Colombian presidential candidate Gustavo Petro.  Photo: EFE

Bogota, June 13 (RHC)-- With just a few days left before Colombians go to the polls to select the country's next president, progressive candidate Gustavo Petro is warning voters casting blank ballots. ... More


Protesters in Milan against Italy's decision to bar migrants.  Photo: Ruptly

Milan, June 13 (RHC)-- Nearly one thousand demonstrators filled Milan's Piazza della Scala on Tuesday in protest against the Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini's decision to close Italian ports to migrant rescue ships.... More


French farmers used dirt, tons of onions, wood and rubble to obstruct the roadways.  Photo: Reuters

Paris, June 13 (RHC)-- Farmers in France have blocked access to several oil depots and refineries in protest – that is organized to last several days – against the proposed use of imported palm oil at a Total bio-fuel plant.... More


More than 1,000 families separated at U.S.-Mexico border.  Photo: AP

Washington, June 13 (RHC)-- Nearly 1,800 immigrant families were separated at the U.S.-Mexico border from October 2016 through February 2018, amid a crackdown on undocumented immigrants by the administration of President Donald Trump.... More


In this file photo, heavy smoke rises from Kobani, Syria, following an airstrike by the US-led coalition there.  Photo: Getty Images

Damascus, June 13 (RHC)-- A dozen civilians have lost their lives and several others sustained injuries when the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group carried out a string of airstrikes against Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah.... More


After signing the document with North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un on Singapore's Sentosa Island, US President Donald Trump said denuclearization on the Korean Pe

Washington, June 13 (RHC)-- The U.S. Congress and some of Donald Trump's advisors could sabotage the progress made towards establishing lasting peace on the Korean peninsula... More


U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, speaks to the media after attending a Senate Republican policy luncheon on June 12, 201

Washington, June 13 (RHC)-- U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has threatened North Korea with the policy of maximum pressure if it does not stick to the outcome of the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.... More


Washington, June 13 (RHC)--U.S. president Donald Trump is back in Washington and says there is no more nuclear threat from North Korea.... More


Candidates running in Mexico´s presidential elections.

Mexico City, June 13 (RHC)--Candidates in Mexico´s presidential elections participated in the third and last televised debate before election date, set for July 1st.... More


A woman sells newspapers that show candidates Gustavo Petro and Ivan Duque go to the second round of presidential election, in Bogota, Colombia May 28, 2018.  P

Bogota, June 12 (RHC)-- Colombia's largest guerrilla group, the National Liberation Army (ELN), has announced a unilateral five-day truce to facilitate the development of the second round of presidential elections, a decision it described as a sign of the group’s will for peace.... More


Nicaraguan police reveal criminal and terrorist activities.  Photo: AP

Managua, June 12 (RHC)-- In a press release to the media, Nicaraguan police have disclosed a number of incidents of criminal activities which have been destabilizing the country and disrupting “public order and peace” of the nation.... More


Demonstrators protest Trump administration policy that enables federal agents to separate undocumented migrant children from their parents at the border on June

Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration will stop granting asylum to victims of gang violence and domestic abuse as it believes they generally do not qualify for asylum under federal law.... More


 Death and destruction in wake of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.  Photo: Reuters

San Juan, June 12 (RHC)-- A new investigation found that 68 percent of the people who died in Puerto Rico between September and December of 2017 - post-hurricane Maria - were over the age of 70.... More


Former U.S. congressional aide arrested.  Photo: File

Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- In the U.S., federal agents have arrested a former senior aide to the Senate Intelligence Committee, charging him with repeatedly lying to the FBI in a probe of who leaked classified information to reporters.... More


Immigrants sent to U.S. federal prisons.  Photo: AP

Washington, June 12 (RHC)-- The Donald Trump administration has announced that it is transferring about 1,600 immigrants held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody to federal prisons, in the first large-scale transfer of this kind.... More


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