Immigrants at Northwest Detention Center on strike.  Photo: Reuters

Seattle, August 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Washington, immigrant rights advocates say over 200 immigrants detained at the Northwest Detention Center launched a hunger strike and work stoppage as part of the nationwide prison strike.... More


Donald Trump rolls back coal regulations.  Photo: AP

Washington, August 23 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump traveled to Charleston, West Virginia, for a campaign rally, where he celebrated his administration’s move to dramatically roll back regulations for coal-fired power plants.... More


Congressional representative Duncan Hunter.  Photo: AP

Sacramento, August 23 (RHC)-- U.S. Republican California Congressmember Duncan Hunter, the second member of Congress to endorse candidate Donald Trump for president in 2016, has been indicted for campaign finance violations ... More


After last year's pension reform the purchasing power of the lowest pensions has an accumulated regression of 8.58 percent.   Photo: Reuters

Buenos Aires, August 23 (RHC)-- Argentina’s ombudsman for senior citizens, Eugenio Semino, said in Buenos Aires that seven out of every ten senior citizens with a pension are unable to cover their basic expenses.  ... More


Iran has removed the US Dollar from its official currency rate reporting platform and replaced it with China’s Yuan in an effort that the media in Tehran say co

Tehran, August 23 (RHC)-- Iran has removed the U.S. Dollar from its official currency rate reporting platform and replaced it with China’s Yuan in an effort that Tehran says could be a key step toward ditching the greenback in trade.... More


Refugees wait at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport in 2007 as part of the first large wave of Iraqis to be resettled in the U.S. Photo: Carlos Osorio/AP

Washington, August 23 (RHC)-- In the U.S., military officials are sounding the alarm inside the Trump administration about the sharp drop in admission to the United States of Iraqi refugees who have helped American troops in battle. ... More


Palestinian teenage artist is denied to go to Europe to present her work.  Photo: Facebook: Malak Mattar

Gaza City, August 23 (RHC)-- Young Palestinian Artist Malak Mattar from Gaza said that she was refused a visa to France and to the U.K., in order to be present at exhibitions of her own paintings in the European countries.... More


Taliban fires rockets at Afghan presidential palace.  Photo: AFP

Kabul, August 22 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, officials say the Taliban have fired rockets at the presidential palace... More


Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen plead guilty Tuesday in a Manhattan federal court to violating campaign finance laws on Trump's behalf during the 201

New York, August 22 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump's former attorney and longtime personal friend, Michael Cohen, has pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges... More


 US troops in training.  Photo: Reuters

Washington, August 22 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump is reportedly showing renewed interest in a proposal by Blackwater founder Erik Prince to privatize the U.S. war in Afghanistan, amid Trump's growing frustration about the U.S. military strategy in the war-torn country.... More


UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt.  Photo: Democracy Now

London, August 22 (RHC)-- Britain's top diplomat has sought to defend U.S. President Donald Trump against the criticisms surrounding him as London struggles to cement an alliance with Washington at a time of increased uncertainty about Brexit. ... More


 Prisoners at San Quentin in California. The strike is being largely organized by prisoners themselves.  Photo: AP

San Francisco, August 22 (RHC)-- Prisoners across the United States have started a protest where they are refusing to work, holding sit-ins and staging hunger strikes.  ... More


A picture taken on July 24, 2018 shows a view of ongoing construction work at Ramat Shlomo, a Jewish settlement in the mainly Palestinian eastern sector of Jeru

Tel Aviv, August 22 (RHC)-- Israeli officials have approved plans for the construction of hundreds of new housing units at a settlement in the central part of the occupied West Bank ... More


177 refugees refused authorization to disembark in Italy.  Photo: AP

Rome, August 22 (RHC)-- The 177 refugees aboard the Diciotti rescue ship who arrived in the Sicilian seaport of Catania still remain on board as they have not received official authorization to disembark. ... More


French oil company Total withdraws from Iran in wake of U.S. sanctions.  Photo: AFP

Paris, August 22 (RHC)-- French oil giant Total has withdrawn from a nearly $5 billion gas project in Iran, as a result of the Donald Trump administration’s reinstatement of U.S. sanctions against foreign companies doing business with Iran. ... More


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