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Cairo/Washington, Oct 15 (EFE).- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said that the Rafah crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip will reopen to facilitate the delivery of humanitarian aid to Palestinians trapped in the enclave. A handout photo made available by Israel’s Government Press Office (GPO) shows Israeli...

Quito, Oct 15 (EFE).- Voting in the second round of Ecuador’s presidential elections concluded on Sunday afternoon with the closing of the polling stations so that the correista Luisa Gonzalez and businessman Daniel Noboa await the first official results of the scrutiny. The voting centers closed at 17:00 local time...

Bogota, Oct 15 (EFE) – Colombian President Gustavo Petro threatened Sunday to suspend diplomatic relations with Israel in response to that country’s decision to halt exports of security equipment to Colombia because of its stance on the new war in the region. «If we have to suspend foreign relations with...

United Nations, Oct 15 (EFE).- UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday sent a strong message to both Hamas and Israel that the former should release the hostages they are holding hostage, and the latter should allow humanitarian aid to reach the Gaza Strip. «Each of these objectives is valid in...

Cairo, Oct 15 (EFE).- The need to stop the humanitarian catastrophe that is looming over the Gaza Strip in the face of Israel’s indiscriminate bombing has been the focus that the Arab countries of the Middle East have placed on the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, during his tour...

Cairo, Oct 15 (EFE).- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said today that the Middle East has two options to get out of the crisis: that «offered by Hamas» or that of «integration, normalization, collaboration, and affirmation of Palestinian rights.» «It is clear that there are two paths in this...

New York, Oct 15 (EFE).- US President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign raised $71 million in the third quarter of the year, well above the $45 million his primary opponent, former Republican President Donald Trump (2017-2021). The campaign of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Trump’s main opponent to capture the Republican nomination...

Caracas, Oct 15 (EFE).- The National Primary Commission (CNP), in charge of organizing the internal elections of the Venezuelan opposition, called on Sunday to recover the «democratic participation,» one week before these elections are held, on October 22, in which the anti-Chavism will choose a candidate to face the ruling...

Miami, Oct 15 (EFE).- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Israel on Monday, where he will discuss the latest developments in the Middle East conflict with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US media reported Sunday. According to The Washington Post, which quotes State Department spokesman Matthew Miller, during...

Jerusalem/Gaza, Oct 15 (EFE).- Israel announced Sunday that it is partially restoring water supplies to the Gaza Strip after shutting off the pipes last Monday, official sources confirmed to EFE. However, it is still being determined whether the extent of the measure can alleviate the severe humanitarian crisis caused by...

Quito, Oct 15 (EFE).- Voting centers were open Sunday in Ecuador for the second round of the extraordinary presidential elections, where more than 13.4 million Ecuadorians have been called to the polls to choose between Luisa Gonzalez, an ally of former leftist president Rafael Correa, and the heir to a...