Caracas, May 28 (RHC)-- A total of 69 tons of medicines and health supplies sent from the People's Republic of China arrived Monday in Venezuela, adding up to the previous 200 tons that have been sent in the past.... More


Ramallah, May 28 (RHC)-- The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) has called on the international community to boycott a forthcoming U.S. conference in Bahrain, which Palestinians view as a platform to sell out their rights.... More


Atlanta, May 28 (RHC)-- The United States has recorded 60 new measles cases, taking confirmed cases for the year to 940, the worst outbreak since 1994 and since measles was declared eliminated in 2000, federal health officials say.... More


Brasilia, May 28 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been charged with moral damages against Workers' Party (PT) legislator Maria do Rosario after a local judge ruled that the far-right leader committed gender aggression with a controversial insult made against the lawmaker in 2014.... More


Ramallah, May 28 (RHC)-- The Palestinian foreign ministry welcomed the Czech Republic's rejection to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv because the country is committed to international agreements on the issue.... More


Austin, May 28 (RHC)-- In the United States, a federal judge has temporarily blocked a Texas law that bans state contractors from boycotting Israel. Under the law, state contractors are required to sign a pledge vowing not to boycott Israel and not to take any action that is “intended to penalize, inflict economic harm on, or limit commercial relations with Israel.”... More


Managua, May 28 (RHC)-- Child mortality dropped by 40 percent during the first trimester of 2019, compared with the same period of time last year, reported the country's Vice President Rosario Murillo.... More


Washington, May 28 (RHC)-- U.S. Department of Defense is investigating Ahsha Tribble, a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) official, for allegedly manipulating contracts during the reconstruction of Puerto Rico following the devastating 2017 Hurricane Maria.... More


Oslo, May 27 (RHC)-- The Venezuelan government and the opposition will soon be getting together for a second round of negotiations in Norway, according to President Nicolas Maduro.... More


Washington, May 27 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says that the United States should conduct a military operation in Venezuela like the 1983 invasion of Grenada.... More


Pyongyang, May 27 (RHC)-- The People's Democratic Republic of North Korea has responded to U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton's accusations that their recent missile tests violated the U.N. resolutions. North Korea's Foreign Minister strongly criticized Bolton as “inordinately ignorant” to argue that North Korea’s recent missile tests violated United Nations resolutions.... More


Baghdad, May 27 (RHC)-- Iraqi Foreign Minister Mohammad Ali Al-Hakim said at a joint press conference with his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Sunday that Iraq will not support any military action against its eastern neighbor.... More


Brasilia, May 27 (RHC)-- Members of Brazil's "Free Lula" movement and the Workers' Party (PT) kicked off a nationwide campaign Saturday and Sunday, talking to the public about the 'lawfare' taking place against former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a political prisoner since April 2018.... More


Tel Aviv, May 27 (RHC)-- Thousands of Israelis protested this weekend against legislative steps that could grant Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu immunity from prosecution and limit the power of the country's Supreme Court.... More


Washington, May 27 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump is invoking a rare executive provision bypassing congressional review in order to extend a multi-billion dollar arms sale to Saudi Arabia. ... More


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