Trump administration slashes number of permitted refugees in U.S. to historic low.   Photo: AP

Washington, September 19 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has once again slashed the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the United States.  ... More


Hurricane Florence death toll reaches 32 as threat of toxic coal ash release looms.  Photo: Democracy Now

Wilmington, September 19 (RHC)-- In the United States, the death toll from Hurricane Florence has reached 37 while the rivers in the Carolinas continue to rise from the record-breaking storm.  Tens of thousands of homes have been damaged. ... More


Blackwater mercenary faces retrial for murder in Nisoor Square Massacre in Iraq.  Photo: Google

Washington, September 19 (RHC)-- In the U.S. capital, a Blackwater contractor will stand trial for first-degree murder for the third time over his role in the 2007 Nisoor Square massacre in central Baghdad... More


Guatemala’s highest court orders return of U.N.-backed anti-corruption probe.  Photo: File

Guatemala City, September 19 (RHC)-- Guatemala’s highest court has ordered President Jimmy Morales to allow the United Nations-backed anti-corruption commission to return to Guatemala and carry out its investigation into graft and illegal campaign financing.  ... More


 British Prime Minister Theresa May (L) greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.   Photo: Reuters file

London, September 19 (RHC)-- British Prime Minister Theresa May has pledged to protect British Jews and what she called “Israel’s right to defend itself” in what appeared to be a veiled attack on Jeremy Corbyn, who has been accused of tolerating anti-Semitism in the Labour Party. ... More


Warships participate in NATO's major Mediterranean Sea anti-submarine warfare exercise Dynamic Manta off the coast of Italy on March 13, 2017. Photo: Reuters

Moscow, September 18 (RHC)-- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is reportedly beefing up its naval presence in the eastern sector of the Mediterranean Sea... More


A file photo taken on July 12, 2018 shows Chinese shipping containers on a rail line at the US Port of Long Beach, in Long Beach, California.  Photo: AFP

Beijing, September 18 (RHC)-- China has decided to take countermeasures hours after U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of new tariffs on 200 billion dollars’ worth of Chinese imports, amid an escalating trade war. ... More


Argentinean pesos displayed in Buenos Aires' financial district, Argentina August 30, 2018.  Photo: Reuters

Buenos Aires, September 18 (RHC)-- Argentina has released new numbers regarding public sector layoffs which shows that between May and June alone... More


Demolished Palestinian home.  Photo: AFP

Ramallah, September 18 (RHC)-- Israeli army soldiers have demolished a family home with several bulldozers in the Palestinian neighborhood of al-Nakheel in al-Ramla City, in central occupied territories. ... More


European activists protest banks on 10-year anniversary of Lehman Brothers’ collapse

Paris, September 18 (RHC)-- Activists in Europe protested outside banks in France and Germany to mark the 10-year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers... More


British Prime Minister Theresa May while speaking in the parliament.  Photo: Reuters

London, September 18 (RHC)-- British Prime Minister Theresa May has warned her opponents that if they reject a Brexit deal that might come out of her talks with the European Union, they will be forced to accept a no-deal situation where Britain will leave the bloc with trade and other issues unregulated. ... More


Patients await treatment at a makeshift cholera clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe, September 11, 2018.   Photo: Reuters

Harare, September 18 (RHC)-- The death toll in Zimbabwe's cholera outbreak has risen to 30, as the health minister announced new antibiotics were being used after the disease strain was found to be resistant to some drugs. ... More


Peruvian president says he may dissolve Congress.  Photo: EFE

Lima, September 17 (RHC)-- Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra has demanded that the country's legislature approve a constitutional reform against corruption, saying that otherwise he will dissolve the Congress.  ... More


Storm damage in North Carolina from Florence.  Photo: AP

Wilmington, September 17 (RHC)-- At least 23 people in North and South Carolina have been reported killed by Tropical Depression Florence... More


Typhoon hits Philippines and mainland China.  Photo: EFE

Beijing, September 17 (RHC)-- In Asia, Typhoon Mangkhut continued to wreak destruction in its path, reaching mainland China after ripping though the Philippines and Hong Kong.... More


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