Algiers, December 8 (RHC)-- French President Emmanuel Macron has made his first official visit to Algeria, announcing his arrival as a "friend" despite France's historically prickly relationship with its former colony. ... More


Gaza City, December 8 (RHC)-- The Israeli military says an aircraft and a tank have targeted two security posts in the besieged Gaza Strip. The attack on Thursday night had no casualties, Reuters reported, citing residents of the Palestinian coastal enclave. ... More


U.S. Senator Al Franken

Washington, December 8 (RHC)-- In the United States Congress, Senator Al Franken, a Democrat from the state of Minnesota, said he will resign from the Senate “in the coming weeks” amid allegations of sexual harassment.... More


Ali Akbar Velayati

Tehran, December 8 (RHC)-- U.S. President Donald Trump's "foolish" move to recognize Jerusalem as the Israeli capital has dealt "the final blow" to the American "political life" in the Islamic world, says a senior Iranian official. ... More


Los Angeles, December 8 (RHC)-- Firefighters are continuing to battle intense wind-driven wildfires across densely populated Southern California that have destroyed at least 500 structures and chased tens of thousands of people from their homes over the past five days. ... More


A Palestinian protester hurls stones as tear gas is fired by Israeli troops during clashes in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. (Reuters)

Jerusalem, December 8 (RHC-Agencies) - Thousands of Palestinians protested in a “day of rage” on Friday in the occupied West Bank, Gaza and in East Jerusalem against U.S. President Donald Trump’s recognition of the ancient city as Israel’s capital.... More


Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (File Photo)

Buenos Aires, December 8 (RHC-Agencies)-- Former Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has been placed in pretrial detention, prompting Argentinian social movements and political organizations to mobilize and demand the "rule of law."... More


Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya

Tegucigalpa, December 7 (RHC)-- Former Honduran president and director of the center-left Opposition Alliance, Manuel Zelaya, said the country’s entire electoral system “is contaminated.” ... More


Ramallah, December 7 (RHC)-- Palestinians are protesting in cities across the West Bank and Gaza Strip after U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and initiate a process of moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. ... More


Iranian President Hassan Rouhani

Tehran, December 7 (RHC)-- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has warned the U.S. against relocating its Israel embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem... More


Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- In the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued an order for the seizure of more than 4,000 guns ... More


German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel

Berlin, December 7 (RHC)-- German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel says the world order is changing and the era of American dominance is gradually fading away under U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration... More


Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- The U.S. military has called off a planned 2019 ban on using certain cluster bombs, which release explosive sub-munitions, or bomblets. ... More


Washington, December 7 (RHC)-- A former campaign aide for U.S. President Donald Trump has said that Vice President Mike Pence's wife finds Trump "reprehensible, totally vile." ... More


Salvador Nasralla (File Photo)

Tegucigalpa, December 7 (RHC)-- The candidate of the Opposition Alliance, Salvador Nasralla, says he won the presidential election on November 26, and reiterated that there was blatant fraud encouraged by the government of incumbent Juan Orlando Hernandez.... More


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