Santiago de Chile, December 17 (RHC)-- A recent survey revealed that the disapproval of the management of President Sebastián Piñera increased to 79 percent, two points more than the previous week.... More


Abu Dhabi, December 17 (RHC)-- The United Arab Emirates has given permission to an Israeli delegation of senior officials to take part in an international conference, as the Persian Gulf littoral state is warming diplomatic relations with the Tel Aviv regime after years of clandestine relations.... More


Washington, December 17 (RHC)-- The U.S. House of Representatives is slated to vote Wednesday on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.... More


Madrid, December 17 (RHC)-- The failure of the United Nations climate summit continues to haunt the international community.  Negotiators could not agree on a deal that would limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit, above pre-industrial levels — a key goal of the Paris Agreement. ... More


Buenos Aires, December 16 (RHC)-- Constitutionally-elected Bolivian President Evo Morales, who is now an asylum seeker in Argentina after the coup d'etat against him, warned that the de-facto government is leading the South American country "to bankruptcy" because "they have paralyzed the productive apparatus and halted public investment." ... More


China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Geng Shuang.  (Photo: AFP)

Beijing, December 16 (RHC)-- Beijing says it has lodged a “stern protest” with the United States over the expelling of two Chinese officials accused of breaching security at a sensitive military base in Virginia, calling the expulsions a “mistake.”... More


Washington, December 16 (RHC)-- Amid reports of a failed war in Afghanistan, the Trump administration is planning to withdraw 4,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan, with the U.S. president set to make an announcement as early as this week. ... More


New York, December 16 (RHC)-- In the U.S., executives at Boeing have decided to end production of the troubled 737 MAX passenger jet in January.   Boeing’s 737 MAX airplane has been grounded worldwide after two crashes in Ethiopia and Indonesia that killed all 346 people on board. ... More


New Delhi, December 16 (RHC)-- Protests over a new Indian citizenship law based on religion spread to student campuses as critics said the Hindu nationalist government was pushing a partisan agenda in conflict with the country’s founding as a secular republic.... More


La Paz, December 16 (RHC)-- The self-proclaimed president of Bolivia, Jeanine Áñez, has announced that an arrest warrant will be issued for the democratically elected President, Evo Morales, in the coming days.... More


 Israeli settlement of Maale Adumim in the occupied West Bank on the outskirts of Jerusalem al-Quds. (Photo by AFP)

Ramallah, December 16 (RHC)-- Israeli authorities are planning to confiscate dozens of acres of private Palestinian land in the northwestern part of the occupied West Bank, as the Tel Aviv regime goes ahead with land expropriation and settlement construction policies in violation of international law and UN Security Council resolutions.... More


 An aerial view shows a deforested plot of the Amazon near Porto Velho, Rondonia State, Brazil.  (Photo: Reuters)

Brasilia, December 16 (RHC)-- Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon jumped to the highest level for the month of November since record-keeping began in 2015, according to preliminary government data published over the weekend.... More


Bogota, December 16 (RHC)-- The Common Revolutionary Alternative Force (FARC) party sent a letter to the President of Colombia, Iván Duque, in which they demand the implementation of the Peace Agreement and specifically his third point on security for communities and ex-combatants in the process of reinstatement.... More


 Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) speaks to the media.  (Photo: AFP)

Washington, December 16 (RHC)-- U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler has defended the impeachment proceedings against Donald Trump, calling the U.S. president a “threat” to national security.... More


United Nations, December 15 (RHC)-- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has presented a report confirming that human rights have been violated in Chile.... More


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