Brussels, December 8 (RHC)-- The yellow and red striped Catalan flags waved brightly in the grey sky as almost 50,000 people filled the streets of Brussels protesting in support of former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont ... More
Vienna, December 8 (RHC)-- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has censured the joint military exercises conducted by the United States and South Korea, saying the drills could provoke North Korea to carry out more missile tests. ... More
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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