Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adhanom attends a news conference in Geneva.   Photo: Reuters

Geneva, August 20 (RHC)-- Raging conflict is hampering efforts to rein in an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo... More


A new image for Pemex gas stations is presented during the launch of a new franchise and commercial strategy by Pemex, in Mexico. August 2017.   Photo: Reuters

Mexico City, August 20 (RHC)-- Mexico’s president-elect, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO), reaffirmed that his administration will spend more than $2.63 billion to bring the state’s oil refinery company... More


Caracas, August 18 (RHC)-- Venezuela has strongly rejected a US Department of State press release on the frustrated assassination attempt against President Nicolás Maduro last August 4, planned in the United States, according to Venezuelan authorities.   ... More


Kofi Annan

Accra, August 18 (RHC)--Former United Nations Secretary-General and Nobel Prize Laureate Kofi Annan has died at the age of 80, his family said Saturday.... More


OAS commission not welcome in Nicaragua.  Photo: teleSUR

Managua, August 17 (RHC)-- The presence of a Labor Commission from the Organization of American States (OAS) in Nicaragua is "unacceptable," according to a statement by President Daniel Ortega's administration.  ... More


The court has issued extradition requests to Colombia, Peru and the United States in connection with the drone attack on Maduro.   Photo: AVN

Caracas, August 17 (RHC)-- Venezuela's Supreme Court has formally requested the extradition of eight Venezuelan nationals living abroad who have been implicated in the failed assassination of President Nicolas Maduro. ... More


Palestinian schoolgirls attend a class at a school belonging to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza City on Januar

United Nations, August 17 (RHC)-- A United Nations agency says schools teaching half a million Palestinian refugees will reopen across the Middle East on time despite funding shortages triggered by a U.S. decision to withhold aid to the Palestinians. ... More


Deutsche Bahn is currently involved with its subsidiary DB Engineering & Consulting in two projects in Iran.  Photo: AFP

Berlin, August 17 (RHC)-- Deutsche Telekom and Deutsche Bahn, two state-owned German companies, are following car manufacturer Daimler and mechanical engineering company Herrenknecht to withdraw from Iran because of U.S. sanctions. ... More


A farmer moves bags of provisions, donated by the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), during a distributing of food aid to families affected by the drought

Tegucigalpa, August 17 (RHC)-- A major drought has ruined crops and left livestock dead in two southern provinces of Honduras causing famine ... More


Palestinian fishermen are seen on their boats at the seaport of Gaza City on July 17, 2018.  Photo: AFP

Ramallah, August 17 (RHC)-- Palestinian officials say Israeli naval forces have opened fire on several Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the besieged Gaza Strip... More


Suicide bomber in Afghanistan targets education center.  Photo: Reuters

Kabul, August 17 (RHC)-- In Afghanistan, funerals have been held for 37 people killed after a suicide bomber struck an education center Wednesday in the capital Kabul. ... More


Malta allows migrant ship to dock after five days stranded at sea.  Photo: Democracy Now

Tripoli, August 17 (RHC)-- In the Mediterranean, an aid ship carrying 141 migrants rescued off the coast of Libya docked in Malta on Wednesday... More


Boston Globe reports bomb threat as Trump attacks newspaper.  Photo: Boston Globe

Boston, August 17 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Massachusetts, The Boston Globe has stepped up security at its offices, after a building manager reported several threatening phone calls on Thursday, including a bomb threat. ... More


Pope Francis

Vatican City, August 17 (RHC)--Pope Francis is on the side of victims of more than 300 “predator” priests in the U.S. accused of abusing children in one state, the Vatican says.... More


Washington, August 17 (RHC)-- The U.S. Department of State is reducing the amount of time its diplomats are staying in Cuba to only one year, an unusually short time frame typically applied to war torn or otherwise dangerous nations. ... More


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