Mexican candidates Juana Irais Maldonado (L) and Pamela Teran (R) were found murdered on June 2, 2018.  Photo: Twitter

Mexico City, June 5 (RHC)-- Police in Mexico are investigating the deaths of two more political candidates after their bodies and those of their companions were found.... More


Newly accredited US Ambassador Richard Allen Grenell stands in front of a military honor guard during an accreditation ceremony for new Ambassadors in Berlin, G

Berlin, June 5 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump's ambassador to Germany, Richard Grenell, says he wants to "empower" the like-minded right wing in Europe.... More


Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif at a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Foreign Ministers Council in Istanbul, Turkey.   Phot

Tehran, June 5 (RHC)-- Iran's foreign minister says the world needs to stand up to Donald Trump and save the nation’s nuclear deal after the U.S. exited last month. ... More


 Guatemala's Volcán de Fuego erupts for second time.  Photo: AP

Guatemala City, June 5 (RHC)-- In Guatemala, authorities from the Central American country said that at least 70 people died and many more injured by two eruptions of the volcano Volcán de Fuego. ... More


Madrid, June 5 (RHC)-- Spain’s former prime minister Mariano Rajoy said on Tuesday that he was resigning as leader of the People’s Party (PP) after he was ousted from government by a no-confidence vote.... More


United Nations, June 5 (RHC)-- The world must unite to “beat plastic pollution” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in his message for World Environment Day, noting that microplastic particles in the ocean now outnumber stars in our galaxy.... More


Pope Francis attends a meeting with faithful of the diocese of Rome at Saint John Lateran Basilica in Rome, Italy May 14, 2018.  Photo: Reuters

Vatican City, June 4 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has called for an end to violence in Nicaragua as renewed violent protests were sparked in the Central American country.    ... More


A strike by the U.S.-led coalition as it is seen from the Turkish-Syrian border in the southeastern village of Mursitpinar, Sanliurfa province.  Photo: AFP

Damascus, June 4 (RHC)-- At least a dozen civilians have lost their lives when the U.S.-led coalition purportedly fighting the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group carried out a series of airstrikes on Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah. ... More


An explosion is seen in Gaza city after an airstrike by Israeli forces on June 2, 2018.  Photo: AFP

Gaza City, June 4 (RHC)-- Israeli fighter planes have carried out multiple airstrikes on a series of locations spread out through the Gaza Strip. ... More


Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri.  Photo: Press TV

Tehran, June 4 (RHC)-- The Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri says any threat or possible act of aggression by enemies will be met with a firm and crushing response. ... More


A burned complex in Leon, Nicaragua housed the ministries of Family Economics, Agriculture and Livestock, Environment and Natural Resources among other institut

Managua, June 4 (RHC)-- In Nicaragua, a group of opposition supporters set fire to series of government buildings in the city of Leon, located northwest of Managua. ... More


 U.S. attorney general Jeff Session.  Photo: File

Washington, June 4 (RHC)-- The New York Times reports that days after U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself from the investigation into alleged ties between Russia and the Trump campaign... More


 Gregory Hill was shot and killed by a Florida deputy in 2014.  Photo: GoFundMe

Miami, June 4 (RHC)-- In the United States, the family of a Black man who was killed by a Florida deputy is baffled after a jury awarded them four cents as compensation for his death.  ... More


Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico last September.  Photo: AP

New York, June 4 (RHC)-- In the United States, the cable news networks are facing criticism for spending far more time covering the Roseanne story than the stunning new Harvard report that found at least 4,645 people died in Puerto Rico due to Hurricane Maria.  ... More


Honduran migrant Roxsana Hernandez dies in U.S. custody.  Photo: Democracy Now

Albuquerque, June 4 (RHC)-- A transgender woman who was part of the caravan of Central American migrants who arrived at the U.S. border last month seeking asylum has died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE. ... More


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