Tehran, April 23 (RHC)-- Iran will not hesitate to retaliate against the U.S. Navy if it attacks any Iranian vessel, Tehran’s elite Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander has warned, responding to a similar threat by Donald Trump.... More

Mexico City, April 23 (RHC)-- At the U.S.-Mexico border, Mexican authorities are forcing people recently deported from the U.S. to walk through “disinfection tunnels” upon their arrival. ... More

Ramallah, April 23 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the Palestinian Authority’s agreements with Israel and the United States will be “completely cancelled” if Israel annexes the occupied West Bank.... More

San Salvador, April 23 (RHC)-- El Salvador's President Nayirb Bukele has vetoed two legislative decrees under unconstitutionality arguments.  Decrees 620 and 621 made viable the return of stranded Salvadorans by the pandemic and for health personnel to have life insurance.... More

Brussels, April 23 (RHC)-- More than 180,000 people across the world have died from the novel coronavirus, nearly two-thirds of them in Europe, since the deadly disease emerged in China last December, according to an AFP tally based on official sources.... More

Mexico City, April 23 (RHC)-- Mexican officials say the country has entered its most severe stage in the spread of the coronavirus — what they refer to as Phase 3 — as cases surge, with the death toll topping 2,600. ... More

Washington, April 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S., a new study funded by the National Institutes of Health has found coronavirus patients administered the drugs hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin had a higher death rate than those receiving standard care alone. ... More

Santiago de Chile, April 22 (RHC)-- The COVID-19 pandemic will herald the worst economic contraction in the history of Latin American and the Caribbean, with a projected -5.3 percent drop in activity this year, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has warned.... More