Haitian Prime Minister Jean Michel Lapin resigns. RT Photo

Haitian Prime Minister resigns

Port-au-Prince, July 22 (RHC)-- Haitian Prime Minister Jean Michel Lapin resigned on Monday,  according to a high-ranking official who asked for anonymity.... More


La Paz, July 23 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales is ahead of his closest presidential rival by 11 percent, according to a new opinion poll published by pro-opposition outlet El Deber. However, the poll shows him falling short of a first-round victory.... More


Washington, July 23 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump says immigration officials will begin removing millions of illegal immigrants across the country. Set to be published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, the rule could be challenged or locked in a court.... More


Caracas, July 22 (RHC)-- A new blackout has just hit Venezuela, with at least 16 states reportedly losing power, including the capital Caracas. Social media users report that basic services have been affected. This includes the Caracas Metro, which has to shut down a number of lines.... More


Caracas, July 22 (RHC)-- A U.S. intelligence aircraft flew into Venezuelan airspace Monday morning, following a similar incident last Friday, in “a clear provocation” and in violation of international treaties.... More


San Juan, July 22 (RHC)-- Amid massive ongoing protests in Puerto Rico, Governor Ricardo Rosselló announced Sunday he was resigning as head of the ruling New Progressive Party and that he would not seek re-election next year. He stopped short of resigning as governor despite the demands of protesters, who will take to the streets again today in the largest demonstrations yet since a text message scandal rocked Puerto Rico a week and a half ago.... More


Tehran, July 22 (RHC)-- Iran’s Intelligence Ministry says it has identified and destroyed an integrated network of operatives serving the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) inside the country. The Ministry’s director-general for counterintelligence said Monday that Iran captured 17 professional spies working on behalf of the CIA throughout last year and some of those arrested had been handed death sentences, according to the Fars news agency.... More


Ramallah, July 22 (RHC)-- In the occupied Palestinian territories, hundreds of Israeli troops have begun demolishing homes in the Wadi al-Hummus neighborhood of Sur Baher, a West Bank village located close to the separation barrier with Israel. Dozens of families could be pushed out of their homes. ... More


Mexico City, July 22 (RHC)-- Thousands of Central American asylum seekers are being forced to head back south to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, because the United States government won’t let them remain in the country while their visa paperwork is processed, which could take months or years.... More


Mexico City, July 22 (RHC)--Mexican authorities have found 1,418 human bodies in 390 clandestine graves according to the research “Study Violence and Terror: Findings about clandestine graves in Mexico.” The study said that between 2009 and 2014, 5,786 remains were found in Mexico.... More


Beijing, July 22 (RHC)-- Big U.S. companies are accelerating efforts to move more of their supply chains from China to neighboring countries in light of Trump administration tariffs.... More


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New Delhi, July 22 (RHC)--India launched a bid to become a leading space power on Monday, sending up a rocket to put a craft on the surface of the Moon in what it called a "historic day" for the nation.... More


Vienna, July 22 (RHC)-- The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano, has died at the age of 72.... More


Caracas, July 21 (RHC)-- Member nations of the Non-Aligned Movement demanded on Sunday that the United States immediately lift the economic and financial sanctions imposed on Venezuela.... More


Ramallah, July 21 (RHC)-- Dozens of Palestinians have protested a pending mass demolition plan by Israel against a village located in East Jerusalem al-Quds in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. The protest was held by around 50 Palestinians at the village of Sur Baher on Saturday.... More


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