Haitian president Jovenel Moise, current chair of CARICOM (File Photo)

CARICOM meeting winds up in Haiti

Port-au-Prince, Feb 28 (RHC)--The 29th inter-sessional meeting of CARICOM heads of government wound up in the Haitian capital on Tuesday with the signing of various agreements by member countries.... More


San Juan, Feb 28 (RHC)-- Puerto Rico´s Governor, Ricardo Rosello, has sent a letter to leaders of the United States Congress urging them to intervene in face of the delayed delivery of a loan for disaster relief.... More


A man walks past a log of the Venezuelan National Electoral Council, CNE in Caracas.  Photo: Reuters

Caracas, Feb 27 (RHC)-- Venezuela's National Electoral Council, the CNE, has opened official registration for candidates wishing to participate in the upcoming presidential elections scheduled for April 22nd.... More


Protesters demand Trump administration maintain DACA program.   Photo: AP

Washington, Feb 27 (RHC)-- The U.S. Supreme Court has dealt a major blow to President Trump’s efforts to rescind DACA, the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program... More


Opposition presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla greets his supporters during a protest against President Juan Orlando Hernandez, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras Fe

Tegucigalpa, Feb 27 (RHC)-- Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya and opposition leader Salvador Nasralla had called for protests outside of the Honduran maximum security prison... More


U.S. fighter jets conducting operations with South Korea.  Photo: AFP

Seoul, Feb 27 (RHC)-- The United States and South Korea have reportedly planned to announce new joint military exercises after the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. ... More


Former Peruvian dictator Alberto Fujimori to appear in court again.  Photo: Reuters

Lima, Feb 27 (RHC)-- Peru's former President Alberto Fujimori has been ordered to stand trial for a 1992 massacre which resulted in the killings of six farmers. ... More


A woman grieves during the funeral of the four Palestinian children from the Baker family, whom medics said were killed by an Israeli shell fired in Gaza City.

Gaza City, Feb 27 (RHC)-- Over 1,000 Palestinians have died in the Gaza strip as a result of Israel's military blockade, which has been ongoing for more than a decade, the strip's collective of charitable organizations has warned.... More


In Geneva, Venezuela's Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza called for solidarity against interventionism.  Photo: Twitter / @CancilleriaVE

Geneva, Feb 26 (RHC)-- Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza condemned the interventionist actions of the United States and its European allies in his country's internal affairs Monday during his speech at the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. ... More


The file photo taken by the US Air Forces Central Command shows a pair of US Air Force F-15E warplanes flying over northern Iraq after conducting airstrikes in

Damascus, Feb 26 (RHC)-- At least 29 civilians have been killed in several U.S.-led airstrikes inside Syrian territory. According to Syria's official SANA news agency on Sunday, the airstrikes targeted residential areas in al-Shaafa and Dharat Allouni villages. ... More


 Israeli forces used tear gas against Palestinian protesters.  Photo: Reuters

Ramallah, Feb 26 (RHC)-- Israeli forces used tear gas to disperse protesters gathered outside Ofer military prison near Ramallah in support of an imprisoned Palestinian activist. ... More


 March against racism and fascism in Rome.  Photo: Reuters

Rome, Feb 26 (RHC)-- Thousands have joined a march against racism in the Italian capital Rome, mobilized by a pre-election period dominated by bitter debate over immigration. ... More


Video reveals Palestinian beaten by soldiers.  Photo: AFP

Ramallah, Feb 26 (RHC)-- In the occupied West Bank city of Jericho, a Palestinian man has died after he was arrested and severely beaten by Israeli soldiers. ... More


Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz appeared in court on February 19 2018.  Photo: AP

Miami, Feb 26 (RHC)-- Several weeks before last week’s mass shooting at a Florida high school, a woman close to the 19-year-old charged in the attack warned law enforcement authorities in a phone call about his escalating rage, violent outbursts and threats to kill others. ... More


Missouri governor Eric Grietens was a former U.S. Navy SEAL.  Photo: YouTube

Jefferson City, Feb 26 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Missouri, police arrested Republican Governor Eric Greitens after a grand jury indicted him on charges of felony invasion of privacy stemming from an extramarital affair in 2015. ... More


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