Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza announces group at UN news conference.  Photo: teleSUR

United Nations, February 15 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has announced that a number of countries have decided to form a diplomatic team at the United Nations to defend human rights and the fundamental charter of the international organization. ... More


 Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova in a news conference in Moscow, Russia.   Photo: Reuters

Moscow, February 15 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has warned that Washington’s so-called 'humanitarian convoy' is a cover to prepare, from the Colombian town of Cucuta, a provocative action in Venezuela.... More


Demonstrators demanded Colombia respect the "free self-determination of the Venezuelan people and their struggle to live in peace."   Photo: EFE

Bogota, February 15 (RHC)-- Colombian social leaders have organized mass demonstrations expressing solidarity with Venezuela against international pressure and giving support to President Nicolas Maduro. ... More


Suicide bomber in Iran kills 27 Revolutionary Guard members.  Photo: Press TV

Tehran, February 15 (RHC)-- In Iran, at least 27 members of the elite Revolutionary Guard were killed after a suicide car bomber targeted their military convoy near the Pakistan border.  The attack in the Sistan-Baluchestan province in Iran’s southeast was claimed by a Sunni militant group fighting for Baloch independence.... More


Migrant asylum seekers imprisoned in abandoned Mexican factory.  Photo: Democracy Now

Mexico City, February 15 (RHC)-- Riot police in northern Mexico have blocked hundreds of desperate Central American migrants as they tried to escape an abandoned factory complex where they’ve been imprisoned while waiting for the U.S. to process their asylum claims.  ... More


Washington, February 15 (RHC)-- On Capitol Hill, the U.S. House of Representatives has approved a bill to end U.S. support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, which has sparked the world’s worst humanitarian crisis in a half-century. ... More


 Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, DC on February 15, 2019.  Photo: AFP

Washington, February 15 (RHC)-- U.S. President Trump announced Friday he was declaring a national emergency to fulfill his pledge to construct a wall along the US-Mexico border.... More


 Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee on May 11, 2017.  Photo: Getty Images

Washington, February 15 (RHC)-- U.S. Justice Department officials were so concerned about President Donald Trump's fitness for office in May 2017 that they discussed whether Trump could be removed from office, according to former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.... More


 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo against any interference, including military, into Venezuela's internal affai

Moscow, February 14 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov held a telephone call with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in which he warned against any interference, including military, into Venezuela's internal affairs. ... More


Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari. File Photo

United Nations, February 14 (RHC)-- Syria's UN Ambassador Bashar al-Jaafari has reiterated his country’s support for Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro, condemning U.S. interference in the affairs of the Latin American country.... More


U.S. President Donald Trump reacts during a speech.  Photo: Reuters

Washington, February 14 (RHC)-- The U.S. Congress will not support military intervention in Venezuela despite hints by President Donald Trump that such action had not been ruled out, the Democratic chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said on Wednesday.... More


Juan Guaidó says he’s in talks to restore relations with Israel.  Photo: Google

Tel Aviv, February 14 (RHC)-- In an interview with an Israeli newspaper this week, Juan Guaidó -- who declared himself Venezuela’s "interim president" -- said he is in the process of restoring ties with Israel.   Venezuela severed its relationship with Israel a decade ago under the leadership of Hugo Chávez, who instead developed links with Palestinians.  ... More


 A general view of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hearing in The Hague, the Netherlands, on October 1, 2018.   Photo: AFP

The Hague, February 14 (RHC)-- The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has ruled that Iran can proceed with a legal action to recover billions of dollars in frozen assets that the United States says must be paid to purported American survivors and relatives of victims of attacks spuriously blamed on the Islamic Republic.... More


A man protests against economic recession in Buenos Aires, Argentina, May. 15, 2018.   Photo: EFE

Buenos Aires, February 14 (RHC)-- The NGO 'Let's Defend Buenos Aires' (DBA) has presented its Semestral Economic Survey, a study which shows that 2,536 stores closed in the capital of Argentina and the Province of Buenos Aires during January 2019.  This means that, as a result of the recession, 82 companies disappeared per day last month. ... More


A pro-Saudi militant stands at the eastern entrance to Hudaydah, Yemen.  Photo: AFP

Sanaa, February 14 (RHC)-- Warplanes of the Saudi-led coalition waging war on Yemen have targeted a fishing boat in the waters off the Red Sea port city of Hudaydah, killing at least eight fishermen. ... More


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