Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's supporters walk during the Free Lula March in Brasilia, Brazil, on August 14, 2018.  Photo: Reuters

Brasilia, August 21 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has increased his support by almost five percentage points and would win Brazil's October presidential election if he is allowed to run, a poll by CNT/MDA showed on Monday. ... More


Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a bank note from the new Venezuelan currency Sovereign Bolivar at Miraflores Palace in Caracas, Venezuela.  Photo: Re

Caracas, August 21 (RHC)-- The monetary measures announced by the Venezuelan government, as part of the Recovery, Growth and Economic Prosperity Program, went into effect Monday... More


A human rights activist holds an image of a missing person during a protest against the decision of the Supreme Court to grant parole to human right abusers dur

Santiago de Chile, August 21 (RHC)-- Members of Chile’s congress are formally inditing three Supreme Court judges for abandoning their “constitutional obligations” based on their ruling to release several members of the Augusto Pinochet dictatorship imprisoned for crimes against humanity. ... More


Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov talks to his Lebanese counterpart, Gebran Bassil (not pictured), during their meeting in Moscow, on August 20, 2018.  Pho

Moscow, August 21 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says the United States' refusal to participate in the reconstruction of war-torn Syria is aimed to “artificially slow down” the return of Syrian refugees to their home country. ... More


Sale of U.S.-made bomb that killed 40 children in Yemen cleared by Donald Trump administration.  Photo: AP

Sanaa, August 21 (RHC)-- Reports from Yemen say that the U.S.-made bomb that killed 40 children when it struck their school bus in Yemen’s northern city of Saada was similar to other bombs that hit civilian targets.... More


 Brazilian Army soldiers arrest young men in Alemao slums complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 20, 2018.  Photo: Reuters

Rio de Janeiro, August 21 (RHC)-- At least 14 people were killed Monday in Rio de Janeiro during operations by soldiers and police in impoverished favelas and a suburb, officials and media reports said.... More


ICE arrests man driving his wife to hospital to give birth.  Photo: Twitter

San Bernardino, August 21 (RHC)-- In San Bernardino, California, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested a man driving his pregnant wife to the hospital to give birth, sparking widespread outrage. ... More


Ex-CIA director John Brennan may sue Donald Trump over stripped security clearances.  Photo: AFP

Washington, August 21 (RHC)-- In the U.S., former CIA Director John Brennan says he may pursue legal action against President Donald Trump, after Trump stripped Brennan of his security clearances. ... More


David McReynolds, “Hero of the U.S. anti-war movement,” dies at 88.  Photo: Democracy Now / Ed Hedemann

New York, August 21 (RHC)-- David McReynolds, a longtime pacifist and socialist whom historian Howard Zinn and many others have called the “Hero of the antiwar movement,” has died at the age of 88.... More


View of the square in Vietnam that will be named after Fidel Castro (ACN Photo)

Hanoi, August 20 (RHC)-- A square that will be named after the historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, is being built in the central Vietnamese province of Quang Tri. ... More


Fragments of a bomb that hit a school bus in Sa'ada, Yemen, on August 9, 2018.  Photo: CNN

Washington, August 20 (RHC)-- Munitions experts have confirmed that a bomb used by Saudi Arabia in last week's attack on a school bus in Yemen that killed dozens of children had been supplied by the United States .... More


UN human rights committee says jailed former Brazilian president Lula can't be disqualified from election.  Photo: AP

United Nations, August 20 (RHC)-- The United Nations human rights committee has ruled that Brazil’s imprisoned leftist leader, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, cannot be disqualified from upcoming presidential elections because his legal appeals are ongoing. ... More


Archive picture shows riots on August 19, 1953, when a US- and UK-engineered coup toppled Iran's democratically-elected government.   Photo: Press TV

Tehran, August 20 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has hit out at the United States for setting up a team to coordinate its pressure campaign on Iran, saying it is yet another plot to topple the Iranian government. ... More


Israeli regime's UN ambassador Danny Danon.  Photo: AFP

United Nations, August 20 (RHC)-- The Israeli regime has rejected calls by the United Nations chief to  boost protection of Palestinians against persisting Israeli atrocities on protesting civilians in Gaza Strip and the occupied territories, demanding action against Palestinian leaders instead. ... More


US President Donald Trump hits out at social media.  Photo: AFP

Washington, August 20 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has accused social media of "totally discriminating" against Republicans and conservatives, arguing that the platforms should allow both "good and bad" voices to be heard. ... More


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