Salvadoran woman set free, ruled innocent of abortion charges.  Photo: AP

San Salvador, December 19 (RHC)-- Twenty-year-old Imelda Cortez walked away from a Salvadoran court a free woman, after a judge found her ‘not guilty’ of the murder charges which detained her in prison for over a year.... More


Anti-brexit campaigners wave Union and EU flags outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on December 17, 2018. Photo: AFP

London, December 19 (RHC)-- The British government has completed its contingency plans for dealing with a situation in which the country could be leaving the European Union without an agreement that could define divorce terms as well as how future relationship would work.... More


US soldiers stand next to a RQ7 Bravo Shadow Drone, under the wing of a C17 Globemaster III, during the Africa Aerospace and Defense Expo on September 20, 2018,

Mogadishu, December 18 (RHC)-- The U.S. has carried out fresh airstrikes in Somalia, killing dozens of purported militants there as Washington steps up its military presence in Africa. ... More


At least 22 Palestinians injured in Israeli attack on Gaza naval protest.   Photo: Press TV

Gaza City, December 18 (RHC)-- Israeli soldiers have wounded at least 22 Palestinians in an attack on demonstrators that had gathered along Gaza’s territorial waters to stage a new protest against the Israeli occupation. ... More


The photo, taken on December 16, 2018, shows the aftermath of demolition of Palestinian Ashraf Na’alwa’s family home by Israeli forces in the Shweika village, i

Ramallah, December 18 (RHC)-- Israeli forces have demolished the home of a Palestinian who was killed by the Israeli military last week after he allegedly killed two Israelis in a shooting attack in the occupied West Bank some two months ago. ... More


ICE arrests and deportations under Donald Trump rise in 2018

Washington, December 18 (RHC)-- New data show that the Donald Trump administration continues to increase the number of arrests and deportations of immigrants.  ... More


Saudi-paid lobbyists put up U.S. veterans at Donald Trump’s D.C. hotel

Washington, December 18 (RHC)-- In the U.S., lobbyists representing Saudi Arabia’s government paid over a quarter-million dollars to rent rooms at Donald Trump’s Washington, D.C., hotel within a month of Trump’s election in 2016. ... More


Yemeni mother denied entry to U.S. to see dying son in California

San Francisco, December 18 (RHC)-- The travel ban imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump administration’s on several Muslim countries is preventing a Yemeni mother of a 2-year-old boy on life support in a California hospital from coming to the U.S. to say goodbye to her dying son. ... More


A tourist takes a photograph of the Houses of Parliament, near an anti-Brexit campaigner's placard, in central London, on December 17, 2018.  Photo: AFP

London, December 18 (RHC)-- The British government is to earmark a budget of around two billion pounds for a contingency plan to cope with a disorderly withdrawal from the European Union, a new report says. ... More


ELN declares ceasefire, calls on Colombian government to resume peace talks.  Photo: teleSUR

Bogota, December 17 (RHC)-- The National Liberation Army (ELN) in Colombia declared a 12-day Christmas truce Monday that will begin Sunday, December 23rd.... More


Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.  Photo: Press TV

Doha, December 17 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says economic sanctions imposed by the United States against Iran will fail to have any impact on the policies of the Islamic Republic at home or abroad.... More


A U.S. Army soldier from NATO and a member of Afghan Local Police (ALP) look on in a checkpoint during a patrol against Daesh Takfiri terrorists at Deh Bala dis

Kabul, December 17 (RHC)-- At least 20 women and children have been killed in an airstrike conducted by U.S. warplanes in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Kunar, local officials say.... More


The Return to the Homeland Plan sponsored by the Nicolas Maduro administration, continues bringing Venezuelans back to their country.  Photo: Twitter: @denisset

Caracas, December 17 (RHC)-- Hundreds of Venezuelans are returning to their homeland with a plan sposored by the Venezuelan Government.... More


 Outgoing US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke (R) talking to former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon.  Photo: AFP

Washington, December 17 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has announced the latest high profile departure from his administration as the Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. ... More


Guatemalan family demands answers in death of 7-year-old girl in U.S. Border Patrol custody.  Photo: AFP

El Paso, December 17 (RHC)-- The family of a 7-year-old indigenous Guatemalan girl who died on December 8th while in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol is demanding answers. ... More


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