New Delhi-With poems, music and a documentary, Indian university students and professors here today paid tribute to the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, on occasion of his 90th birthday on August 13.

Mexico City-Mudslides triggered by intense rainfall in eastern Mexico killed 40 people over the weekend. According to reports, saturated hillsides collapsed on to houses in the states of Veracruz and Puebla.

Brasilia-Brazil's Senate has voted to hold an impeachment trial for suspended president Dilma Rousseff, pushing her one step closer to dismissal from office. Following a nearly 20-hour debate on Wednesday, 59 senators voted in favor of the impeachment and 21 against.

New Delhi -The visit of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to India next week will help to reduce differences that surfaced recently between Beijing and New Delhi, Indian press reported. Ties between the two countries became strained by some thorny issues, Zee News TV highlighted.

New York- A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the oil giant Chevron in a case that dates back more than 20 years, blocking one of Ecuador's indigenous communities from collecting a judgment of nearly $8.6 billion for environmental damage to the Amazon rain forest.

Havana- The Ecuadorian National Assembly President, Gabriela Rivadeneira, begins a visit today to Cuba to strengthen ties between the parliaments of both nations and learn about the functioning of Cuban institutions.