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Geneva, March 12 (RHC)-- Honduran security forces, especially the military police, used excessive and lethal force against protesters demonstrating against President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s disputed re-election in November, the United Nations said on Monday.... More


US President Donald Trump signs proclamation last Thursday that will impose a 25 percent tariff on steel imports (Internet Photo)

Washington, March 12 (RHC-Xinhua) -- The U.S. decision to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports may trigger trade wars, which could cost the world economy 470 billion dollars by 2020, warned Bloomberg economists on Monday.... More


Syrian government forces celebrate progress made in Eastern Ghouta

Damascus, March 12 (RHC-Xinhua) -- The Syrian government forces now control 60 percent of the rebel-held areas in Eastern Ghouta countryside of the capital Damascus after 13 days of battles, a monitor group reported on Monday.... More


Pennsylvania, March 12 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump called Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto "crazy" for asking him to declare that Mexico won't have to pay for the border wall.... More


Marine Le Pen (File Photo)

Paris, March 12 (RHC)-- France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen has proposed changing the name of her party to the 'National Union': the same as a party that collaborated with the German Nazi government during the Second World War.... More


Bogota, March 12 (RHC)-- Colombia´s National Liberation Army (ELN) said on Monday that it will respond to a call made by Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos to resume peace talks in Quito, which have been suspended since January 9th.... More


Washington, March 10 (RHC)--The White House has confirmed that President Donald Trump will travel to the 8th Summit of the Americas, slated for Lima, Peru for April 13 and 14. Following that trip, he will then visit Colombia.... More


  Arctic sea ice at record low.  Photo: AP

Washington, March 9 (RHC)-- In the U.S., unusual weather patterns have seen record low temperatures in Rocky Mountain states and parts of the Pacific Northwest, while temperatures spiked to record highs last month along much of the Eastern Seaboard. ... More


 UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein.  Photo: AFP

Geneva, March 9 (RHC)-- Outgoing UN human rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein has said that UN Security Council veto-wielding members are second only to criminals.  Ra'ad al-Hussein accused the council's permanent members of being responsible for the continuation of suffering of innocents and misusing their veto powers.  ... More


French President Emmanuel Macron.  Photo: EFE file

Paris, March 9 (RHC)-- French President Emmanuel Macron has blasted U.S. President Donald Trump for his controversial decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and move the U.S. Embassy there. ... More


The flightdeck crew preparing to launch the X 47B, an experimental Unmanned Drone Aircraft.  Photo: US military file photo

Washington, March 9 (RHC)-- U.S. technology giant Google has allowed the U.S. Defense Department to use its artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in military drone projects, stirring concern among experts who think such cooperation is not ethical. ... More


 Former Guatemalan president has been in custody since September 3, 2015.  Photo: EFE file

Guatemala City, March 9 (RHC)-- Former Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina has been remanded following an appearance in court on charges related to corruption.  ... More


  A malnourished Yemeni child receives treatment at a hospital in the Yemeni port city of Hodeidah on January 16, 2018.  Photo: AFP

London, March 9 (RHC)-- The UK government is responsible for the many children who have been killed and injured as a result of Saudi Arabia’s deadly war on Yemen, the Labour Party has said.... More


Twenty-one Afghans killed in U.S. drone attack.  Photo: AFP

Kabul, March 9 (RHC)-- Two missiles fired from a U.S. drone have hit an alleged terrorist compound in Afghanistan, killing 21 people, according to intelligence officials and Taliban commanders in neighboring Pakistan.   ... More


Piedad Cordona. File Photo

Bogota, March 9 (RHC)-- Colombia´s human rights activist and former senator Piedad Córdoba officially registered her candidacy for the upcoming presidential elections.... More


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