Washington, June 7 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has announced it will suspend legal aid programs, recreational activities and English classes for unaccompanied migrant children jailed in federally run immigration centers. ... More
Washington, June 7 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has canceled millions of dollars in federal research funds for a California laboratory that uses fetal tissue for life-saving medical research.... More
Washington, June 7 (RHC)-- In environmental news, the Donald Trump administration has lifted a ban on the summertime sale of E15, an ethanol-containing gasoline. The ban, in place since 2011, was designed to reduce smog levels in the hotter months.... More
Tehran, June 7 (RHC)-- One of Iran's major banks is pursuing damages against the British government over a 2010 freeze of bank assets. Iranian Mellat bank's trial against the United Kingdom is expected to start on June 17th where judges will hear that Britain's actions “substantially damaged the bank's reputation” and led to the loss of profits, customers and access to international banking services for which the lender is demanding US$1.6 billion in compensation, Iranian Press TV reports.... More
Washington, June 7 (RHC)-- U.S. Representative Dan Kildee, a Democrat from Michigan, has said that an increasing number of his colleagues believe President Donald Trump gives them "no choice" except his impeachment.... More
Moscow, June 6 (RHC)-- Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping met Wednesday in Moscow in order to discuss bilateral agreements and strategic interests, while also discussing the situation in Venezuela, vowing that their governments would work hard to "stabilize" the situation.... More
Ramallah, June 6 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has once again dismissed U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial proposal for “peace” between the Israeli regime and Palestinians, dubbed “The Deal of the Century,” stressing that the plan will eventually “go to hell.”... More
London, June 6 (RHC)-- In Britain, during a joint press conference with Prime Minister Theresa May Tuesday, Trump laid out plans for a post-Brexit trade deal, saying that the U.S. should have access to all sectors of the British economy, including the National Health Service -- although he later walked back his comments about the NHS in an interview with Piers Morgan.... More
Washington, June 6 (RHC)-- A possible standoff is brewing between Republican leaders and President Donald Trump as Republican senators have come out against Trump’s tariff threat to Mexico, over what he claims is Mexico’s failure to stem the flow of Central American migrants into the United States.... More
El Paso, June 6 (RHC)-- Reports emerged this week of a failed attempt to reunite separated migrant families in Texas last July, which saw 37 migrant children spend up to 39 hours waiting in a van to see their parents.... More
Paris, June 6 (RHC)-- Amnesty International has criticized the French government, accusing authorities there of intimidating those who are involved in supporting migrants. In a new report on Wednesday, the UK-based rights group said the authorities were engaged in a deliberate attempt "to curtail acts of solidarity" offered by activists to asylum seekers and refugees in the north of France.... More
Los Angeles, June 6 (RHC)-- The homeless population around Los Angeles, California, has risen sharply during the past year due to a lack of affordable housing in and around the second-largest city in the United States, pushing more people into poverty. ... More
London, June 6 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump says he has decided not to meet Jeremy Corbyn on his trip to Britain, describing the Labour Party leader a "negative force.”... More
Stockholm, June 5 (RHC)-- A Swedish court has rejected a request to arrest and detain WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, halting -- for now -- an extradition attempt by Swedish prosecutors over a recently reopened rape investigation from 2010. ... More
London, June 5 (RHC)-- The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has fired back at U.S. President Donald Trump for his insults prior to landing in Great Britain for his three-day visit. Khan called the U.S. President the 'poster-boy' for the far-right, pointing out that Trump has a large support base among the Alt-Right. ... More
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