The Venezuelan president invited the international community to participate in the elections.  Photo: PresidencialVen  (teleSUR)

Caracas, Feb 22 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday that the country will hold presidential elections on April 22nd despite opposition sectors trying to obstruct the elections "because they know they are lost on the political map." ... More


U.S. students stage walkouts to protest gun violence.  Photo: AP

Washington, Feb 22 (RHC)-- Students across the United States -- from Minnesota to Colorado to Arizona -- walked out of classes Wednesday to demand stricter gun laws.... More


 Members of Israeli prime minister's inner circle arrested on corruption charges.  Photo: AP

Tel Aviv, Feb 22 (RHC)-- In Israel, seven members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s inner circle have been arrested amid a widening series of corruption scandals that threaten to bring down Netanyahu. ... More


Donald Trump, Jr. arrives in India.  Photo: Reuters

New Delhi, Feb 22 (RHC)-- Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of U.S. President Donald Trump, has arrived in India for a whirlwind tour aimed at selling more than $1 billion worth of luxury apartments being built by the Trump Organization in partnership with Indian developers. ... More


 Oxfam releases report on sex scandal in Haiti.  Photo: AFP

London, Feb 22 (RHC)-- The British charity Oxfam has been hit with dozens more misconduct allegations involving a slew of countries... More


 U.S. Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas.  Photo: AP File

Washington, Feb 22 (RHC)-- In the United States, a woman who has accused U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment is calling for his impeachment from the bench. ... More


The CNE petition comes in accordance with the Santo Domingo democratic coexistence agreements.  Photo: AVN

Caracas, Feb 21 (RHC)-- Venezuelan National Electoral Council, CNE, President Tibisay Lucena has announced that the governmental body is requesting international observers for the country's upcoming presidential election... More


Students stage a lie-in to protest gun policies.  Photo: AFP

Miami, Feb 21 (RHC)-- In the U.S. state of Florida, 100 students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School are on a two-day, 400-mile bus trip to the Capitol in Tallahassee to demand action from lawmakers on gun control... More


Soldiers remove debris from a partly collapsed municipal building, which was felled by a massive earthquake, in Juchitan, Oaxaca state, Mexico. Photo: Reuters

Mexico City, Feb 21 (RHC)-- Authorities in Oaxaca, Mexico are asking for an emergency fund to help rebuild towns most affected by last week's earthquake.... More


Migrants arrive at a naval base in Tripoli late on January 31, 2018, after they were rescued off Lybia's coast.  Photo: AFP

Tripoli, Feb 21 (RHC)-- Libya's coastguard rescued 441 refugees in two separate operations as their boats drifted off the western coast, the navy and a doctor said on Tuesday.... More


Members of Brazil's armed forces patrol a working class neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro.  Photo: Reuters

Brasilia, Feb 21 (RHC)-- Brazil’s congress has approved a decree authorizing the federal government to dispatch military forces to intervene in security matters in the state of Rio de Janeiro. ... More


Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the United Nations Security Council on February 20, 2018 in New York.  Photo: AFP

United Nations, Feb 21 (RHC)-- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an international conference on a new and wider peace process in the Middle East to be convened by the middle of 2018. ... More


Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.  Photo: AP

Washington, Feb 21 (RHC)-- CNN is reporting special counsel Robert Mueller has expanded his investigation into Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, Jared Kushner. ... More


Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro at a press conference in Caracas, February 15, 2018.  Photo: Reuters

Caracas, Feb 20 (RHC)-- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, members of his cabinet and president of the National Constituent Assembly, Delcy Rodriguez, have all called for "peace (and) unity" among Venezuelans.... More


 Dozens of students staged a "lie-in" at the gates of the White House on February 19, 2018.  Photo: AP

Washington, Feb 20 (RHC)-- Students in the United States are protesting President Donald Trump's gun policy in the backdrop of a deadly shooting at a school in Parkland, Florida. ... More


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