has replaced the commander of U.S. Special Operations in South Korea after he was quoted claiming United States and South Korean troops have been conducting spy missions in North Korea.

Brussels, June 7, (PRESSTV), -- Latest reports indicate European and German officials have been seeking a strategy to prevent Spain's debt-ridden banks from collapsing.

Islamabad, June 7, (RHC), -- At least 15 people were killed and 35 others wounded in a bomb blast outside a school in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province.

Damascus, June 7, (RHC), -- The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has denied a report by the rebel Syrian National Council accusing its forces of killing 100 people in the west-central province of Hama.