Demonstrators protest the budget bill outside the Congress in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 24, 2018. The sign reads: "Poverty increases, indigence incr

Buenos Aires, November 6 (RHC)-- Since taking office in December 2015, Argentinean President Mauricio Macri has created $153.619 billion in combined national debt, 83.4 percent of which is in the form of high-interest bonds issued by the National Treasury.... More


Turkey says Jamal Khashoggi strangled in consulate as international fallout continues.  Photo: AFP

Istanbul, November 6 (RHC)-- Slain Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was strangled as soon as he entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul, before being dismembered and his body destroyed.  That’s according to the official statement from Istanbul’s chief prosecutor. ... More


 Armed militias on U.S. border with Mexico.   Photo: AFP

El Paso, November 5 (RHC)-- Armed members of several U.S. militias have headed to towns near the border with Mexico in preparation for a possible face-off with a large caravan of immigrants moving towards the United States. ... More


Trump's tweet takes the shape of HBO program.  Photo: Twitter

Washington, November 5 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has reimposed harsh economic sanctions against Iran, drawing condemnation from European allies and massive protests across Iran.  ... More


Bolsonaro's pick for Brazil's finance minister, Guedes, has already sparked controversy in the region.   Photo: Reuters

Brasilia, November 5 (RHC)-- Paulo Guedes, a neo-liberal economist appointed by Brazil's newly-elected president Jair Bolsonaro, will soon be in charge of the economy, foreign trade, industry, and planning in Latin America's largest economy.  ... More


Smoke billowing after a US-led coalition airstrike in the western al-Daraiya neighborhood of the northern Syrian city of Raqqah.  Photo:  AFP

Damascus, November 5 (RHC)-- At least 15 civilians lost their lives after the U.S.-led warplanes lunched airstrikes against a town in Syria’s troubled eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr, media reports say.... More


A formation of ships from the US Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force cruise in the Pacific Ocean at the conclusion of exercise Keen Sword, which took pla

Tokyo, November 5 (RHC)-- The United States and Japan have continued with the biggest combat readiness exercise ever staged in and around Japan. ... More


The migrants have faced injuries, illness, and at least one death in their journey North.    Photo: Reuters

New York, November 5 (RHC)-- Noam Chomsky, the renowned intellectual and political activist, says the United States is responsible for the conditions that have led to the mass exodus from Central American countries... More


Secretary General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Yousef bin Ahmad al-Othaimeen.  Photo: Reuters

Jeddah, November 5 (RHC)-- The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has condemned as “illegal” a decision by Brazil's far-right President-elect Jair Bolsonaro to move his country's embassy from Tel Aviv to Israeli-occupied Jerusalem.... More


Google workers walk out to protest sexual misconduct.  Photo: Google

New York, November 5 (RHC)-- Google workers around the world have walked out to protest the company’s handling of sexual harassment and sexual abuse. ... More


Photo taken on October 27, 2017 -- Catalan president Carles Puigdemont (R) , Oriol Junqueras (2R), Jordi Turull (3R) and Raul Romeva (L) applaud after Catalonia

Madrid, November 3 (RHC)-- Spanish prosecutors called Friday for Catalan separatist leaders to be jailed for up to 25 years on charges of rebellion or misuse of public funds over last year's failed secession bid.... More


Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.  Photo: AP

Istanbul, November 3 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has shrugged off the forthcoming U.S. sanctions against the Islamic Republic... More


Reactionary Brazilian judge to be minister of justice.  Photo: teleSUR

Brasilia, November 3 (RHC)-- Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil's far-right president-elect, has appointed Judge Sergio Moro to the Justice Ministry.  ... More


Israel tightens its years-long blockade of the coastal Gaza Strip by closing the Erez crossing into the Palestinian enclave.  Photo: Press TV

Gaza City, November 3 (RHC)-- Scores of extremist Israeli settlers have blocked a road leading to the Gaza Strip's main commercial crossing, in an attempt to prevent goods from entering the besieged Palestinian enclave. ... More


 Trump birthright citizenship plan blasted as “unconstitutional”  Photo: AP

Washington, November 3 (RHC)-- In the U.S., Democratic leaders, civil rights groups and legal experts are blasting President Donald Trump for saying he’ll sign an executive order ending the constitutionally protected birthright citizenship for children of non-citizens born on U.S. soil. ... More


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