Ni Una Menos protest in Argentina against the ruling in the Lucia Perez femicide case.   Photo: EFE

Buenos Aires, December 7 (RHC)-- Thousands of women in Argentina took to the streets to protest against the inaction of the judiciary regarding the femicide of Lucia Perez.... More


A five-year-old Yemeni boy suffering from severe malnutrition on a bed at a treatment clinic in Khokha district in the western province of Hudaydah, Yemen.  Pho

Geneva, December 7 (RHC)-- The UN food agency says more than 15 million people in Yemen are in food “crisis” or “emergency,” warning that the number could increase to 20 million without sustained food aid, as the brutal war imposed by Saudi Arabia on the impoverished nation nears its fourth anniversary.... More


Demonstrators hold images of Camilo Catrillanca, an indigenous Mapuche man who was shot in the head during a police operation in 'Ercilla' town south of Santiag

Mexico City, December 7 (RHC)-- The National Liberation Zapatista Army (EZLN), the National Indigenous Congress (CNI) and the Indigenous Government Council (CIG) from Mexico condemned the murder of the Mapuche Campesino Camilo Catrillanca ... More


An Israeli soldier aims at a Palestinian protester following a weekly demonstration against the expropriation of Palestinian land by Israel in the village of Ka

Ramallah, December 7 (RHC)-- At least five Palestinian teenage boys have been injured after Israeli military forces carried out raids across the occupied West Bank over the past 24 hours, and engaged in clashes with local residents in a number of villages and towns.... More


Barclays customers demand divestment from tar sands pipelines.  Photo: Reuters

Toronto, December 7 (RHC)-- Thirty thousand customers of Barclays are demanding that the British bank divest from pipelines that carry oil from Canada’s tar sands.... More


Canada arrests Huawei executive for extradition to U.S.   Photo: Democracy Now

Ottawa, December 7 (RHC)-- In Canada, authorities have arrested a top executive with the technology giant Huawei and are preparing to extradite her to the United States to stand trial. ... More


Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev who signs INF treaty with Ronald Reagan.  Photo: AFP

Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- A group of U.S. senators have written an open letter to President Donald Trump urging not to withdraw the United States from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, a Cold War-era nuclear weapons agreement with Russia.... More


Morocco begins U.N.-brokered talks over occupation of Western Sahara.  Photo: Google

Geneva, December 6 (RHC)-- In Geneva, United Nations-brokered talks opened Wednesday between the Kingdom of Morocco and the Western Saharan liberation movement known as the Polisario Front, aimed at resolving the 43-year conflict. ... More


15 migrants die after boat goes adrift off coast of Libya.  Photo: Press TV

Tripoli, December 6 (RHC)-- In Libya, 15 migrants died in a boat after spending 12 days at sea without food or water.  Ten migrants survived.  ... More


 Former US President George H. W. Bush.  Photo: AFP

Washington, December 6 (RHC)-- Friends and family of the Bush dynasty gathered at Washington National Cathedral under tight security for a funeral service honoring late former President George H.W. Bush.... More


U.S. senators say crown prince is guilty in Khashoggi murder.  Photo: Democracy Now

Washington, December 6 (RHC)-- In the United States, CIA Director Gina Haspel briefed a group of senators on the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ... More


U.S. secretary of state gives Russia 60 days to “comply” with nuclear treaty.  Photo: AP

Washington, December 6 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave Russia a 60-day deadline to, in his words, “comply” with the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty... More


Israeli forces kill disabled Palestinian in raid on West Bank.  Photo: Press TV

Ramallah, December 6 (RHC)-- In the West Bank, Israeli forces killed a man during a raid in the city of Tulkarm Tuesday. ... More


Students burn a barricade in front of their high school during a demonstration against education reforms on December 4, 2018 in Bordeaux, southwestern France.

Paris, December 5 (RHC)-- French students disrupted classes on Tuesday in several parts of France amid protests against education reforms by the government of President Emmanuel Macron.... More


Report says Ecuadorean president met with Paul Manafort and to discuss Assange.  Photo: teleSUR

Quito, December 5 (RHC)-- Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno allegedly spoke to Paul Manafort -- former United States lobbyist, political consultant and a convicted felon -- about handling over WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange to the United States.... More


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