teleSUR English page has been removed from the social media site without any exact explanation so far.  Photo: teleSUR

Caracas, August 14 (RHC)-- teleSUR English's page has been removed from Facebook for the second time this year without any specific reason given.  ... More


File picture shows Russian Sukhoi Su-24 fighter jets at the Russia-run Hmeimim airbase in Syria's western coastal province of Latakia.  Photo: AFP

Damascus, August 14 (RHC)-- Russian military forces have intercepted and targeted five unmanned aerial vehicles as they were flying in the skies near its strategic Hmeimim airbase in Syria's western coastal province of Latakia. ... More


U.S. policy of separating young children from mothers is criminal.  Photo: AFP

Washington, August 14 (RHC)-- A newly-published open letter signed by over 1,000 U.S. mental health professionals and organizations has condemned the Donald Trump administration’s practice of separating children and parents at the border... More


Auto fuel efficiency standards will be dropped.  Photo: AFP

Washington, August 14 (RHC)-- In the United States, the Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it will freeze Obama-era fuel economy standards at 2020 levels -- in the latest blow by the Donald Trump administration against efforts to curb catastrophic climate change. ... More


U.S. urban murders go unsolved.  Photo: File

Washington, August 14 (RHC)-- A new Washington Post study finds that more than half of all murders in U.S. cities go unsolved, with a homicide arrest rate of just 49 percent. ... More


Anti-fascist demonstrators march in Washington, DC.  Photo: Twitter / @ALCHYMEDIA TV

Washington, August 13 (RHC)-- In Washington, DC a white supremacist rally outside the White House over the weekend was vastly outnumbered by counter protesters.... More


 Iran’s UN Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo.  Photo: Press TV

United Nations, August 13 (RHC)-- In an unprecedented measure, the U.S. is punishing countries for abiding by a Security Council resolution, says Iran’s UN Ambassador Gholamali Khoshroo. ... More


U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis.  Photo: Reuters

Washington, August 13 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis has begun his first South American tour this Sunday, arriving in Brazil.... More


The number of British rough sleepers have increased by more than 57 percent since 2011.  Photo: Reuters

London, August 13 (RHC)-- The number of people sleeping rough in Britain has increased considerably, according to a report, as many blame government cuts to social services as a main reason. ... More


GEO Group for-profit charged with systematic wage theft.  Photo: AP

Seattle, August 13 (RHC)-- In a victory for immigrant rights organizers in the United States, a federal judge in Washington state has certified a class-action lawsuit alleging systematic wage theft at GEO Group’s for-profit Northwest Detention Center. ... More


U.S. court says family of Mexican teenager killed by U.S. border patrol can sue.  Photo: EFE

San Antonio, August 13 (RHC)-- A U.S. federal appeals court has ruled that the family of a 16-year-old Mexican boy who was fatally shot in the head by a U.S. Border Patrol agent can file a civil lawsuit against the agent and the U.S. government for damages. ... More


Puerto Rican prisoners could be transferred to U.S. prisons.  Photo: Reuters

San Juan, August 13 (RHC)-- Puerto Rico is planning to transport 3,200 prisoners to private prisons on the U.S. mainland, thousands of miles away from their families on the island. ... More


A mural commemorates the story of the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party, April 27, 2018.  Photo: Reuters

New York, August 13 (RHC)-- Robert Seth Hayes, a member of the Black Panthers Party (BPP) and the Black Liberation Army in the United States, has been released on parole after 45 years in prison for murdering a New York City transit officer in 1973. ... More


Caracas, August 11 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Communications Minister Jorge Rodriguez has revealed more information linking former legislator, Julio Borges, to the failed assassination attempt against President Nicolas Maduro. ... More


Washington, August 11 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has admitted that it has still not reunited 559 children immigration officials forcibly separated from their parents at the border. The hundreds of children are still in government custody more than two weeks after a court-imposed deadline requiring the Trump administration to reunite all of the separated families. ... More


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