Former members of Colombian guerrilla group ELN walk to a military base to surrender and handover their weapons, in Cali July 16, 2013.  Photo: Reuters

Bogota, March 7 (RHC)-- At least 10 rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN) were killed when the Colombian army bombed one of their camps in the department of Antioquia, local media reported Tuesday. ... More


Record breaking weather hits Europe.  Photo: AFP

Brussels, March 6 (RHC)-- Record-breaking snowstorms battered parts of Europe, Canada and the United States, where at least eight people were killed amid the blizzards.  Canada’s eastern province of Ontario saw the heaviest snowfall in nearly two decades. ... More


 Florida Senate refuses to ban assault rifles.   Photo: Democracy Now

Tallahassee, March 6 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Florida, the state Senate met for a rare session in which lawmakers voted down a proposal to ban assault rifles in the wake of the February 14th massacre at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.  ... More


  This file photo shows a view of a session of the Catalan parliament.  Photo: File AFP

Barcelona, March 6 (RHC)-- The parliament in the northeastern Spanish region of Catalonia has officially started consulting major separatist parties to name a leader to replace former president Carles Puigdemont. ... More


The US Justice Department’s Special Counsel Robert Mueller.  Photo: AP

Washington, March 6 (RHC)-- A grand-jury subpoena from the U.S. Justice Department’s Special Counsel Robert Mueller has reportedly targeted President Donald Trump and the majority of his election campaign team.... More


US President Donald Trump (R) meets with Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, March 5, 2018.  Photo: Re

Washington, March 6 (RHC)-- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Washington for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, deliver a speech to America’s biggest pro-Israel group and resume his critique of the Iran nuclear deal, even as a corruption scandal involving Netanyahu grows in Israel.... More


North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.   Photo: Democracy Now

Pyongyang, March 6 (RHC)-- North Korea says it will stop testing its nuclear weapons in order to hold talks with the United States. ... More


Image of the Summit of the ALBA-TCP held in Caracas on March 5th, 2018.

Caracas, March 6 (RHC)-- The summit of presidents of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, ALBA, was held in Caracas on  Monday, moments after Venezuelan President Maduro addressed Venezuelans alongside leaders of Latin American and Caribbean member states who were attending the meeting.... More


EPA chief Scott Pruitt.  Photo: KSNV / Sinclair Broadcast Group

Las Vegas, March 5 (RHC)-- In the United States, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Scott Pruitt has admitted that global warming is occurring, but questioned whether climate change might not be good for humans.  ... More


Jesus Chavez Flores was beaten and punished for hunger strike.  Photo: Democracy Now

Seattle, March 5 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Washington, the American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a jailed Mexican immigrant who says he was beaten and put into solitary for joining a hunger strike. ... More


The newspaper Haaretz is reporting the State Prosecutor’s Office has for the first time directly linked Netanyahu to the bribery scandal involving communication

A major development in one of the multiple corruption investigations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been announced. ... More


A migrant child in the sports hall at Jane-Addams high school, which has been transformed into a refugee shelter in Berlin, Germany.  Photo: Reuters

Berlin, March 5 (RHC)-- A German food bank is enforcing a temporary stop on accepting new non-German clients, claiming that immigrants and asylum seekers are displacing local people in need.... More


Flooding in Bolivia takes a heavy toll.  Photo: AFP

Berlin, March 5 (RHC)-- Global warming will increase the risk of river flooding over the coming decades, endangering millions more people around the world, according to a study published in Berlin.  ... More


 A picture taken on November 8, 2017 shows a general view of construction work in the Gilo settlement in the mainly Palestinian eastern sector of occupied Jerus

Tel Aviv, March 5 (RHC)-- Israeli officials have approved plans for the construction of thousands of new settler units in East Jerusalem in grave contravention of international law and a United Nations Security Council resolution. ... More


Mural in Caracas, showing Venezuela strangling U.S. imperialism.   Photo: AFP

Washington, March 2 (RHC)-- The U.S. administration of Donald Trump is considering a sale ban on Venezuelan oil in the United States ... More


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