Catalan Parliament elects pro-independence candidate.  Photo: EFE

Barcelona, May 16 (RHC)-- The Catalan Parliament has elected a pro-independence Member of Parliament as president, seven months after Spain took direct control of Catalonia following its independence referendum.  ... More


 One thousand people arrested across U.S.   Photo: AP

Washington, May 16 (RHC)-- In the United States, as many as 1,000 people were arrested in civil disobedience protests in cities across the country during a national day of action for the new Poor People’s Campaign.  ... More


Student protesters against Israeli killings of Gaza protesters place Palestinian flag and scarf on a statute at their university Universidad de Chile in Santiag

Santiago de Chile, May 16 (RHC)-- In Chile, students of the Department of Philosophy and Humanities of the country’s largest public university, Universidad de Chile, have voted to endorse the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. ... More


Greek pensioners take to the streets with walking sticks over pension cuts.  Photo: Reuters

Athens, May 16 (RHC)-- Thousands of elderly Greeks defied the heat and protested on Tuesday over planned pension cuts they say will leave them living on the fringes of poverty. ... More


DPRK´s President Kim Jong-un

Seoul, May 16 (RHC) The People's Democratic Republic of Korea has called off the high-level talks with its southern neighbor that were due for Wednesday next week citing the joint military exercises underway between South Korea and the United States, reported Pyongyang’s official news agency KCNA.... More


Palestinians protest U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.  Photo: Reuters

Gaza City, May 15 (RHC)-- The Israeli military killed at least 61 Palestinians in Gaza and wounded 2,700 more for protesting Monday’s opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and the Israeli occupation. ... More


US ambassador to Israel David Friedman listens as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech during the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem

London, May 15 (RHC)-- Both friends and foes of the United States have voiced criticism after Washington relocated its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, saying the controversial move would ignite tensions across the Middle East region. ... More


 Young Jewish activists protest U.S. embassy.  Photo: Democracy Now

Washington, May 15 (RHC)-- In the United States, young Jewish demonstrators marched through the streets of Washington, D.C., to protest against the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and the Israeli military’s massacre Monday. ... More


A sign reads "Jimmy Morales to court for the state crime against community leader Luis Arturo Marroquin," during a protest against the Guatemalan pres

Guatemala City, May 15 (RHC)-- Guatemalans are coming out to protest President Jimmy Morales, demanding his resignation and justice for social leaders that have been murdered or arrested in the past several months.... More


Ernesto Geisel, President of Brazil, hosts a State Dinner for Jimmy Carter and Rosalynn Carter. March 29, 1978   Photo: U.S. National Archives and Records Admin

Washington, May 15 (RHC)-- A declassified memo from the U.S. Department of State has revealed that Brazilian dictator Ernesto Geisel ... More


Mexican front-runner Lopez Obrador during a campaign event in Tantoyuca, Veracruz.  May 10, 2018.   Photo: EFE

Mexico City, May 15 (RHC)-- The Mexican center-left presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, or AMLO, said the current government spent hundreds of millions of dollars in a smear campaign ... More


A file photo of an Israeli F-16 fighter jet.  Photo: Press TV

Gaza City, May 15 (RHC)-- An Israeli warplane has targeted several positions of the Palestinian Hamas resistance movement in the northern part of the besieged Gaza Strip... More


Managua, May 15 (RHC) Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, the Archbishop of Managua and head of the Nicaraguan Bishops Conference, announced the start of peace talks for Wednesday, although circumstances for the dialogue are not ideal. The Catholic church is acting as a mediator.... More


 U.S. House of Representatives.  Photo:  Google File

Washington, May 14 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump’s planned space force has been supported by lawmakers at the House of Representatives.  The House Armed Services Committee voted down a proposal by Ohio Republican Representative Mike Turner during the panel’s markup of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).... More


 A woman wearing a hijab passes by several election banners for the September general elections in Berlin, on August 23, 2017.  Photo: AFP

Berlin, May 14 (RHC)-- A court in the German capital, Berlin, has upheld a law preventing a Muslim teacher from wearing a headscarf to work, rejecting her discrimination complaint.... More


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