United Nations, June 13 (RHC)-- The United Nations has denounced the numerous human rights violations and extrajudicial killings in 2018 in Colombia as consequences of poor implementation of the 2016 Peace Agreement in the region.... More
London, June 13 (RHC)-- The British Home Secretary Sajid Javid announced on Thursday that he signed Washington's extradition request for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange. Javid said he said he signed the papers almost immediately after the U.S. Justice Department asked the UK to extradite the journalist.... More
Brasilia, June 12 (RHC)-- The Brazilian Bar Association is demanding the removal of Justice Minister Sergio Moro from his cabinet post after a lengthy report by The Intercept revealed Moro’s partiality in the case of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Judge Moro presided over the case prior to becoming a part of President Jair Bolsonaro's administration.... More
Nablus, June 12 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have opened fire on a Palestinian security headquarters in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus, injuring at least one Palestinian officer. Nablus Governor Ibrahim Ramadan said that a group of Israeli soldiers targeted the headquarters by blockading the building and shot at it “directly and without justification,” wounding one security guard and causing property damage. Other reports suggested two Palestinian security officials were wounded during the attack.... More
Managua, June 12 (RHC)-- Nicaragua has released 50 prisoners following the National Assembly's passing a new amnesty law. The legislation, passed earlier this week, granted a one-off amnesty to those who committed crimes during the nation's right-wing protests last year. The measure will apply equally to those with or without active cases against them.... More
La Paz, June 12 (RHC)-- Ibero-American ex-presidents have launched an attack on Bolivian President Evo Morales and his 2019 presidential campaign. Twenty-one presidents from the linguistically and historically connected nations, who sometimes associate as the Ibero-American countries, signed a letter condemning the Bolivian president’s campaign for re-election, calling on the Organization of American States to intervene.... More
New York, June 12 (RHC)-- Nations around the world condemned the comments by U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman who told The New York Times that Israel has the right to annex parts of the West Bank.... More
Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a new exposé by The Washington Post reveals the National Rifle Association has directed vast sums of money to 18 people on its 76-member board over recent years.... More
Moscow, June 12 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says it is important for Russia and the United States -- the world’s top two nuclear powers -- to jointly declare that the use of atomic weapons is “unacceptable.” Lavrov made the remark in an address to the 2019 edition of the Primakov Readings summit in the Russian capital, Moscow.... More
Brasilia, June 11 (RHC)-- The Supreme Federal Court (STF) Judge Gilmar Mendes has cleared for trial on Monday the request for freedom of former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, according to Brazilian media.... More
Washington, June 11 (RHC)-- The United States government has formally submitted an extradition request against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United Kingdom, according to a U.S. official close to the issue quoted by The Washington Post on Monday.... More
Bogota, June 11 (RHC)-- Three more Indigenous leaders from Colombia’s Awa community were killed in different sectors of the municipalities of Barbacoas and Tumaco over the past several days.... More
Geneva, June 11 (RHC)-- The UN nuclear agency's chief says he is "worried about increasing tensions" over Iran's nuclear program, calling for de-escalation efforts as Tehran expresses dissatisfaction with European actions to offset the effects of the US withdrawal from a 2015 international deal.... More
Ramallah, June 11 (RHC)-- The Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has lashed at U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman after he said the Tel Aviv regime has the right to annex “some” of the West Bank, arguing such comments amount to “legitimization of settlement expansion activities” in the occupied territories.... More
Athens, June 11 (RHC)-- Greece's president has accepted a request from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to dissolve parliament, formally triggering a snap election that Tsipras has called for next month after badly losing a vote for European parliament.... More
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