Washington, December 23 (RHC)-- John Brennan, former director of the CIA, has launched a scathing attack on U.S. President Donald Trump, saying the Republican shows "qualities usually found in narcissistic... More
U.S. President Donald Trump's son suggests that officials serving at “the highest levels of government" are undermining his father’s efforts to take on the U.S. establishment.... More
Barcelona, December 22 (RHC)-- Catalan separatists won a crucial snap poll Thursday, plunging their region into further uncertainty after a failed independence bid rattled Europe and triggered Spain's worst political crisis in decades. ... More
Pretoria, December 22 (RHC)-- South Africa’s ruling party said it is downsizing its embassy in Israel to a “Liaison Office” in solidarity with Palestinians in the face of U.S. bias toward Israel. “In order to give our practical expression of support to the oppressed people of Palestine, the ANC (African National Congress) has unanimously resolved to direct the South African government to immediately and unconditionally downgrade the South African Embassy in Israel to a Liaison Office,” Palestinian state news agency Wafa quoted the ANC statement as saying. ... More
Mexico City, December 22 (RHC)-- At least 220 million people in Latin America — 38 percent of the region’s population — live on less than $10 a day. The annual report on poverty released by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, CEPAL, notes that poverty has increased to the point that it is now affecting almost a third of Latin America. ... More
Washington, December 22 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump will save up to $15 million a year as a result of the Republican tax bill that is expected to be enacted into law before the year’s end, an analysis by the Center for American Progress think tank found. ... More
Ramallah, December 22 (RHC)-- Most of the Palestinian minors arrested in 2017 have testified that they were subjected to violence and physical abuse by Israeli forces while in custody, a rights group says. Military Court Watch, which monitors the treatment of children in Israeli military detention, said that two-thirds of the 70 Palestinian minor prisoners aged between 12 and 17 had reported slaps, kicks, punches and blows with various objects. ... More
Paris, December 22 (RHC)-- The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says the number of suspected cholera cases in war-torn Yemen has hit one million amid the ongoing Saudi military campaign against the impoverished nation. The ICRC also reports that more than 80 percent of the Yemeni population lacks food, fuel, clean water and access to healthcare. ... More
United Nations, December 21 (RHC)-- The United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted in favor of a resolution that calls on the U.S. to withdraw its controversial recognition of Jerusalem as the Israeli "capital." ... More
Washington, December 21 (RHC)-- There has been a sharp rise in the number of U.S. drone strikes in Yemen and Somalia since President Donald Trump took office, according to a new report. ... More
Lima, December 21 (RHC)-- Peru's Congress is set to vote on whether President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski will be impeached on grounds of moral incapacity in connection with the sprawling Odebrecht scandal. Former anti-corruption prosecutor and lawyer Julio Arbizu notes that the embattled head of state is accused of concealing bribes he received from Brazilian construction giant, Odebrecht. If convicted, he will be the highest-ranking public official felled by the scandal so far. ... More
Tehran, December 21 (RHC)-- Iran says that U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to cut aid to countries that vote against his move on Jerusalem at the UN General Assembly shows his "contempt for democracy." ... More
Tegucigalpa, December 21 (RHC)-- In Honduras, a brutal military crackdown against protesters supporting the opposition party continues, with multiple people killed and dozens more wounded in recent days amid the ongoing political crisis. ... More
Washington, December 21 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to discontinue financial aid to countries that vote in favor of a draft United Nations resolution against his decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital. Speaking to reporters at the White House on Wednesday, Trump said: "They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us. Well, we're watching those votes. Let them vote against us. We'll save a lot. We don't care." ... More
Washington, December 20 (RHC)-- The U.S. Congress has approved a massive rewrite of the U.S. tax code that will overwhelmingly benefit corporations and the wealthiest Americans, while ending a central pillar of President Obama’s signature healthcare law. ... More
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