Nicaraguan protester fires homemade mortar at riot police.  Photo: Reuters

Managua, May 31 (RHC)-- Nicaragua's government has rejected the violent actions perpetrated by opposition groups across the country despite agreeing on a new round of talks as part of a mixed commission for dialogue. ... More


Demonstrators protest in downtown Athens during a 24-hour general strike on May 30, 2018.  Photo: AFP

Athens, May 31 (RHC)-- Greece came to a standstill on Wednesday as people staged a nationwide 24-hour strike against reforms linked to a third and final bailout.... More


Bolivian foreign minister visits China.   Photo: Reuters

Beijing, May 31 (RHC)-- Bolivian Minister of Foreign Affairs Fernando Huanacuni Mamani has met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi – during a three-day visit ... More


Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stands on the balcony before a meeting of President Vladimir Putin with French President Emmanuel Macron (both not pictur

St. Petersburg, May 31 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Moscow is in favor of the ongoing talks between North Korea, South Korea and the United States ... More


Demonstrations held around the U.S. for economic equality.  Photo: AP

New York, May 31 (RHC)-- In the United States, hundreds of people were arrested in cities across the country in nonviolent protests calling for an end to economic inequality, militarism and racial injustice, organized by the new Poor People’s Campaign. ... More


 French police evict migrants in Paris.  Photo: AFP

Paris, May 31 (RHC)-- In France, police have begun evacuating hundreds of migrants from makeshift camps around Paris, forcing them onto buses bound for so-called temporary accommodation centers.  The sweep came as France added new restrictions for migrants applying for asylum. ... More


Hurricane Maria's death toll in Puerto Rico much higher than official report.  Photo: AP

According to a research team led by scientists at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, nearly 5,000 people died in Puerto Rico... More


 Flotilla to break blockade of Gaza.  Photo: Democracy Now

Gaza City, May 30 (RHC)-- In the Gaza Strip, Israeli warplanes launched scores of airstrikes overnight Tuesday, while Hamas fired dozens of rockets and mortars into southern Israel, in the most intense fighting in the besieged Palestinian territory since 2014. ... More


While the Colombian government continues to deny the existence of paramilitary groups, the brutal organizations continue to cause disturbances and have killed s

Bogota, May 30 (RHC)-- The Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC), the political party founded after the demobilization of the insurgent group with the same acronym... More


 Singer Shakira decides not to perform in Israel.  Photo: Google

New York, May 30 (RHC)-- After months of intense campaigning by pro-Palestinian activists and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, popular Colombian pop singer Shakira will not be performing in Israel in July, entertainment company Live Nation announced Tuesday.... More


Colombia's Defense Minister Luis Carlos Villegas.    Photo: EFE/Archive

Bogota, May 30 (RHC)-- Colombian troops killed 11 dissidents of the disbanded FARC guerrilla group, officials said Monday... More


Roseanne Barr should look for a job in the White House.  Photo: AP

New York, May 30 (RHC)-- In the United States, the network ABC has canceled its hit show “Roseanne,” after its star, Roseanne Barr, fired off a series of racist comments on Twitter.  ... More


Chilean police clash with protesters.  Photo: Reuters

Santiago de Chile, May 29 (RHC)-- Clashes broke out between demonstrators and riot police in Santiago de Chile on Monday night... More


Smoke rises from the site of an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City on May 29, 2018.   Photo: AP

Gaza City, May 29 (RHC)-- The Israeli military has targeted over 30 bases belonging to Palestinian resistance movements, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, inside the Gaza Strip.  ... More


A truck carrying army officials passes by people supporting the truck owners striking in protest against high diesel prices in Luziania, Brazil May 27, 2018.  P

Brasilia, May 29 (RHC)-- A truckers' strike paralyzing fuel, goods and food deliveries across Brazil has continued for the eighth day Monday... More


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