McDonald's workers file sexual harassment complaints.  Photo: AP

New York, May 25 (RHC)-- Ten women who work at McDonald's have filed sexual harassment complaints with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... More


 Heat wave in Pakistan kills 65.  Photo: AP

Karachi, May 25 (RHC)-- In Pakistan, a severe heat wave in the city of Karachi has killed at least 65 people, as temperatures have topped 104 degrees Fahrenheit.... More


EPA headquarters in Washington.  Photo: File

Washington, May 25 (RHC)-- In the United States, officials with the Environmental Protection Agency barred multiple journalists... More


Texas border patrol agent kills immigrant.  Photo: YouTube

El Paso, May 25 (RHC)-- In Rio Bravo, Texas, a Border Patrol officer shot an undocumented immigrant in the head Wednesday, killing her. Video of the aftermath of the killing shows Border Patrol agents sealing off the scene and detaining at least two people.... More


Mottley, 52, becomes Barbados' eight Prime Minister and the fifth female head of government in the English speaking the Caribbean.  Photo: Twitter @MiaAmorMottl

Bridgetown, May 25 (RHC)-- The Barbados Labor Party (BLP) has won the country's 2018 General Elections, garnering all 30 seats in the country's House of Assembly.... More


Ernesto Samper presided UNASUR between 2014 and 2017.  Photo: EFE

Bogota, May 24 (RHC)-- Ernesto Samper, the former secretary general of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), has warned that allowing the regional integration body to be dismantled... More


F-18 Hornet fighter jet waits to take off from the deck of the US navy aircraft carrier, the USS Harry S. Truman, in the eastern Mediterranean Sea on May 8, 201

Damascus, May 24 (RHC)-- U.S.-led coalition warplanes have targeted several Syrian military positions in the country's eastern Dayr al-Zawr province. ... More


An “angry” Donald Trump cancels meeting with North Korea.  Photo: File

Washington, May 24 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has canceled plans for a June 12th summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to be held in Singapore.  ... More


A view of the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit south of Tel Aviv-occupied Jerusalem al-Quds, February 14, 2018.  Photo: AFP

The Hague, May 24 (RHC)-- Palestine has asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe the human rights violations linked to the Israeli regime's illegal settlement activities on occupied Palestinian territories. ... More


Nikolay Mladenov, the United Nations Middle East envoy.  Photo: AFP

United Nations, May 24 (RHC)-- The United Nations Middle East envoy has stressed that "Gaza is on the verge of collapse." ... More


Silvio Berlusconi, leader of the right-wing party "Forza Italia" leaves after a meeting with Italian President Sergio Mattarella on the second day of

Rome, May 24 (RHC)-- In Italy, three-time former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi will face charges for allegedly bribing witnesses in the notorious "Rubygate" scandal after being ordered to stand trial by a Rome judge. ... More


Venezuela's President Maduro addresses the audience during the ceremony to receive a certificate confirming him as winner of Sunday's election, in Caracas.  Pho

Caracas, May 23 (RHC)-- President Nicolas Maduro said U.S. chargé d’affaires Todd Robinson and head of political affairs Brian Naranjo have 48 hours to leave the Venezuela... More


Cranes work on new constructions in the Israeli settlement of Ramot, a neighborhood of the occupied East Jerusalem al-Quds, December 14, 2017.  Photo: AFP

Ramallah, May 23 (RHC)-- Israel is planning to build four new settlement buildings in the occupied territories.... More


AMLO's support continues to grow as the July 1 elections near.  Photo: Reuters

Mexico City, May 23 (RHC)-- In Mexico, Bloomberg's most recent poll tracker – an average of poll results – gives Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, AMLO, 46 percent of support ... More


An F-35 fighter jet operated by the Israeli regime flies during an aerial demonstration at the Hatzerim Airbase, on December 29, 2016.  Photo: Reuters

Tel Aviv, May 23 (RHC)-- An Israeli military official says Israel is the first regime to have used the US-made F-35 stealth fighter jets in attack mode... More


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