Victims were found working in bars, night clubs, gold mines, factories and open-air markets.   Photo: Twitter / @INTERPOL_HQ

Caracas, May 2 (RHC)-- A two-year investigation has led to the arrest of 22 people involved in a human trafficking network and the release of 350 men, women and children ... More


A Palestinian girl walks at her school in the village of Khan al-Ahmar in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on February 23, 2017.  Photo: AFP

New York, May 2 (RHC)-- Human Rights Watch (HRW) has denounced the demolition of Palestinian schools by orders of Israeli authorities in the occupied West Bank... More


Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori and three of his health ministers again face charges of forced sterilization.  Photo: Reuters

Lima, May 2 (RHC)-- Peru's disgraced former President Alberto Fujimori and three of his health ministers will have charges reissued against them for the alleged forced sterilization of women during his term.... More


Wells Fargo accused of financial crimes.  Photo: File

New York, May 2 (RHC)-- In the United States, Wall Street financial giant Wells Fargo is expected to be hit with a $1 billion fine imposed by federal regulators... More


Natalie Portman won't go to Israel.  Photo: Democracy Now

Tel Aviv, May 2 (RHC)-- In Israel, the organizers for the Genesis Prize, known as Israel’s Nobel Prize, have been forced to cancel the upcoming award ceremony... More


Havana, May 1 (RHC)-- International Workers' Day, May 1st, was commemorated around the world with rallies, marches and, in some countries, protests against neo-liberal economic and anti-labor policies.... More


Central American caravan arrives at the U.S. border with Mexico.  Photo: AFP

Tijuana, April 30 (RHC)-- More than 150 Central American migrants have arrived at the U.S. border in Tijuana, Mexico... More


U.S. Tomahawk missiles launched at Syria in April.  Photo: AP

Damascus, April 30 (RHC)-- Syria has announced that several of its military bases located in the provinces of Hama and Aleppo have come under missile fire.... More


Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales also faced protest in August of 2017.  Photo: Reuters

Guatemala City, April 30 (RHC)-- Several Guatemalan social groups have called for protests  to demand the resignation of the country's president, Jimmy Morales... More


Palestinian protests grow in Gaza.  Photo: AFP

Ramallah, April 30 (RHC)-- Israeli troops have shot and killed three Palestinians in two separate incidents in the besieged Gaza Strip. ... More


US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaves the press hall after giving a press briefing at the Royal airport in the Saudi capital Riyadh on April 29, 2018. (Photo

Tel Aviv, April 30 (RHC)-- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is repeating false allegations against Iran during his first tour to the Middle East as Washington's top diplomat.... More


British Prime Minister Theresa May (L), French President Emmanuel Macron (C), and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.  Photo: File composite

London, April 30 (RHC)-- The leaders of Britain, France and Germany have reaffirmed their support for the landmark nuclear deal with Iran, noting that it is the best way to keep limitations on Iran's nuclear program in place. ... More


Since last September, dozens of the cities in Puerto Rico remain dark and abandoned without running water or electricity.  Photo: Reuters

San Juan, April 27 (RHC)-- The United States government has four days to explain to the Puerto Rican senate why tens of thousands of residents continue to live in shelters without basic necessities, according to island officials. ... More


South Korea's Moon greeted Kim at the military demarcation line, making Kim the first North Korean leader to set foot in the South since the 1950-53 Korean War.

Pyongyang, April 27 (RHC)-- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and the South's President Moon Jae-in have signed a joint declaration agreeing to work for the "complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula" following their historic summit. ... More


Rodrigo "Timochenko" Londono (third from right) with Eamon Gilmore (second from right), the European Union's (EU) special envoy and others following t

Bogota, April 27 (RHC)-- In Colombia, Rodrigo "Timochenko" Londoño, president of the Common Alternative Revolutionary Force (FARC), has thanked the European Union's special envoy... More


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