Washington, September 5 (RHC)-- Confirmation hearings began on Tuesday for U.S. President Donald Trump’s pick to fill Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat as the Supreme Court’s swing vote.  Observers say that if Judge Brett Kavanaugh is confirmed, it would create a bloc of five right-wing justices, likely making it the most conservative court since the 1930s. ... More


Asian African Forum

Beijing, September 4 (RHC)-- China has announced the offering of 60 billion U.S. dollars in financial support and a debt write-off to impoverished African nations.... More


Caracas, September 4 (RHC)--Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has announced that as of this Tuesday, the trial period begins for the sale of gasoline in eight states of the country using personal identification cards.... More


Rome, September 4 (RHC)-- Refugee and migrants aid groups have sounded alarm over the latest report by the United Nations warning that the death rate for the migration crisis in the Mediterranean sea has reached its highest level since 2015. ... More


Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela

Caracas, September 4 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has ordered the launching of an airlift that guarantees the return of all migrants registered under the government-sponsored initiative “Return to the Homeland” Plan.... More


Tehran, September 3 (RHC) – A planned summit of Iran, Russia and Turkey in the Iranian capital, Tehran, this coming Friday will address the crisis in Syria and restoration of peace in the Arab state, an Iranian spokesperson said Monday.... More


Baghdad, September 3 (RHC) -- Violence across Iraq killed 82 civilians in August, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said Sunday.... More


Tehran, September 3 (RHC) -- Lack of efforts by Europe to save the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal will have "serious consequences," Kamal Kharrazi, chief of Iran's Strategic Council on Foreign Relations, said on Sunday, according to Tehran Times daily.... More


Bogota, September 4 (RHC)-- In Colombia, with the latest murder of two social leaders which took place over the weekend, the number of social leaders killed so far this year has reached 158.... More


Riyadh, September 4 (RHC)-- Saudi Arabia says a school bus targeted in an airstrike in Yemen last month was a "legitimate target" after finally admitting "mistakes" which took the lives of scores of children.... More


Quito, September 4 (RHC)--Ecuador's government has received $500 million from a repurchase agreement with Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs, while protesters marched through the capital in protest of new economic measures.... More


Geneva, September 4 (RHC)-- The peoples of Africa are experiencing a major improvement in health, according to a new report by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) regional office.... More


Rio de Janeiro, September 2 (RHC)—A massive fire has hit Brazil National Museum in Rio de Janeiro Sunday. No victims have been reported.... More


Buenos Aires, September 3 (RHC)-- Hundreds of thousands of Argentineans have marched through the streets of downtown Buenos Aires in defense of the public education system and to reject cuts announced by President Mauricio Macri’s administration amid the country's ongoing International Monetary Fund-backed austerity measures.... More


La Paz, September 3 (RHC)-- Bolivian President Evo Morales said on his Twitter account, that "the U.S. is the real threat to humankind," responding to Senator Marco Rubio's talk of using the U.S. Armed Forces against the Venezuelan Government as it "has become a threat for the region and even for the United States."... More


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