Santiago de Chile, January 8 (RHC)-- Chile’s Carabinero national police force, whose popularity has sharply declined since November after members shot and killed an unarmed Indigenous man in his town of Ercilla, went back to the southern Chilean town to raid and arrest Mapuche leaders in their homes.... More
Ramallah, January 8 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have shot and injured a Palestinian girl, whom they alleged to have attempted a stabbing attack against Israeli police officers at a checkpoint in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.... More
Vatican City, January 8 (RHC)-- Pope Francis appealed to Italy and Malta to allow a group of nearly 50 migrants aboard two rescue ships to disembark at their ports. ... More
Washington, January 8 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has launched a new attack on mainstream American news organizations, calling the press “crazed lunatics,” and again used the term “enemy of the people” and “fake news” to degrade journalists.... More
Jerusalem, January 8 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked a visiting senior aide to U.S. President Donald Trump to recognize Syria’s Golan Heights as Israeli territory.... More
Washington, January 8 (RHC)-- Reports from Capitol Hill say that the U.S. Senate, in its first legislative act, will take up a bill that aims to prevent opposition to the Israeli government by allowing state and local governments to boycott any U.S. companies which are engaged in a boycott against Israel. ... More
Bogota, January 7 (RHC)-- Another Colombian rights activist was shot to death in her home for helping Afro-Colombian victims in the country’s long civil conflict. ... More
Washington, January 7 (RHC)-- In the United States, the partial government shutdown is now in its third week as the impasse over President Donald Trump’s demand for $5 billion in border wall funding showed no signs of abating over the weekend. ... More
Brasilia, January 7 (RHC)-- Violent attacks continue in Brazil's northeastern city of Fortaleza, with gangs attacking banks, small businesses and transportation. ... More
Gaza City, January 7 (RHC)-- Israeli warplanes made several air strikes on targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Monday. No injuries were reported but there was heavy damage to property. ... More
La Paz, January 7 (RHC)-- The Bolivian government under President Evo Morales has officially begun to register citizens for free universal health care that will be available in March. ... More
United Nations, January 7 (RHC)-- For the first time in the Caribbean nation’s history, the Dominican Republic is joining the United Nations Security Council ... More
Washington, January 5 (RHC)-- A meeting on Friday between U.S. President Donald Trump and newly sworn-in Democrats ended in split descriptions of what transpired, with Republicans expressing optimism a deal could be struck and their political opponents reporting no end in sight. ... More
Washington, January 5 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly preparing to alter federal anti-discrimination rules in a far-reaching rollback of civil rights protections. ... More
Brasilia, January 5 (RHC)-- Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro urged Friday the urgent approval of a bill to protect police officers in the country from being prosecuted over crimes committed while on duty.... More
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