Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell and his Chilean counterpart Roberto Ampuero during the UE-CELAC summit in Brussels, July 16, 2018.   Photo: EFE

Brussels, July 17 (RHC)-- Delegations of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) and foreign ministers of the European Union met for a two-day summit to discuss multi-lateralism and global trade in Brussels. ... More


Children separated from their parents at U.S.-Mexico border.  Photo: Reuters

Washington, July 17 (RHC)-- A U.S. judge has ordered the government to pay the costs of reuniting immigrant families with their children after being separated at the U.S.-Mexico border as part of President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy. ... More


German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas.  Photo: AFP

Berlin, July 17 (RHC)-- Germany says that European countries can no longer fully rely on the United States, calling for a unified front against Washington after U.S. President Donald Trump called the 28-member bloc a “foe” with regard to trade.... More


Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador holds a news conference at the campaign headquarters in Mexico City, Mexico July 15, 2018.   Photo: Reuters

Mexico City, July 17 (RHC)-- Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced he will cut his own salary by 60 percent once he is sworn in.  ... More


Pope Francis will participate in AMLO's proposed Mexican peace process.  Photo: Reuters Archive

Mexico City, July 17 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has accepted an invitation to participate in the framework of the consultations that the team of Mexican president-elect will carry out, in order to create strategies to decrease violence and insecurity in the country.  ... More


 ICE agents await migrants on the border.  Photo: AP

Sacramento, July 17 (RHC)-- In the United States, nine immigrant women who were arrested by ICE agents during the summer of 2017 say in a new lawsuit they were shackled and held in a hot, windowless van for hours, leaving them fainting, vomiting, struggling to breathe and expecting to die. ... More


Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.  Photo: Reuters

Brasilia, July 16 (RHC)-- Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has taken to his Twitter account to speak to the people of Brazil about the denial of his habeas corpus last week, which would have allowed him to walk free from prison. ... More


An explosion is seen in northern Gaza City after an airstrike carried out by an Israeli warplane on June 20, 2018.  Photo: AFP

Gaza City, July 16 (RHC)-- Israeli warplanes over the weekend carried out a number of airstrikes against the southern part of the Gaza Strip, as the Tel Aviv regime continues with its acts of aggression against the besieged Palestinian coastal territory. ... More


Trump calls on parents to pay for return of their children.  Photo: AP

New York, July 16 (RHC)-- The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) reports that migrant parents who were forcibly separated from their children at the southwest border have been asked to pay for the costs of reunification. ... More


One of the billboards features a February headline, reading "Trump calls media enemy of the people."  Photo: AFP

Helsinki, July 16 (RHC)-- The meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, was mocked by the largest newspaper in Finland. ... More


 Activists call for boycotting Israel.  Photo: BDSMovement

Dublin, July 16 (RHC)-- The Irish senate has approved the Occupied Territories Bill, which bans all trade with illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.... More


U.S. air strike on Syria.  Photo: AFP

Damascus, July 16 (RHC)-- Israel has targeted a Syrian military site in the Aleppo countryside in a missile attack causing structural damage. ... More


Evacuee Miyo Takeuchi, 7, eats a meal with her family at Okada elementary school, which is acting a temporary shelter for flood victims in Mabi town in Kurashik

Tokyo, July 16 (RHC)-- Japan's death toll climbed to more than 200 after rains, floods, and landslides devastated parts of the country.... More


Emmett Till's brutalized body was displayed to show racist violence.  Photo: File

Washington, July 16 (RHC)-- The U.S. Justice Department has reopened the investigation into the brutal 1955 murder of Emmett Till... More


Right-wing violence continues in Nicaragua.  Photo: Reuters

Managua, July 14 (RHC)-- In a unanimous call for peace, international organizations condemn the violent protests which have raged across Nicaragua since early April. ... More


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