Beijing, May 14 (RHC)-- China said on Monday it would impose higher tariffs on most U.S. imports on a revised $60 billion target list, hitting back at a tariff hike by Washington on $200 billion of Chinese goods in a further escalation of a bitter trade war. Last week, the United States activated a new 25 percent duty on more than 5,700 categories of products from China, even as top Chinese and U.S. negotiators resumed trade talks in Washington.... More

Quito, May 13 (RHC)-- The attorney general of Ecuador has agreed to deliver all of Julian Assange’s personal materials to the United States, according to a report by a Spanish newspaper which says it had seen the official document detailing the agreement.... More

Brasilia, May 13 (RHC)-- In an interview aired by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned that his country's problems will not be solved by governmental decisions that facilitate the use of weapons instead of promoting education.... More

Washington, May 13 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Donald Trump administration wants up to two years to track thousands of immigrant children separated from their families at the southern U.S. border. According to a Justice Department court filing in San Diego, it will take at least a year to review a total of about 47,000 cases of unaccompanied children taken into government custody between July 1, 2017 and June 25, 2018.... More

New York, May 13 (RHC)-- A major new investigation by Amnesty International and Airwars has revealed the U.S.-led military coalition in Syria killed more than 1,600 civilians during the 2017 offensive to oust ISIS militants from the city of Raqqa.... More

Caracas, May 11 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has revealed that an army general who had been recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency, the CIA, was one of the masterminds behind the coup attempt of April 30th. ... More

Ramallah, May 11 (RHC)-- Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki said the Palestinians will not accept Washington's offer no matter how much money is attached to it, expressing the Palestinian stance on the proposed plan by the Trump administration as a solution to cease the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.... More

Paris, May 11 (RHC)-- In northern France, human rights activists are attempting to block authorities from loading French weapons onto a Saudi vessel, saying the shipment would be used to kill civilians in Yemen in violation of an international arms treaty.... More