Demonstrations protest ICE and immigration policies.  Photo: Reuters

Washington, June 30 (RHC)-- Protests against Trump’s immigration policies continue to rage across the country.  ... More


  Aid ship docks in Malta.  Photo: AFP

Tripoli, June 30 (RHC)-- In the Mediterranean, a humanitarian aid ship carrying 230 migrants rescued at sea docked in Malta... More


 EPA administrator Scott Pruitt.  Photo: AFP

Washington, June 30 (RHC)-- In the latest series of scandals for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, newly-released internal e-mails show his office discussed ... More


An employee of the National Electoral Institute (INE) arranges voting materials for the upcoming July 1 presidential elections, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.   Phot

Mexico City, June 29 (RHC)-- Over 20,000 ballots have been stolen since Monday in three different southern states ahead of Mexico’s general elections this Sunday.... More


Five journalists killed in U.S.   Photo: Democracy Now

Washington, June 29 (RHC)-- In Annapolis, Maryland, a gunman armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades stormed the newsroom of the Capital Gazette newspaper on Thursday afternoon, killing five people and injuring two others.  ... More


Protests against Trump's migration policies, 600 women arrested in Washington, DC.  Photo: AP

Washington, June 29 (RHC)-- In Washington, D.C., more than 600 women were arrested Thursday during a massive non-violent civil disobedience action on Capitol Hill protesting the Donald Trump administration’s immigration policies. ... More


Migrants on navy ship after being rescued by Libyan coast guards in Tripoli, Libya.  Photo: AFP

Tripoli, June 29 (RHC)-- Italy's right-wing government has called for migrant camps to be set up in Libya under the pretext of stopping asylum-seekers fleeing toward western Europe.  ... More


There are more than 84 million Facebook users in Mexico alone.   Photo: Reuters

Mexico City, June 29 (RHC)-- A surge in "fake news" circulating on social media ahead of Mexico's pivotal July 1st elections has prompted Facebook to eliminate over 10,000 accounts, groups and pages from within the North American nation. ... More


Trump cuts aid to Palestinian refugees.  Photo: AP

Ramallah, June 29 (RHC)-- Financial troubles facing the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) threatens to “adversely affect the lives of some five million Palestinian refugees ... More


Smoke rises above the Syrian southwestern city of Dara’a on June 25, 2018.  Photo: AFP

United Nations, June 29 (RHC)-- The UN says over 45,000 people have been displaced following the ongoing conflicts in Syria’s southwestern province of Dara’a, warning that the number could double if clashes continue. ... More


Brazil's un-elected president Michel Temer greets U.S. VP Mike Pence.   Photo: Reuters

Caracas, June 28 (RHC)-- As U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was visiting Brazil, where he called for more “pressure” against Venezuela, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza highlighted the “irony” of an anti-Latino-immigrant government interfering in Latin American affairs. ... More


In this file picture, a US-backed Takfiri militant with a heavy automatic machinegun next to an American soldier as they take their positions at the al-Tanf bor

Washington, June 28 (RHC)-- A military expert at a diplomatic school run by the Russian Foreign Ministry says the Pentagon is training dozens of Takfiri terrorists at 19 military camps inside war-ravaged Syria. ... More


 Trump administration lost track of thousands of children.  Photo: AP

Washington, June 28 (RHC)-- The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has lost track of some 6,000 unaccompanied immigrant children last year, a huge increase from the official figures Washington released earlier this year. ... More


U.S. Supreme Court just-us Anthony Kennedy.  Photo: AP

Washington, June 28 (RHC)-- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy has announced that he is retiring, giving President Donald Trump the chance to pick yet another justice for the court and shift its ideological balance even farther to the right for years to come. ... More


Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a meeting with senior cabinet members in Tehran on June 27, 2018.   Photo: president.ir

Tehran, June 28 (RHC)-- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says the Islamic Republic will never yield to U.S. pressure and demands following Washington's withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal.... More


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