Syrian refugees board a bus evacuating them from Lebanon at the Masnaa crossing on the Lebanon-Syria border on July 1, 2018.  Photo: AFP

Damascus, July 9 (RHC)-- The Syrian government has called on its citizens who have fled the conflicts in the country to return to their homes as the majority of areas have been liberated from terrorist groups.... More


Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

Brasilia, July 9 (RHC)-- A series of rallies, mobilizations, and concerts are planned as activists and politicians continue to demand the release of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.  Supporters are also calling for Lula, who leads all opinion polls ahead of the country's presidential elections, to be allowed to run when the election takes place in October. ... More


Washington, July 9 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump is headed to Europe Tuesday to meet with European leaders at the NATO summit in Brussels. In advance of the summit, Trump reportedly sent sharply worded letters to the leaders of Germany, Belgium, Norway, Canada and other NATO allies, complaining that they are spending too little money on military expenses. ... More


Nicolas Maduro during a military ceremony promoting members of the armed forces.   Photo: EFE

Caracas, July 6 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has called on the country's armed forces to remain alert and stand ready to protect their country's sovereignty. ... More


Police break up an encampment outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Philadelphia on Thursday, July 5, 2018.

Philadelphia, July 6 (RHC)-- U.S. police have attacked demonstrators in the states of New Mexico and Philadelphia protesting against President Donald Trump's "zero tolerance" policy on immigration that separated children from migrant parents on the U.S.-Mexico border.... More


Mexico's president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador addresses the media after a private meeting with Mexico's President Pena Nieto in Mexico City.  Photo: Reut

Mexico City, July 6 (RHC)-- Mexican President-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he wants to work "in concert" with the business sector of the second largest economy in Latin America. ... More


General consuls of France, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, Ireland, Switzerland, Finland and Denmark visit the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar, east of Jer

Tel Aviv, July 6 (RHC)-- European diplomats have been barred from paying a solidarity visit to a school in a Palestinian Bedouin village in the West Bank under threat of demolition by Israeli authorities.... More


Chilean singer/songwriter Victor Jara.  Photo: File

Santiago de Chile, July 6 (RHC)-- In Chile, a court has handed 15-year sentences to eight former military officers for the murder of legendary folk singer and activist Victor Jara in September 1973. ... More


EPA chief Scott Pruitt resigns.  Photo: AP

Washington, July 6 (RHC)-- In the United States, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt has resigned, amid an onslaught of financial and ethics scandals and widespread opposition to his campaign to roll back key environmental protections. ... More


 Migrant ship docks in Spain after denial by Italy and Malta.  Photo: Reuters

Barcelona, July 6 (RHC)-- In Barcelona, Spain, an immigrant rights activist scaled a monument to Christopher Columbus and placed a giant life vest on the statue’s arm reading, “Open Arms.”  ... More


File photo shows Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (L) next to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli Knesset in Jerusalem.   Photo

Tel Aviv, July 6 (RHC)-- An Israeli minister has warned Damascus that Israel could strike Syrian government troops if they are stationed in a border zone subjected to a UN demilitarization agreement... More


Montego Bay, July 6 (RHC)-- The 39th Ordinary Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is coming to a close this Friday after three days of intense deliberations on crime and violence in the region, climate change, disasters risk reduction, and the regional market.... More


U.S. President Donald Trump.  Photo: File

Washington, July 5 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly floated the idea of invading Venezuela to both senior administration officials and world leaders multiple times in the past year.... More


(R-L): Ernesto Samper, Piedad Cordoba and Evo Morales among those who expressed their solidarity with Correa.  Photo: EFE

Quito, July 5 (RHC)-- Social and political leaders from across Latin America have expressed their support for Ecuador’s former president after Ecuadorean Judge Daniella Camacho ordered his arrest, and the country's government requested Interpol issue a red notice for Correa’s capture. ... More


Migrants rescued by Libyan coast guards in Tripoli, Libya.  Photo: Reuters

United Nations, July 5 (RHC)-- Planned new centers around the Mediterranean to handle migrants and asylum seekers will be no silver bullet solution to the European Union's immigration challenge, says a U.N. agency of the idea it will be asked to implement. ... More


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