Washington, July 21 (RHC)-- U.S. House of Representatives lawmakers have ordered an investigation into how the U.S. military experimented with parasites as weapons of war. An amendment to the recently approved 2020 defense authorization bill requires the Pentagon’s inspector general to investigate how the U.S. secretly tested disease-carrying ticks and fleas as biological weapons between 1950 and 1975.... More
Tehran, July 21 (RHC)-- Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says after failing to lure U.S. President Donald Trump into war with Iran, the "B-Team" is now trying to drag the UK into a quagmire by stoking confrontation between Tehran and London over a British-flagged tanker seized in the Persian Gul... More
Caracas, July 21 (RHC)-- The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) has condemned Washington's continued hostile policies toward Venezuela — this year’s host country — and called for stronger multilateralism against the hegemony of powerful nations that undermine the world order and international law.... More
Atlanta, July 21 (RHC)-- A pregnant African American lawmaker in Georgia said she was verbally attacked in a supermarket over the weekend by a middle-aged white man who used profanity, called her vulgar names and told her to “go back where you came from” as her nine-year-old daughter looked on.... More
Honolulu, July 21 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Hawaiian protesters, led by a group of Native Hawaiian elders, were able to deter the construction of a giant telescope by gathering at the entrance of the site where the observatory is supposed to be built.... More
New York, July 21 (RHC)-- Facing growing international and domestic pressure, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's military campaign in Yemen has further pushed Riyadh to plead for Washington's assistance, according to a report.... More
Washington, July 21 (RHC)-- Muslim U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has introduced a resolution that seeks to protect the right to engage in boycotts against Israel, despite efforts by federal, state and locals officials to pass various anti-boycott measures.... More
Caracas, July 20 (RHC)--Representatives of member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) advocated for the defense of multilateralism in the face of constant attacks by the United States on the sovereignty and self-determination of peoples.... More
San Juan, July 20 (RHC)-- Support for Puerto Rico’s governor, Ricardo Rosselló, continued to plunge on Friday.... More
Brasilia, July 20 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Friday there was no hunger in the country, citing the lack of “poor people in the street with a skeletal physique” as evidence. ... More
Washington, July 19 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives voted Wednesday to block President Trump’s move to sidestep Congress by allowing U.S. weapons sales to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. House Democrats voted to send three resolutions of disapproval of the sales to the White House, where President Trump has promised a veto. ... More
Washington, July 19 (RHC)-- In Washington, D.C., Capitol Police arrested 70 Catholic nuns and clergy Thursday as they held a nonviolent sit-in protest inside the Russell Senate Office Building against the Trump administration’s inhumane treatment of immigrants and asylum seekers. ... More
Miami, July 19 (RHC)-- In the United States, the National Weather Service has declared an excessive heat warning for vast swaths of the Midwest and East Coast, with warnings that high humidity and triple-digit temperatures could combine to bring heat-related illnesses and deaths. ... More
Washington, July 19 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump was actively involved in a hush-money payment to a porn actress weeks before the 2016 U.S. presidential election in order to keep her quiet about their alleged sexual affair, despite his denial of newly-released FBI documents show, contradicting Trump’s claim that he has no knowledge of such payments.... More
Tehran, July 19 (RHC)-- Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has released the footage of the USS Boxer, captured by an Iranian drone which President Donald Trump claims was shot down by the U.S. warship.... More
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