Helsinki, August 19 (RHC)-- On the first leg of a three-nation Scandinavian tour, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has arrived in the Finnish capital of Helsinki for high-level talks with European officials on ways to ease tensions in the West Asia region.... More
Washington, August 19 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has reportedly shown concern privately about an emerging economic recession that could seriously dent his chance of reelection in 2020.... More
La Paz, August 19 (RHC)-- President Evo Morales celebrated Flag Day on Saturday, emphasizing that the nation’s tri-colors—red, yellow and green—symbolize the independence of a liberated and sovereign people.... More
Ramallah, August 19 (RHC)-- The grandmother of U.S. congresswoman Rashida Tlaib of Michigan slammed Donald Trump after the U.S. president made an insensitive comment on Twitter about her granddaughter.... More
Madrid, August 18 (RHC)-- Spain on Sunday offered Algeciras as a port to disembark over one hundred migrants on a charity rescue ship stranded off the coast of Italy after the vessel had spent more than two weeks waiting for a safe port to be made available.... More
London, August 18 (RHC)-- Gibraltar has rejected a renewed U.S. request demanding the seizure of the tanker Grace 1, which has been renamed Adrian Darya 1. The ship is expected to set sail from Gibraltar on Sunday evening.... More
Kabul, August 18 (RHC)-- At least 63 people have been killed after a powerful blast rocked a wedding reception in the western part of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. Nearly two hundred people have been injured.... More
Tehran, August 18 (RHC)-- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has described foreign forces in the region as the root cause of more problems for the entire region. During a meeting with new Afghan Ambassador to Tehran Abdulghfour Lival on Sunday, Rouhani said: "The presence of foreign forces in any regional country will only serve to create problems." ... More
Ramallah, August 18 (RHC)-- Hamas and Islamic Jihad, two Palestinian resistance movements based in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip, have issued stern warnings to Israel following Israeli strikes that killed three Gazans.... More
Pittsburgh, August 18 (RHC)-- In the U.S., union workers at a Royal Dutch Shell’s manufacturing facility in western Pennsylvania where President Donald Trump delivered a speech this past week had been told to attend the event or lose their pay.... More
Rome, August 17 (RHC)-- Defeated by international pressure and pressured by divisions in the far-right ruling class, Italy’s Interior Minister Matteo Salvini authorized on Saturday the landing of 27 "unaccompanied minors" from the Open Arms ship to the Lampedura port.... More
Port of Spain, August 17 (RHC)-- Over 60 delegates from 13 countries are taking part in the VIII Assembly of Peoples of the Caribbean, which will be held through Monday, August 19th in Trinidad and Tobago, with an agenda to debate strategies countering imperialism. Those present agree that regional integration and collabortation is key to the countermovement solution.... More
San Salvador, August 17 (RHC)-- A Salvadoran woman sentenced to 30 years in prison after a stillborn delivery -- the result of rape -- is back in court for a retrial on homicide charges, for which prosecutors are now asking a 40-year prison sentence.... More
London, August 17 (RHC)-- The United States has issued a warrant to seize Iran's Grace 1 oil tanker before it leaves Gibraltar's waters in what appears to be a last ditch effort to prevent the vessel from continuing its journey into the Mediterranean. ... More
Mexico City, August 17 (RHC)-- Mexico should be investigating all the disappeared and not focus only on the case of the 43 missing Ayotzinapa students who went missing in 2014, said Rainer Huhle, a former member of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED).... More
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