United Nations, December 20 (RHC)-- The UN's human rights chief has expressed shock over the killing of a wheelchair-bound Palestinian protester in Gaza by Israeli security forces, calling for an independent probe into the incident. ... More
Buenos Aires, December 20 (RHC)-- Argentina's Congress has passed a pension reform measure, as demonstrators and police fought pitched battles outside the capitol building while the country's main union called for a 24-hour general strike against the widely-opposed proposal. ... More
Cairo, December 20 (RHC)-- The Arab League has lashed out at the U.S. for vetoing a UN Security Council resolution which called for annulment of Washington’s controversial recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. On Tuesday, Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Abul Gheit expressed discontent over the U.S. veto against the draft, saying the measure will lead Washington's isolation. ... More
Tegucigalpa, December 19 (RHC)-- The candidate of the Alliance of Opposition against the Dictatorship, Salvador Nasralla, says that electoral fraud was committed before, during and after the elections in Honduras on November 26th and called Juan Orlando Hernández an impostor. ... More
United Nations, December 19 (RHC)-- The United States has vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling on the Donald Trump administration to withdraw its declaration that Jerusalem is Israel’s capital. The vote was 14 to 1, with U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley exercising a lone veto. ... More
New York, December 18 (RHC)-- The UN Security Council is expected to vote on Monday on a draft resolution rejecting the establishment of diplomatic missions in Jerusalem, less than two weeks after the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital.... More
Santiago, December 18 (RHC)—Right-wing Sebastian Piñera has defeated center-left Senator, Alejandro Guillier in Chile's presidential run-off.... More
Tegucigalpa, December 18 (RHC)-- The candidate of the Alliance of Opposition against the Dictatorship, Salvador Nasralla, reiterated on Sunday his accusations of electoral fraud in Honduras and called Juan Orlando Hernández an impostor.... More
San Juan, December 16 (RHC)-- In Puerto Rico, community groups have called for nationwide actions against inadequate electrical services on the island in the wake of Hurricane Maria.... More
Washington, December 16 (RHC)-- In the U.S., the Donald Trump administration is trying to claim Iran violated an international agreement on arms transfers... More
Washington, December 16 (RHC)-- In the United States, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Omarosa Manigault Newman has resigned, she says, after witnessing a series of upsetting incidents... More
La Paz, December 16 (RHC)-- Peru's President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has rejected demands he resign, brushing aside an opposition ultimatum to step down or face impeachment ... More
United Nations, December 16 (RHC)-- North Korea says it will not pose any threat to any country as long as its interests are not infringed upon, disregarding a U.S. call for terminating the Asian country's weapons tests as a pre-condition for negotiations on its nuclear and missile programs. ... More
United Nations, December 16 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump and the Republican leadership in Congress are turning the country into the "world champion of extreme inequality," warns the United Nations monitor on poverty and human rights. ... More
Tehran, December 16 (RHC)-- Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says the United States is complicit in Saudi war crimes in Yemen amid Washington's baseless claim that Tehran is providing supply of ballistic missiles to Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement. ... More
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